About Us

10 years of Public Health Genomics at CDC
1997-2007

2.0 Projects of the National Public Health Genomics

The following section highlights six major OPHG projects that support the goals of the office. These initiatives are:

1. NHANES III Collaborative Genomics Project
   
2. Public health genomics investigations
   
3. Human Genome Epidemiology Network (HuGENet™)
   
4. Evaluation of Genomic Application in Practice and Prevention (EGAPP™)
   
5. Family History Initiative
   
6. Public health genomics capacity building
   

Summaries are provided for each of these projects, which include the rationale, overview, structure, resources, key accomplishments, current activities, next steps, and a list of selected publications of the project. Supporting materials and copies of some of the selected publications are included as annexes.