CHRISTOPHER H. WADE, PHD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Nursing Department
University of Washington Bothell
18115 Campus Way NE
Box 358532
Bothell, WA 98011
cwade@uwb.edu
Phone: 425-352-5322
Fax: 425-352-3237
Office: UW1-230
ACADEMIC INTERESTS
- Applying new information about the genetics of common disease to public health practice
- Developing methods for integrating genomics into nursing curriculums
- Identifying effective strategies for communicating genomic health information to the public
- Exploring the impact of genomic information on health decision-making and health behaviors
- Investigating the influence of genetic susceptibility information on children’s identity development
- Analyzing the ethical implications of direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- Genetics and Public Health – B HLTH 497 (Fall 2010)
- Evidence-based Practice and Clinical Inquiry – BNURS 403(Winter 2011)
- Evidence-based Practice and Clinical Inquiry (Mount Vernon) – BNURS 403 (Spring 2011)
- Independent Projects – BNURS 495/503/598
EDUCATION
Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, 2005-Present
Jointly sponsored in the Social & Behavioral Research Branch and the Genome Technology Branch.
Research: Ethical, social, and health implications of personalized genomic testing.
Masters of Public Health- Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 2007-2008. Health, Behavior and Society Department
MPH Capstone: Ethical considerations for social and behavioral research that involves the return of genomic information to study participants.
Doctor of Philosophy- Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 2000-2005, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department.
Dissertation: Identification and characterization of the ribosome and rRNA biogenesis regulon in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Bachelor of Arts- Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 1996-2000 Majors: Science in Society Program, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2009 “Genomic information and children’s identity development”
Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2008 “When genetic susceptibility testing is offered for multiple common health conditions, who is interested?”
Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, DC 2007 “Considerations for selecting markers in a prototypic genetic test designed to begin evaluating the use of genetic risk information in preventative medicine”
National Human Genome Research Institute Retreat, Gettysburg, PA 2006 “Developing a prototype multiplex genetic test for conveying genetic risk information”
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Public Health Association
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
Society for Social Studies of Science
International Society for Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed articles:
Kaphingst, K.A., McBride, C.M, Wade, C.H., Alford, S.H., Brody, L.C., Baxevanis, A.D. Consumers’ use of web-based information and their decisions about multiplex genetic susceptibility testing. Journal of Medical Internet Research. In Press.
McBride, C.M., Wade, C.H., Kaphingst, K.A. Consumers’ Views of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Information. Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 2010 Jun 2nd E-pub.
Wade, C.H., Wilfond, B.S., McBride, C.M. Effects of Genetic Risk Information on Children’s Psychosocial Wellbeing: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Genetics in Medicine. 2010 Jun; 12(6):317-26.
Wade, C.H., McBride, C.M., Kardia, S.L.R, Brody, L.C. Considerations for Designing a Prototype Genetic Test to use in Translational Research. Public Health Genomics. 2009 Sept. 3rd E-pub.
Wade, C.H., and Wilfond, B. Ethical and clinical practice considerations for genetic counselors associated with direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2006 Nov 15:142(4):284-92.
Wade, C.H., Umbarger, M., and McAlear, M.A. The budding yeast rRNA and ribosome biosynthesis (RRB) regulon contains over 200 genes. Yeast. 2006 Mar;23(4):293-306.
Wade, C.H., Shea, K.A., Jensen, R.V., and McAlear, M.A. EBP2 is a member of the yeast RRB regulon, a transcriptionally coregulated set of genes that are required for ribosome and rRNA biosynthesis. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2001 Dec;21(24):8638-50.
Invited commentaries:
Wade, C.H., McBride, C.M., Kardia, S.L.R., Brody, L.C. A response to “Why realistic test scenarios in translational research remain hypothetical.” Public Health Genomics. 2009 Sept. 3rd E-pub.
Wade, C.H., and Kalfoglou, A. When do genetic researchers have a duty to recontact study participants? American Journal of Bioethics. 2006 Nov-Dec;6(6):26-7.
Book chapters:
Sanderson, S., Wade, C.H., McBride, C.M. Role of social and behavioral research in assessing the utility of genetic information. In: Human Genome Epidemiology, 2nd Edition. Eds. Muin Khoury, Sara Bedrosian, Marta Gwinn, Julian Higgins, John Ioannidis, and Julian Little. Oxford University Press, NY. 2009.