EP 204: Bringing cardiovascular genetics and biobank discoveries into the clinic with Samuli Ripatti of the University of Helsinki

<p>This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Samuli Ripatti, Director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Vice Director at HiLIFE, and Professor of Biometry at the University of Helsinki. They discuss Samuli’s research on lipid and cardiovascular genetics, how polygenic risk scores are moving into clinical care, and the power of the FinnGen biobank. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Show Notes: </strong></p><p><strong>0:00 </strong>Intro to The Genetics Podcast</p><p><strong>00:59</strong> Welcome to Samuli</p><p><strong>01:48</strong> Samuli’s path from statistics to genetics at the beginning of a new era</p><p><strong>03:09 </strong>Remembering Leena Peltonen and the Human Genetics Summer School</p><p><strong>05:46 </strong>Samuli’s research in lipid and cardiovascular genetics and the power of collaboration</p><p><strong>09:14 </strong>Integrating polygenic risk scores into cardiovascular and breast cancer care</p><p><strong>14:52 </strong>Using medication ...