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Genomics and the Future of Public Health Symposium

May 5, 2003

HuGE Agenda

Symposium Agenda | HuGE Agenda | Slide & Video Presentations | Posters

CDC’s Office of Public Health Genomics workshop introduces the concepts of human genome epidemiology (HuGE) that translate gene discoveries to disease prevention by integrating population- based data on gene-disease relationships with the development of interventions.
 

8:15-8:45	Welcome and Introduction to HuGE	Muin Khoury, MD, PhD Director, Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
8:45-9:30	Impact of the Human Genome Project on Epidemiologic Research	Darrell Ellsworth, PhD Windber Research Institute, PA
9:30-10:15	Measuring Gene-Disease Associations:	Julian Little, PhD Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
10:30-11:15	Measuring gene-environment and gene-gene interactions	Sholom Wacholder, PhD Institutes of Health, MD
11:15-12:00	Case Study 1	Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
1:00-1:45	Reporting and appraisal of human genome epidemiology studies	Julian Little, PhD Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
1:45-2:30	Evaluation of genetic tests	Linda Bradley, PhD Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
2:45-3:30	Case Study 2	Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
3:30-4:15	Genomics and population health data for policy and practice	Muin Khoury, MD, PhD Director, Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
4:15-4:45	Panel discussion