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CDC Celebrates 10Years of Public Health Genomics

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Session I: Big Science for the 21st Century
8:30 – 8:40 a.m.

Introduction and welcoming remarks

Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD
Director, CDC National Office of Public Health Genomics

8:40 – 8:55 a.m. The HHS Personalized Health Care Initiative

Richard Campanelli, Esq.
Counselor for Human Services Policy, HHS Personalized Health Care Initiative, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
8:55 – 9:40 a.m. Genomics and population research: genome-wide associations  (PDF 11.8 MB)

David Altshuler, MD, PhD
Director of the Medical and Population Genetics Program, Broad Institute
9:40 – 10:00 a.m. Break
Session II: From Big Science to Population Health Applications
10:00 – 10:10 a.m. Introduction

Janet Collins, PhD
Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
10:10 – 10:50 a.m. Human genome epidemiology: building the knowledge base for genetic variation and human health  (PDF 2.29 MB)

John P.A. Ioannidis, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology,
University of Ioannina School of Medicine
10:50 – 11:30 a.m. Genetic testing: building the evidence base for population health benefits   (PDF 462 KB)

Steven Teutsch, MD, PhD
Executive Director, Outcomes Research and Management, Merck & Company
11:30 – 12:10 p.m. Family history, genetic testing, and public health practice: the role of social and behavioral sciences  (PDF 2.37 MB)

Colleen McBride, PhD
Director, Social and Behavioral Research Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute
12:10 – 12:30 p.m. Roundtable discussion with morning speakers
Session III: Genomics Research and Public Health Practice
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Lunch break
Scientific poster session for CDC and CDC-funded projects
(Room 232, Auditorium B)
Session IV: Public Health Genomics: The Next 10 Years
2:30 – 2:35 p.m. Introduction

Kathleen Toomey, MD, MPH
Director, CDC Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
2:35 – 3:00 p.m. Public health genomics: national and international perspectives   (PDF 1.28 MB)

Wylie Burke, PhD, MD
Chair, Department of Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington
3:00 – 3:25 p.m. Translation research: from gene discoveries to population health benefits  (PDF 2.63 MB)

Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD
Director, CDC National Office of Public Health Genomics
3:25– 4:00 p.m. Roundtable discussion with afternoon speakers
4:00 p.m. Adjourn

 

 

 

 

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