Health Inequities

In Conversation with James Tabery

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Jan 5, 2024

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Headshot of James Tabery in a dress shirt in front of a bookshelf

This Public Health Conversation Starter features Dr. James Tabery in conversation with BUSPH Dean Sandro Galea. Dr. Tabery speaks about his book, Tyranny of the Gene: Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health.

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James Tabery

James Tabery

Professor, University of Utah

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Biography

James Tabery is a professor at the University of Utah, with appointments in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Internal Medicine (Center for Health Ethics, Arts, and the Humanities). His research areas are history and philosophy of science, as well as bioethics. In particular, he examines the history and modern day implementation of genetics–how debates surrounding that science have evolved over the last century, what impact genetic results are having in the criminal justice system, what impact genetics is having in the clinical domain, and who has benefited and who has been harmed historically be genetic research. His research has been reported on in The New York Times, National Geographic, Time Magazine, and National Public Radio.