Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine student working on ways to increase screening for common inherited cardiovascular disorder

Tyler Schubert, a member of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's Class of 2025, is working with Laney Jones, PharmD, MPH, co-principal investigator of a new NIH NHLBI-funded study, Collaborative Approach to Reach Everyone with Familial Hypercholesterolemia, or CARE-FH. The purpose of the study is to build awareness and systems that will encourage clinicians to screen patients early for FH, a genetic condition that affects 1 in 250 people and can cause onset of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease at a young age if not sufficiently treated.

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