Project Background
Participants in clinical trials and other research projects do not always receive information on aggregated study results. We were asked by a medical anthropologist to use our storytelling approach to communicate research findings to families who participated in one of the studies from the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research (CSER) consortium.
Client: UCSF Program in Prenatal and Pediatric Genomic Sequencing
Our Work
We produced a comic book to reflect the experience of participating families, based on interviews and aggregated study results. Our story follows a fictional mother, Melena, whose child, Victoria, has a developmental issue affecting her ability to walk and speak. Like many parents, Melena receives uncertain results from her child’s genetic test and must figure out how to navigate the future.
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Page 1 from “Forecast for the Future”
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Page 5 from “Forecast for the Future”
Results
English and Spanish language versions of the comic book are being distributed to study participants.