The Basics of Pharmacogenetics - Genetically Guided Prescribing By A/Prof Ajeet Singh

Prof Ajeet Singh is an academic private psychiatrist whose research has focused on genetically guided prescribing (pharmacogenetics) of antidepressants, particularly the role of the blood-brain-barrier. Dr. Singh is the Founder of CNSDose, an academic member of the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC), and a member of the Genetic Tests in Psychiatry Taskforce, International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG).

Take-Home​ Points

• Genetic testing companies will grow in number over the next few years.

• Testing involves the use of haplotype chunks with tag SNPs.

• Genome studies have considerable statistical power issues.