Screening IVF embryos with polygenic risk scores: Pros and cons

Shai Carmi, Associate Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Shai Carmi is an Associate Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Public Health. He is working in the fields of population, statistical, and medical genetics. Among his research interests are theoretical population genetics, genetic genealogy, ancient DNA, preconception and preimplantation genetic testing, genome-wide association studies, and genetic risk prediction. His recent work focuses on statistical modeling of preimplantation genetic testing for polygenic traits and diseases.