Genomics and Precision Health Blog Posts
CDC experts and invited bloggers provide blog posts on topics in genomics and precision health that are important to health care providers, public health professionals, policy makers a nd the public. This page provides links to each blog post and will be updated on a regular basis. We also link to related blog posts from other CDC programs. Please visit our Genomics and Precision Health blog post home page.
2023
- Get up to Speed on the Latest Developments in the Field! Register for the ORISE Current Issues in Genomics and Precision Public Health Online Training Event, September 7–8, 2023. Will White, Mindy Clyne, W. David Dotson, Scott Bowen, and Muin J. Khoury (August 9, 2023)
- Persistent Underutilization of BRCA Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer in the United States: Implications for Health Disparities, Lu Shi, Katherine Kolor, and Muin J. Khoury (July 25, 2023)
- The Promise of Population-based Genomic Screening for Selected Hereditary Conditions: Contributions of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Nandana D. Rao, Lu Shi, and Muin J. Khoury (July 14, 2023)
- Data for Action in Public Health Genomics: Ensuring Equitable Implementation of Genomic Applications Across the Lifespan, Muin J. Khoury, Katherine Kolor, and Scott Bowen (June 23, 2023)
- Population-based Genomic Screening Programs: The Need for Optimal Implementation to Ensure Health Equity, Nandana D. Rao, W. David Dotson, Muin J. Khoury (June 20, 2023)
- Tracking the Contributions of Implementation Science to the Population Health Impact of Genomics and Precision Health: A New Knowledge Base, Mindy Clyne, Megan C. Roberts, and Muin J. Khoury (June 16, 2023)
- Cost-effectiveness of Pharmacogenomic Testing: How to Measure the Value of Having the Right Dose of the Right Drug for the Right Patient, Lu Shi, Zhuo Chen, W. David Dotson, Katherine Kolor, Scott Grosse, and Muin J. Khoury (May 8, 2023)
- Tracking the Impact of the All of Us Research Program: The All of Us Reports and Publications Database, Mindy Clyne, Sheri Schully, Wei Yu, and Muin J. Khoury (April 28, 2023)
- Rare Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases and COVID-19: Evolving Insights and Implications for Clinical and Public Health Practice, Emily Drzymalla, Muin J. Khoury, and Marta Gwinn (March 27, 2023)
- A Piece of a Puzzle – The All of Us Research Program and Cancer, Kevin Littrell, Muin J. Khoury, and Sun Hee Rim (February 28, 2023)
- Interplay Between the Exposome and the Genome in Health and Disease, Emily Drzymalla, Danielle Rasooly, and Muin J. Khoury (February 17, 2023)
- Population Screening for Rare Pathogenic Variants as the Low Hanging Fruit for Public Health Genomics Across the Lifespan, Muin J. Khoury (February 13, 2023)
- Advancing Genomic Medicine in Africa: Work in Progress, Jeffery Osei, George A. Mensah, and Muin J. Khoury (January 9, 2023)
2022
- Increasing Use and Impact of Family Health History in Medically Underserved Populations: Work in Progress, Grant Wood, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, Nadeem Qureshi, and Ridgely Fisk Green (December 30, 2022)
- Preventing Disease and Protecting Health Among Individuals at Increased Genetic Risk: A Lifespan Perspective and an Emerging Public Health Challenge, Muin J. Khoury and Karen Remley (December 20, 2022)
- The Use of Cell-free DNA in Clinical Practice: Work in Progress, Mindy Clyne, Katherine Kolor, and Muin J. Khoury (December 14, 2022)
- Public Health Genomics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Happy 25th Anniversary! Muin J. Khoury (December 12, 2022)
- Preeclampsia, Genomics and Public Health, Erica L. Dawson and Muin J. Khoury (October 25, 2022)
- The Limits of Risk Prediction: Remembering Cecile Janssens, Marta Gwinn, Sara Bedrosian, and Muin J. Khoury (October 17, 2022)
- Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening in Children and Adolescents in the United States: Where Are We Heading? Mindy Clyne, Katherine Kolor, Larry Sperling, and Muin J. Khoury (October 14, 2022)
- When It Comes to Breast Cancer, Sometimes It’s All in the Family, Griffin Miller, CDC Cancer Blog (October 14, 2022)
- From Polygenic Risk Scores to Methylation Risk Scores: What are the Clinical Applications? Emily Drzymalla, Danielle Rasooly, and Muin J. Khoury (October 7, 2022)
- Genetic Discrimination and Misuse of Genetic Information: Areas of Possible Discrimination, Current Legislation, and Potential Limitations, Seon Gyu Lee, W. David Dotson, and Leonard Ortmann (October 4, 2022)
- From Genomics to Proteomics— What’s the Impact on Population Health? Danielle Rasooly, Emily Drzymalla, and Muin J. Khoury (September 30, 2022)
- Algorithms and the Future of Work, John Howard, NIOSH (September 21, 2022)
- Trends in Tier 1 Genomic Applications 2013-2022, Mindy Clyne, W. David Dotson, and Muin J. Khoury (September 20, 2022)
- Genomics, Health Equity, and Global Health,
- From the Genome to the Exposome: Mapping Causal Associations Between Environmental Factors and Population Health, Danielle Rasooly, Emily Drzymalla, and Muin J. Khoury (September 6, 2022)
- From Guthrie to Genomes: The Continued Evolution of Newborn Screening, Amy Gaviglio, Cynthia Hinton, Suzanne Cordovado, Rosemary Hage, and Carla Cuthbert (August 15, 2022)
- Measuring Lipoprotein(a) in Clinical Practice to Reduce the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease? Still Work in Progress. Jeffery Osei, Laurence S. Sperling, Ijeoma Isiadinso, and Ridgely Fisk Green (August 9, 2022)
- Improving access to genetic services for underserved populations: Amish, Mennonite, and other Plain communities, Aditi Kantipuly, Mathew J. Edick, Jane Pilditch, and Ridgely Fisk Green (August 3, 2022)
- Calling on All of Us Public Health Scientists, Muin J. Khoury, Katherine Kolor, Sheri Schully, and Geoffrey Ginsburg (July 22, 2022)
- Fulfilling the Promise of Epigenetics Requires More Studies in Diverse Populations, Emily Drzymalla, Danielle Rasooly, and Muin J. Khoury (July 18, 2022)
- Precision Health Innovations in the Pandemic Era, Danielle Rasooly, Emily Drzymalla, and Muin J. Khoury (July 8, 2022)
- Polygenic Risk Scores in Clinical Practice? Still Making the Case, Jeffery Osei, W. David Dotson, Marta Gwinn, Ridgely Fisk Green, and Muin J. Khoury (July 5, 2022)
- Population Genomic Screening is Here: We Need Evidence on Health Impact and Optimal Implementation, Muin J. Khoury and W. David Dotson (June 21, 2022)
- Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: The Resiliency of Newborn Screening Programs during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Amy Gaviglio (June 14, 2022)
- Genomics and Health Equity: Reaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities, Zhuo (Adam) Chen, Katherine Kolor, and Ridgely Fisk Green (June 7, 2022)
- Using Implementation Science Frameworks in Genomics and Precision Medicine: We Can Do Better! Mindy Clyne, David Chambers and Muin J. Khoury (May 24, 2022)
- What is the Role of Public Health in Addressing Health Equity in Genomics and Precision Medicine? Muin J. Khoury (May 16, 2022)
- Colliding with Collider Bias: Implications for Precision Public Health, Danielle Rasooly, Ramal Moonesinghe and Muin J. Khoury (May 9, 2022)
- Host Genomics and COVID-19: Two Years Later, Emily Drzymalla, Danielle Rasooly, Marta Gwinn and Muin J. Khoury (May 3, 2022)
- Using Pharmacogenomics to Better Understand the Role of Selected Medications and Birth Defect Risk, Mary Jenkins, Lynn Almli and Jennita Reefhuis (April 12, 2022)
- Tracking the Scientific Literature on the Impact of Pharmacogenomics on Clinical Practice and Public Health, Sarina Abrishamcar, W. David Dotson, and Muin J. Khoury (April 4, 2022)
- Precision Public Health in Action: Enhancing models to predict risk of adverse treatment outcomes in people with hemophilia, Christopher J. Bean and Amanda B. Payne (March 29, 2022)
- From Guthrie to Genomes: Expanding Bioinformatic Capabilities in Newborn Screening Programs, Amy Gaviglio and Carla Cuthbert (March 21, 2022)
- Assessing Pharmacogenetic Variation in the United States to Enhance Health Equity of Pharmacogenetic Testing, Lisa Kalman (March 15, 2022)
- Using Immunogenetics in the Fight Against Ebola Virus Disease, Markus Kainulainen (March 14, 2022)
- Epigenetics: An Emerging Tool for Health Equity Science, Emily Drzymalla, Marta Gwinn, and Muin J. Khoury (March 8, 2022)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Public Health: Prospects and Challenges Beyond the Pandemic, Danielle Rasooly and Muin J. Khoury (March 1, 2022)
- Rare Disease Day 2022: The Evolving Impact of Genomics and Precision Health, Muin J. Khoury (February 28, 2022)
- Using Pharmacogenetics to Enhance Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment, Meredith Moore, Bria Marlowe, Carla Jeffries, Wendy Carr, Ekaterina Kurbatova (February 22, 2022)
- Precision Public Health in Action: New CDC Pilot Projects Integrate Human Genomics into Public Health Surveillance and Applied Research, Mindy Clyne, W. David Dotson, Muin J. Khoury (February 14, 2022)
- Equitable Implementation of Cascade Testing for Genetic Disorders: Where are We? Mindy Clyne, W. David Dotson, and Muin J. Khoury (January 31, 2022)
- From Precision Medicine to Precision Public Health: The Dialogue Continues, Muin J. Khoury and Josh Denny (January 25, 2022)
- The Current Landscape of CDC Publications in Human Genomics and Public Health, Mindy Clyne, W. David Dotson, Anja Wulf, Muin J. Khoury (January 10, 2022)
2021
- Genomics and Precision Medicine 2021: Progress in Implementation, A Focus on Health Equity, and a New Public Health Initiative, Muin J. Khoury, Scott Bowen, W. David Dotson und Katherine Kolor (December 17, 2021)
- The Use of Machine Learning in Health Care: No Shortcuts on the Long Road to Evidence-based Precision Health, Danielle Rasooly and Muin J. Khoury (December 7, 2021)
- Listening to Her Inner Voice and Body and Knowing Her Family History Saved Her Life, DCPC Blog Post, December 2, 2021
- Applications of Polygenic Risk Scores to Population Health: Where Are We? Muin J. Khoury and W. David Dotson (November 29, 2021)
- Contributions of Genomics to the Fight Against Malaria, Colleen Scott and Eldin Talundzic (November 22, 2021)
- Stay Informed of Your Family Health History, Public Health Matters Blog (November 22, 2021)
- New CDC Partnerships to Advance the Development and Validation of Next Generation Sequencing Tests: A Publicly Available List of Expert Curated Variants, Lisa V. Kalman and Ira M. Lubin (November 16, 2021)
- Happy Thanksgiving 2021: Family Health History in the COVID-19 Era, Ridgely Fisk Green and Muin J. Khoury (November 15, 2021)
- The Science of Gene-Environment Interaction at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Stephanie Foster, Marta Gwinn, Wei Yu, and Muin J. Khoury (October 18, 2021)
- National Nanotechnology Day: A big day for small things, NIOSH Science Blog (October 7, 2021)
- An Expanding List of Tier 1 Genomic Applications: Evidence-based Guidelines for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Public Health, Michael A. Burke, Laurence S. Sperling, W. David Dotson and Muin J. Khoury (October 6, 2021)
- Large-Scale Population Studies as a Path to Personalized Medicine: Easier Said than Done! , Muin J. Khoury and Marta Gwinn (September 22, 2021)
- The Contributions of Host Genomics Research to the COVID-19 Response: It’s Not Just About Genes! Emily Drzymalla, Marta Gwinn and Muin J. Khoury (August 3, 2021)
- Tracking the Scientific Literature on SARS-CoV-2 Variants Using the COVID-19 Genomics and Precision Health Knowledge Base, Merline Feero, Marta Gwinn, and Muin J. Khoury (July 27, 2021)
- Mendelian Randomization: A Precision Public Health Tool for the COVID-19 Response, Emily Drzymalla, Marta Gwinn and Muin J. Khoury (July 20, 2021)
- Toward Achieving Health Equity for People with Genetic Disorders, Muin J. Khoury, Ridgely Fisk Green, and Katherine Kolor (June 28, 2021)
- CDC Supports Microbiome Science to Advance Infection Prevention, Clinical Care, and Public Health, Safe Healthcare Blog (June 25, 2021)
- An Evaluation of “My Family Health Portrait”: Strengths and Opportunities, Devin Yu and Ridgely Fisk Green (June 22, 2021)
- What should be the public health priorities in genomics and precision medicine in the next decade? Katherine Kolor, Ridgely Fisk Green, and Muin J. Khoury (June 9, 2021)
- What is Public Health Genomics? A Day in the Invisible Life of Public Health Genomics (an Encore), Muin J. Khoury (May 19, 2021)
- Public Health Genomics Priorities Through a Health Equity Lens: Achieving Health Equity in Genomics and Precision Medicine is More Important than Ever, Muin J. Khoury, Scott Bowen, W. David Dotson, and Katherine Kolor (May 18, 2021)
- Personal Reflections on Genomics, Health Equity, and Public Health, Michelle Rose and Ridgely Fisk Green (April 19, 2021)
- Stool-based Colorectal Cancer Screening in the COVID-19 Era, W. David Dotson, Muin J. Khoury, M. Scott Bowen and Nicole F. Dowling (April 12, 2021)
- From Genes to Public Health: Building the Evidence Base for DNA-based Population Screening, Muin J. Khoury and W. David Dotson (April 9, 2012)
- Host Genomics and COVID-19: One Year Later, Muin J. Khoury, Marta Gwinn and George A. Mensah (April 2, 2021)
- Putting Cancer Data in the Fast Lane, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (March 31, 2021)
- Applications of Digital Tools for Precision Public Health in the COVID-19 Era: Where Are We? Muin J. Khoury, W. David Dotson and Scott Bowen (March 29, 2021)
- Tier 1 Guidelines on Family-Based Screening for Hereditary Hemochromatosis, W. David Dotson, Katherine Kolor, Muin J. Khoury and Scott D. Grosse (March 12, 2021)
- mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines: An Incredible Feat of Genomic Technology, Joanne Cono, W. David Dotson, Ridgely Fisk Green, and Muin J. Khoury (March 5, 2021)
- How Common is Familial Hypercholesterolemia? Frank Swann and Ridgely Fisk Green (January 25, 2021)
- Next Generation Sequencing to Diagnose Primary Immunodeficiency, Aditi Kantipuly and Ridgely Fisk Green (January 22, 2021)
- Public Health Impact of Digital Health: Reinventing the Wheel, Muin J. Khoury and W. David Dotson (January 15, 2021)
- Labs on FHIR: Sharing Genetic Test Results*, Allison Dennis, Kevin Chaney, Tracy Okubo and Teresa Zayas Cabán, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services (January 12, 2021)
2020
- 2020: A Challenging Year of Progress for Genomics and Precision Public Health, Muin J. Khoury and Scott Bowen (December 21, 2020)
- Genomic Medicine Year in Review 2020: Population-wide Implementation Research Has Arrived, Muin J. Khoury and W. David Dotson (December 11, 2020)
- 15 Years of Genome-wide Association Studies: What’s the Public Health Impact? Muin J. Khoury and Marta Gwinn (December 8, 2020)
- Happy Thanksgiving 2020: Family and Family Health History Are As Important As Ever, Ridgely Fisk Green and Muin J. Khoury (November 23, 2020)
- Assessing the Value for Money of Using Genome Sequencing in Child Health, Wendy J. Ungar and Scott D. Grosse (November 18, 2020)
- A New Vision for Using Genomics to Improve Health: An Expanded Role for Public Health, Muin J. Khoury and W. David Dotson (November 10, 2020)
- Genomic Medicine is Here: We Need More Data on Implementation and Outcomes, Muin J. Khoury and W. David Dotson (November 9, 2020)
- One Health – A Comprehensive Approach To Preventing Disease, Saving Lives, CB Behravesh, CDC Global Voices Blog Post (November 2, 2020)
- Precision Medicine in Action: How can we make cascade screening for hereditary conditions work best in the real world? Swetha Srinivasan, Megan C. Roberts, W. David Dotson and Muin J. Khoury (October 19, 2020)
- Breast Cancer Among Men, Taylor Ellington, The Topic Is Cancer (October 15, 2020)
- A Strong Start: Enhancing Newborn Screening for Precision Public Health, David Jones, Stephanie Garcia, Nicole Ruiz-Schultz, Amy Gaviglio and Carla Cuthbert (October 13, 2020)
- Assessing Lifting Risk Factors Using Wearable Motion Sensors, Menekse S. Barim and Ming-Lun (Jack) Lu, NIOSH Science Blog (October 13, 2020)
- How Accessible Are Genetics Providers and How Can Access Be Increased? Tatiana Garrison, Tina Truong and Ridgely Fisk Green (October 5, 2020)
- Are We Ready for Population Screening for Hereditary Hemochromatosis? Scott D. Grosse and Muin J. Khoury (September 28, 2020)
- Artificial Intelligence, Public Trust, and Public Health, Carlos Siordia and Muin J. Khoury (September 17, 2020)
- Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) versus the gonococcus: How CDC scientists are using WGS to beat antibiotic resistant gonorrhea, Evonne Woodson and Brian Raphael (September 14, 2020)
- The Road Ahead for Genomics Research: From Technology to Population Health Impact, Muin J. Khoury and W. David Dotson (September 9, 2020)
- Barriers and Facilitators to Recruiting Study Participants in Host Genomic Studies, Madison Dixon and Ridgely Fisk Green (September 1, 2020)
- Precision Public Health and the COVID-19 Response, Sonja A. Rasmussen, Muin J. Khoury and Carlos del Rio (August 17, 2020)
- The Long Road to Population-based Genomic Screening, Muin J. Khoury and Michael F. Murray (August 11, 2020)
- Beyond Tuberculosis: BCG Vaccine and Epigenetics, Emily Drzymalla and Marta Gwinn (August 10, 2020)
- Predictive Analytics, Implementation Science, Precision Medicine and Precision Public Health, Muin J. Khoury and George A. Mensah (July 28, 2020)
- Probabilities, Not Promises: How Computer Models are Used in Emergency Preparedness & Response, Public Health Matters Blog (July 13, 2020)
- Toward More Precision in Implementation Science in the Age of COVID-19, Mindy Clyne, David A Chambers, and Muin J. Khoury (June 26, 2020)
- From Precision Medicine to Precision Public Health: Beyond the Pandemic, Muin J. Khoury and Michael F. Iademarco (June 19, 2020)
- Accelerating Precision in Public Health Surveillance and Response, Paula Braun, Kevin Chaney, Muin J. Khoury, and Teresa Zayas Cabán (June 10, 2020)
- Genetic Counseling in the Time of COVID-19, Katie Bruder and Ridgely Fisk Green (May 22, 2020)
- Implementation Science to Improve Case Finding, Cascade Screening, and Treatment for Familial Hypercholesterolemia: A Prototype for Precision Public Health Research, Muin J. Khoury and George A. Mensah (May 5, 2020)
- How Can Evidence Synthesis be Conducted at the Speed of a Pandemic? Caitlin G. Allen, W. David Dotson, Scott Bowen, and Muin J. Khoury (May 1, 2020)
- The Public Health Impact of COVID-19: Why Host Genomics? Muin J. Khoury, Marta Gwinn and Priya Duggal (April 21, 2020)
- Managing Asthma During COVID-19, Holly Gay, Public Health Matters Blog (April 14, 2020)
- Using Digital Technologies in Precision Public Health: COVID-19 and Beyond, Muin J. Khoury, Scott Bowen and Paula Braun (April 6, 2020)
- Manipulating the Human Microbiome for Precision Public Health: Prospects and Challenges, Melia Haile, Alison Laufer Halpin, Christopher Elkins, Muin J. Khoury, and Clifford McDonald (March 31, 2020)
- In the Era of Public Health Emergencies, Interoperability Rules are a Beacon for More Precision in Public Health, Paula Braun (March 30, 2020)
- A Public Health Genomics Pioneer, Scott Bowen, Muin J. Khoury, Sharon Kardia and Stephen Modell (March 18, 2020)
- Should polygenic risk scores be used in risk-stratified colorectal cancer screening? David Dotson, Nicole F. Dowling and Muin J. Khoury (February 24, 2020)
- A 2020 Reality Check on the Public Health Impact of Cancer Genomics and Precision Medicine, Muin J. Khoury and Juan Rodriguez (February 10, 2020)
- Study of Children with One vs. Two or More Siblings with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Expected and Unexpected Similarities and Differences, Ridgely Fisk Green and Aimee A. Alexander (February 4, 2020)
- Genome-wide Association studies (GWAS) in the Quest to Understand the Causes of Birth Defects, Ridgely Fisk Green, Philip J. Lupo, Laura E. Mitchell and Mary M. Jenkins (January 27, 2020)
- Reducing the Global Public Health Burden of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: More Work Ahead, Muin J. Khoury and Betsy L. Thompson (January 21, 2020)
- “Precision” Health Tools and… Increased Health Disparities? Scott Bowen, Muin J. Khoury, Ramal Moonesinghe and George A Mensah (January 8, 2020)
- Progress in Pathogen Genomics as a Prototype for Precision Public Health, Muin J. Khoury (January 2, 2020)
- Communication and Information Sharing about Genomics and Precision Health: Opportunities for Improvement, Caitlin G. Allen, Ridgely Fisk Green and Muin J. Khoury (January 2, 2020)
2019
- Genomic Medicine Year in Review 2019: What’s Hot for Public Health Impact? Muin J. Khoury (December 16, 2019)
- Are we Ready for DNA-based Population Screening? The Need for Large Collaborative Pilot Studies, Michael Murray, James Evans, Betsy Thompson and Muin J. Khoury (December 10, 2019)
- Happy Thanksgiving 2019: Collect and Share Your Family Health History: It Could Save Your Life! Muin J. Khoury (November 25, 2019)
- Familial Hypercholesterolemia as a Prototype for Precision Public Health, Muin J. Khoury and Betsy L. Thompson (November 19, 2019)
- Public Health Perspectives on Ensuring Life Long Benefits of Newborn Screening, Muin J. Khoury (November 18, 2019)
- Many Adults with Familial Hypercholesterolemia Are Not Meeting Goal LDL-Cholesterol Level, Ridgely Fisk Green, Caitlin G. Allen and Quanhe Yang (November 15, 2019)
- What’s the “value” of exome sequencing in children with neurodevelopmental disorders? Muin J. Khoury (October 16, 2019)
- Can a Healthy Lifestyle Reduce Your Risk of Dementia Regardless of Your Genes? – Part II, Scott Bowen, Christopher Taylor and Muin J. Khoury (October 2, 2019)
- Can an Aspirin a Day Prevent Colorectal Cancer in People with Lynch Syndrome? Scott Bowen, Nicole Dowling and Muin J. Khoury (October 2, 2019)
- Introducing the CDC Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health: What’s in a Name? Muin J. Khoury (September 30, 2019)
- Data Science and Machine Learning in Public Health: Promises and Challenges, Chirag J Patel, Danielle Rasooly and Muin J. Khoury (September 20, 2019)
- Genetic Counseling and Public Health in the Era of Precision Medicine, Muin J. Khoury (September 18, 2019)
- Implementation science and genomic medicine in action: A case study, Mindy Clyne and Muin J. Khoury (September 18, 2019)
- Precision Medicine Update: Important Progress on the Long Road from Discovery to Population Health Impact, Muin J. Khoury and George A. Mensah (August 26, 2019)
- Can a Healthy Lifestyle Reduce Your Risk of Dementia Regardless of Your Genes? Scott Bowen, Christopher Taylor and Muin J. Khoury (August 14, 2019)
- Why should early career public health researchers pay attention to precision medicine? Caitlin G. Allen (August 12, 2019)
- The use of polygenic risk scores in clinical practice can exacerbate health disparities in ethnic and minority populations, Megan C. Roberts, Muin J. Khoury, George A. Mensah (July 29, 2019)
- Can Big Data Science Deliver Precision Public Health? Muin J. Khoury, Michael Engelgau, George A. Mensah and David A. Chambers (July 23, 2019)
- Introducing the CDC Tier-Classified Guidelines Database, W. David Dotson, Wei Yu, and Muin J. Khoury (July 16, 2019)
- Frequently Asked Questions about the CDC Tier-Classified Guidelines Database, W. David Dotson, Wei Yu, and Muin J. Khoury (July 16, 2019)
- Is it Time to Integrate Polygenic Risk Scores into Clinical Practice? Let’s Do the Science First and Follow the Evidence Wherever it Takes Us! Muin J. Khoury and George A. Mensah (June 3, 2019)
- Can Predictive Analytics Drive Implementation Research to Improve Population Health? Michael Engelgau, George A. Mensah and Muin J. Khoury (May 28, 2019)
- Lack of Knowledge of Natural History of New Biomarkers: The Achilles’ Heel of Precision Health! Muin J. Khoury (May 23, 2019)
- Time to Keep a Smart Watch on Precision Health, A Science-Based Vision for the Wearable Revolution, Scott Bowen and Muin J. Khoury (May 15, 2019)
- Research on the Behavioral Impact of Polygenic Risk Scores: The Train Has Already Left the Station! Saskia Sanderson and Muin J. Khoury (April 30, 2019)
- When cancer runs in the family, Temeika L. Fairley, CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (April 23, 2019)
- Introducing the Rare Diseases Genomics and Precision Health Knowledge Base, Muin J. Khoury and Wei Yu (April 4, 2019)
- How Genetic Counselors are Dealing with Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing, Suzy Cahn (March 29, 2019)
- Introducing “Precision” to the CDC Genomics and Health Impact Update and the Public Health Genomics Knowledge Base, Muin J. Khoury (March 27, 2019)
- Prepare Your Health: Personal Health Preparedness for People with Bleeding Disorders, Public Health Matters Blog (March 4, 2019)
- Public Health Genomics: What’s Next? Muin J. Khoury (February 19, 2019)
- Let’s not get too excited about genome sequencing of healthy newborns. Here’s why! Scott D. Grosse, Jeffrey R. Botkin and Muin J. Khoury (February 15, 2019)
- Preventive medicine can be more precise and precision medicine can be more preventive! Muin J. Khoury (January 29, 2019)
2018
- Your Top 10 Public Health Genomics Knowledge Base Searches in 2018!
- Satisfying Popular Curiosity: What Is Genetic Counseling?
- Implementing Genomics-Based Screening Programs for Healthy Adults: A Proposed Evidence-based Approach from the Genomics and Population Health Action Collaborative, Muin J. Khoury and David Dotson (December 3, 2018)
- Happy Thanksgiving 2018: Protect your family’s health by using My Family Health Portrait to collect and share your family health history Muin J. Khoury (November 19, 2018)
- Contributions of Public Health in Reducing the Population Burden of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Challenges and Opportunities, and George A. Mensah
- Perspectives from a state genetics coordinator: Public health’s role in addressing familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in the United States,
- 2018 Yearlong Seminar Series in Public Health Genomics, Ridgely Fisk Green and Muin J. Khoury (October 12, 2018)
- Introducing GRANTOMICS: Our enhanced search engine and analysis tool for grant information associated with publications on genomics and population health impact, Wei Yu and Muin J. Khoury (October 5, 2018)
- The Road Less Traveled: Genomic Epidemiology Capacity in State Public Health Programs, Muin J. Khoury and Marta Gwinn (September 24, 2018)
- Public Health is Striving Towards More Precision, Muin J. Khoury (September 17, 2018)
- Announcing a New CDC Home for the U.S. Surgeon General’s Family Health History Tool,
- When Should You Be Screened for Colorectal Cancer? Scott Bowen, Lisa Richardson and Muin J. Khoury (August 30, 2018)
- What is the Value of Rapid Genomic Sequencing in Acute Infant Care? Scott Grosse (August 17, 2018)
- A Road Map for Evaluation and Appropriate Implementation of Genome Sequencing to Improve Population Health, Muin J. Khoury (August 2, 2018)
- Tracking Progress in Public Health Genomics at CDC: A New CDC-Authored Genomics Publication Database, Wei Yu and Muin J. Khoury (July 18, 2018)
- Using Genetic Risk Scores in Cancer Screening: Are We There Yet? Megan C. Roberts and Muin J. Khoury (July 5, 2018)
- Can Genetic Risk Scores Score a Win for Precision Prevention? Time and Rigorous Studies Will Tell, Muin J. Khoury, Debbie Winn and George A. Mensah (June 25, 2018)
- Consumer Genetic Testing Is Booming: But What are the Benefits and Harms to Individuals and Populations? Scott Bowen and Muin J. Khoury (June 12, 2018)
- Stimulating Implementation Science in Genomics and Precision Medicine for Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Diseases: The Case of Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Muin J. Khoury and George Mensah (June 5, 2018)
- Precision Public Health: What Is It? Muin J. Khoury (May 15, 2018)
- Universal Screening for Lynch Syndrome: Can Tumor Sequencing Have a Larger Public Health Impact on Treatment and Prevention of Colorectal Cancer? Muin J. Khoury and Heather Hampel (May 9, 2018)
- Evaluating the Impact of Precision Medicine: How Ivacaftor Reduces Hospitalizations of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis, Ridgely Fisk Green and Scott Grosse (May 8, 2018)
- Precision Medicine in Action: How well does cascade screening for hereditary conditions work in the real world? W. David Dotson, Megan C. Roberts, and Muin J. Khoury (May 8, 2018)
- Tracking the Translation of Genomic Discoveries to Population Health Benefits: Connecting the Dots from Investment to Population Health Information, Wei Yu and Muin J. Khoury (April 16, 2018)
- Genomics and Population Health Action: The Collaboration Continues! Muin J. Khoury (April 9, 2018)
- Leap of Faith or Smart Investment? Early Integration of Whole Genome Sequencing in Healthcare Systems, W. Gregory Feero, Catherine A. Wicklund, David Veenstra & Muin J. Khoury (March 16, 2018)
- HLBS-PopOmics: NHLBI and CDC partner to launch a public health genomics knowledge base for heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders, , Wei Yu & Muin J. Khoury (March 14, 2018)
- Saving a Million Hearts: One Heart at a Time! Muin J. Khoury & George Mensah (March 12, 2018)
- Dear John, There’s no point in waiting any longer. Let’s call it quits… Scott Bowen & Muin J. Khoury (March 7, 2018)
- Prevent Colorectal Cancer: We Can Do It! Cynthia A Gelb, CDC Cancer Blog Post (March 1, 2018)
- Work in Progress: Classifying Evidence-based Genomic Applications for Practice and Prevention, David Dotson & Muin J. Khoury (February 28, 2018)
- What do women (and men) want? Parents weigh in on genetic testing for rare diseases in children, Scott D. Grosse (February 27, 2018)
- Inspiring and Taking Action Against Cancer, Lisa Richardson, CDC Cancer Blog, (January 31, 2018)
- Genomics and Obesity: We Need Both Population and Individualized Approaches in the Prevention and Management of Obesity, Muin J. Khoury (January 29, 2018)
- Gloria L. A. Beckles, Tiebin Liu & Muin J. Khoury (January 26, 2018)
- Progress in Public Health Genomics Depends on Measuring Population Level Outcomes, Debra Lochner Doyle, Mindy Clyne, David Chambers & Muin J. Khoury (January 23, 2018)
- Trends in CDC Publications in Public Health Genomics, 2012-2016, Junyu Chen, Marta Gwinn & Muin J. Khoury (January 2, 2018)
2017
- Happy Holidays! Celebrating the Arrival of 2018 and 20 Years of Public Health Genomics! Scott Bowen and Muin J. Khoury (December 20, 2017)
- If You Build It Will They Come? The Urgent Need for Implementation Science in Genomic Medicine, Mindy Clyne, Megan Roberts and Muin J. Khoury (November 27, 2017)
- Public health genomics information is now easily accessible online, Wei Yu and Muin J. Khoury (November 20, 2017)
- Happy Thanksgiving 2017: Take time to collect, share, and act on your family health history, it may save your life! Muin J. Khoury (November 20, 2017)
- Genomics and Precision Medicine: How Can Emerging Technologies Address Population Health Disparities? Join the Conversation, Wylie Burke, Charles Rotimi, Debbie Winn, Vence Bonham, Michael Hahn and Muin J. Khoury (November 13, 2017)
- Integrating Pharmacogenomics in Practice: One GIFT at a Time or a Package Deal? and Muin J. Khoury (November 6, 2017)
- Sickle Cell Disease: Data Saves Lives, Public Health Matters Blog (October 10, 2017)
- Breast Cancer Survivorship: Pam’s Story, DCPC (September 27, 2017)
- Trends and Factors Affecting Utilization of BRCA Testing in the United States: The Need for Improved Surveillance, (September 25, 2017)
- Integrating genomics into population-based cancer surveillance in the era of precision medicine,
- I Did Everything to Avoid Cancer…And It Still Got Me, DCPC (August 30, 2017)
- and Muin J. Khoury (August 16, 2017)
- Accelerating Evidence Generation to Fulfill the Promise of Genomic Medicine, Christine Y Lu and Muin J. Khoury (August 14, 2017)
- Cascade Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the United States: Public Health Impact and Challenges,
- Is pharmacogenetic-guided treatment cost-effective? No one size fits all!
- Integrating Genomics into Public Health Surveillance: Ushering in a New Era of Precision Public Health, Muin J. Khoury (July 19, 2017)
- Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department: Confronting Barriers to Care, Conversations in Equity (June 19, 2017)
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- Are there any shortcuts on the translation highway to genomic medicine?
- Genome Sequencing for Healthy Individuals? Think Big and Act Small!
- Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing: Think Before You Spit, 2017 Edition!
- Genomics and Population Health Action: Join the Collaboration,
- Your Genes, Your Health: The Importance of Genetic Literacy and Education,
- How CDC Is Using Advanced Molecular Detection Technology To Better Fight Flu! John Barnes, Influenza Division, CDC (March 6, 2017)
- The need for a next-generation public health response to rare diseases, Rodolfo Valdez, Scott D. Grosse & Muin J. Khoury (February 8, 2017)
- Implementation Science in Genomic Medicine: Why we need it now!
- Can we use genetic screening of healthy populations to save lives and prevent disease? Join the conversation, Muin J. Khoury (January 25, 2017)
2016
- The Appropriateness and Cost of Thrombophilia Panel Testing: It’s Complicated, Scott Bowen and Scott D. Grosse (December 15, 2016)
- 2016: The Year of Precision Public Health!
- From One Hundred Thousand Genomes in the United Kingdom to Millions of Genomes in the United States: What Lessons Can we Learn? W. Gregory Feero and Muin J. Khoury (December 1, 2016)
- Happy Thanksgiving: Collect & Act on Your Family Health History, Bob Wildin MD and
- Tracking Translation of Human Genome Discoveries into Prevention and Control of Common Chronic Diseases: The Action is in Cancer! Muin J. Khoury and Lisa C Richardson (November 10, 2016)
- What Gets Measured Gets Done: Public Health Progress in Familial Hypercholesterolemia,
- The Cancer Moonshot, Hereditary Cancers and Population Genetic Screening, Muin J. Khoury and Lisa C Richardson (October 18, 2016)
- Precision Public Health: More Precision Ahead for Individual and Population Interventions,
- Precision Medicine and Population Health: Dealing With the Elephant in the Room,
- Five Misconceptions About the Role of Genomics in Public Health,
- From Genes to Public Health 1996-2016: The Train Has Left the Station,
- Precision Public Health: Reconciling Biological and Social Determinants of Health,
- The Shift From Personalized Medicine to Precision Medicine and Precision Public Health: Words Matter!
- Does genetic risk information improve healthy behavior? Let’s not throw out the baby with the bath water!
- Newborn screening for severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) saves lives and money: a cost-effective public health policy, Scott D. Grosse (March 15, 2016)
- Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing and Public Health Education,
- Rare Diseases, Genomics and Public Health: An Expanding Intersection,
- Cancer Precision Medicine: More Population Sciences Ahead! Muin J. Khoury and Debbie Winn (January 20, 2016)
- Precision Medicine: the Arrival of Genomics to the Clinic is the Beginning of a Longer Journey, Muin J. Khoury and W. Gregory Feero (January 19, 2016)
2015
- Public Health Genomics 2015: Looking Back, Looking Ahead, Muin J. Khoury (December 14, 2015)
- National Family History Day 2015: Thinking globally and acting locally, W. Gregory Feero (November 20, 2015)
- Engaging Implementation Scientists in Precision Medicine, David A. Chambers (November 18, 2015)
- Dealing with the Genomics and Health Information Overload: Introducing the CDC Public Health Genomics Knowledge Base, Muin J. Khoury and Wei Yu (November 4, 2015)
- Genomic discoveries to clinical applications: Are we reaching an inflection point toward precision medicine? W. Gregory Feero (October 29, 2015)
- Recommendations and Reality: What Personal Stories of Hereditary Cancer Can Tell Us, Ridgely Fisk Green and Katrina Trivers (October 6, 2015)
- Precision Medicine vs. Public Health: a False Dichotomy? Ron Zimmern and Muin J. Khoury (September 28, 2015)
- Infectious Diseases: Precision Medicine for Public Health, Marta Gwinn and Duncan MacCannell (September 24, 2015)
- Precision Medicine, Implementation Science and Public Health: How Do We Scale Up From 1 Million to 300 Million? Muin J. Khoury (August 24, 2015)
- The Future of Epidemiology in the Age of Precision Medicine: Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Beyond, Muin J. Khoury and Gina S Wei (August 11, 2015)
- Precision Medicine and Public Health: Improving Health Now While Generating New Knowledge for the Future, Muin J. Khoury (June 2, 2015)
- The Ultimate Selfie, Scott Bowen and Muin J. Khoury (May 15, 2015)
- Using Genomics in Precision Prevention of Breast Cancer, Muin J. Khoury and Lisa C Richardson (April 23, 2015)
- When a Country Cannot be a Cohort: Challenges of Implementing a Large Precision Medicine Cohort Study in the United States, Muin J. Khoury (March 23, 2015)
- Precision public health and precision medicine: two peas in a pod, Muin J. Khoury (March 2, 2015)
- Human Disease and Bad Luck: Acting on Genetic & Environmental Factors to Reduce Cancer Risk, Muin J. Khoury and Lisa C Richardson (February 17, 2015)
- 100,000 Studies: A Milestone for Human Genome Epidemiology (HuGE) and the HuGE Navigator, Marta Gwinn (February 9, 2015)
- The success of precision medicine requires a public health perspective, Muin J. Khoury (January 29, 2015)
2014
- Newborn screening in the genomics era: are we ready for genome sequencing? Alison Stewart, Ridgely Fisk Green and Stuart K. Shapira (December 30,2014)
- Celebrating a decade of evidence-based evaluation of genomic tests, David Dotson and Muin J. Khoury (December 4, 2014)
- What is a “rare disease”? Polio eradication and primary immunodeficiency, Marta Gwinn (November 26, 2014)
- Family health history is a non-modifiable risk factor—or is it? Ridgely Fisk Green (November 13, 2014)
- Every cause needs a champion: Jean Chabut as a public health Genomics pioneer, Muin J. Khoury and Scott Bowen (November 13, 2014)
- Public Health Approach to Big Data in the Age of Genomics: How Can we Separate Signal from Noise? Muin J. Khoury (October 30, 2014)
- Outsmarting Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens, Marta Gwinn and Clifford McDonald (October 30, 2014)
- Epigenetics and Public Health: Why We Should Pay Attention, Muin J. Khoury and Krista Crider (October 9, 2014)
- Suicide, Family History, and Genomics Scott Bowen and Brad Bartholow (September 10, 2014)
- Family trees and family ties: Can family communication increase breast cancer screening and monitoring? Kari Mendelsohn-Victor, Deb Duquette, Maria Katapodi (August 25, 2014)
- Is genomics widening the schism between medicine and public health? Muin J. Khoury (August 21,2014)
- Nobody is average, but what to do about it?: The challenge of individualized disease prevention, Muin J. Khoury (July 2,2014)
- Knowing BRCA Changed My Life, Debbie Wasserman Schultz (June 10, 2014)
- National ALS Registry Aims to Find Answers, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) (May 19, 2014)
- Geography, genetics and leading causes of death, Muin J. Khoury (May 15, 2014)
- Evidence Matters in Genomic Medicine- Round 4: Where are we with Pharmacogenomic Tests? David Dotson, Michael Douglas and Katherine Kolor (April 3, 2014)
- Reconciling the future of genomic medicine with its current reality: how do we get there from here? Muin J. Khoury (March 20, 2014)
- Public Health Genomics to Save Lives: Available Tools, Actual Examples, Real Success, Scott Bowen (March 6, 2014)
- Is evidence-based medicine the enemy of genomic medicine? Alison Stewart Guest Blogger, and Muin J. Khoury (February 13, 2014)
- Guidelines we can trust are crucial for the successful implementation of genomic medicine, Alison Stewart Guest Blogger, and Muin J. Khoury (February 13, 2014)
- Public Health Genomics Highlights 2013, Muin J. Khoury (January 30, 2013)
- Environmental Health Lab Supports Newborn Screening in the U.S., Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health (January 24, 2014)
2013
- Genome sequencing in the clinic – The question is not whether the glass is half-full or half-empty but whether or not the glass is the right tool., W. Gregory Feero (December 12, 2013)
- When Should We All Have Our Genomes Sequenced? Muin J. Khoury (October 31, 2013)
- Public Health Genomics in Action: Reducing Morbidity and Mortality from Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Muin J. Khoury (October 31, 2013)
- Genetic Epidemiology-What a Difference 20 Years Can Make! Muin J. Khoury (September 12, 2013)
- Public Health Impact of Genomewide Association Studies: Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Muin J. Khoury (August 1, 2013)
- Why We Can’t Wait? A Public Health Approach to Disparities in Genomic Medicine, Muin J. Khoury (June 27, 2013)
- A Public Health Genomics State-by-State Clickable Map: Accelerating Implementation of Genomics Applications to Improve Population Health, Karen Greendale (June 20, 2013)
- New Products from the EGAPP Working Group: Further Development of Evidence Review Methodology and More Recommendations in Genomic Medicine, Michael Douglas and David Dotson (May 30, 2013)
- Genomes at CDC: Man, mouse, and microbe—it’s a genomic world! Marta Gwinn (May 23, 2013)
- Walking Before Running: Genomic Medicine 10 Years After the Human Genome Project, W. Gregory Feero (April 11, 2013)
- On Spinning Wheels and Genomes Revealed: Sequencing is No Longer a Sleeping Controversy, Scott Bowen and Muin J. Khoury (March 28, 2013)
- Implementing evidence-based genomics recommendations at the intersection of public health and healthcare, Jenna McLosky, Debra Duquette, Beverly Burke and Joan Foland (March 21, 2013)
- Accelerating the Development of Evidence Reviews and Recommendations in Genomic Medicine, Michael Douglas and David Dotson (February 28, 2013)
- Newborn Screening: Lives Saved and Dances Danced, National Center for Environmental Health (February 22, 2013)
- How Can We Use Genetic Testing in Population Screening for Common Diseases? Scientific and Implementation Challenges, Muin J. Khoury (February 21, 2013)
- What’s the Connection Between Polio Eradication and Primary Immunodeficiency? A Public Health Role for Human Genetics, Marta Gwinn (January 24, 2013)
- Public Health Genomics: 15 Years On, Muin J. Khoury (January 3, 2013)
2012
- From Genetic Counseling in Individuals to Cascade Screening in Populations: An Emerging Role for Public Health Practice, Muin J. Khoury (November 29, 2012)
- New Strategies for Public Health Genomics Beyond Newborn Screening: a Working Meeting and an Action Plan to Save Lives Now, Scott Bowen and Karen Greendale (October 3, 2012)
- Evidence Matters in Genomic Medicine—Round 3: Integrating Family Health History into Clinical Preventive Services Katherine Kolor and Muin J. Khoury (September 27, 2012)
- More Workings of an Evidence-Based Genomic Panel: Modernizing the Evidence Review Process, David Dotson and Michael Douglas (September 20, 2012)
- What Gets Measured Gets Done: Genomics, Surveillance Indicators and Healthy People 2020, Muin J. Khoury and Katherine Kolor (September 13, 2012)
- Now watch this: Genomic Epidemiology, Marta Gwinn (September 6, 2012)
- Evidence Matters in Genomic Medicine- Round 2: Integrating Cancer Genomic Tests, Michael Douglas and David Dotson (August 23, 2012)
- Think After You Spit: Personal Genomic Tests May Offer a Teachable Moment, Muin J. Khoury and Katherine Kolor (July 26, 2012)
- Peeling the Pyramid, Scaling the Onion—How to Implement Genomic Medicine, Muin J. Khoury (June 21, 2012)
- Workings of an Evidence-Based Genomic Panel, David Dotson and Michael Douglas (May 24, 2012)
- Sharing the Burden of Obesity, Marta Gwinn (May 17, 2012)
- Genomic Tests and Population Health: An Online Catalog to Promote a Conversation on Evolving Evidence, Muin J. Khoury (May 3, 2012)
- Smokescreen…Never Let Genetics Blind You to the Harsh Reality of Cigarettes, Scott Bowen (April 19, 2012)
- Ushering Public Health Practice into the 21st Century, Muin J. Khoury (April 12, 2012)
- Evidence Matters in Genomic Medicine, Michael Douglas and David Dotson (March 28, 2012)
- Making Universal Screening for Lynch Syndrome a Reality: The Lynch Syndrome Screening Network Deb Duquette, Cecelia Bellcross, Heather Hampel and Kory Jasperson (March 22, 2012)
- The Public Health Approach to Genetic Testing in the 21st Century: Saving Lives and Saving Unnecessary Healthcare Costs Muin J. Khoury (March 15, 2012)
- Can Sudden Cardiac Death of the Young be Prevented? Debra Duquette and Beth Anderson (March 1, 2012)
- Emerging Evidence for the Benefits of Systematic Collection of Family History in Clinical Practice, Muin J. Khoury (February 23, 2012)
- No Genome is an Island, Marta Gwinn (January 12, 2012)
2011
- Family Health History and the Holidays, Ruta Sharangpani and Debra Duquette (December 15, 2011)
- Beyond base Pairs to Bedside: A Community Consultation on Closing the Gap between Genomic Discoveries and the Public’s Health, Muin J. Khoury (December 1, 2011)
- Can We have Our Genome and Eat It Too? Deploying the Whole Genome Sequence In Medicine and Public Health, One Base Pair At A Time, Muin J. Khoury (November 3, 2011)
- A Million Hearts, A Thousand Genes, and Your Family History, Muin J. Khoury (October 13, 2011)
- Genomics in Public Health Preparedness: Chance Favors the Prepared Mind, Marta Gwinn (September 22, 2011)
- Think (Again) Before You Spit: Readers Weigh In , Muin J. Khoury (September 8, 2011)
- Think Before You Spit: Do Personal Genomic Tests Improve Health? Muin J. Khoury (August 25, 2011)
- Shall We Have Pie or Stew? Scott Bowen (August 11, 2011)
- We Asked…You Answered…Thank You! Muin J. Khoury (August 3, 2011)
- Medications for the Masses? Pharmacogenomics is an Important Public Health Issue, Muin J. Khoury (July 21, 2011)
- What are the Priorities for Public Health Genomics 2012-2017? Muin J. Khoury (July 7, 2011)
- Genome vs. Genome: E. Coli Sprouts in Germany, Marta Gwinn (June 30, 2011)
- Feeling the Genomic Pulse of the United States, Muin J. Khoury (June 21, 2011)
- Tell Me More about Telomeres, Marta Gwinn (June 9, 2011)
- What is Public Health Genomics? A Day in the Invisible Life of Public Health Genomics, Muin J. Khoury (June 2, 2011)
- New Blog: Genomics Matters, Muin J. Khoury (May 5, 2011)