Dr. Farhat Moazam is Professor and founding Chairperson of the Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC) of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation in Karachi, Pakistan. She is an American board-certified pediatric surgeon with an MA in Bioethics and a doctorate (2004) from the Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, USA. Dr. Moazam is also Fellow of the Institute of Practical Ethics and Visiting Professor, Centre for Humanism in Medicine, UVA, and International Fellow of The Hastings Center, Garrison, New York.
Camille Castelyn interviews Dr. Moazam about the promise of precision and genomic medicine and what the next step may be in order to ensure just and equitable access in the near future. Challenging the narrative that precision medicine will only be accessible to an elite few, they discuss the importance as described by the United Nations in Sustainable Development Goal #3 that health should be seen as a public good and that we must leave no one behind in the pursuit of healthy lives and well-being for all ages.