Employee Perspectives on Genetic Testing in the Workplace: Results from a National Survey
Employees perceive potential health benefits of wGT but harbor substantial privacy concerns and show limited awareness of legal protections against employer misuse of wGT results. Findings suggest a need for robust employee education and informed consent in wGT, along with safeguarding of sensitive personal genetic information.
Authors
- J. Scott Roberts
- Anya E. R. Prince (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-7881)
- Wendy R. Uhlmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4243-438X)
- Drew Blasco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2524-5066)
- Kunal Sanghavi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7759-3041)
- Elizabeth Charnysh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2444-2009)
- Sarah McCain
- Charles Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7317-6662)
- Subhamoy Pal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0133-8444)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- Jackson Laboratory (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Genomics
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000548116
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Biotechnology and Related Fields
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88