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Manipulating the Human Microbiome for Precision Public Health: Prospects and Challenges

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Spotlight on the Human Microbiome The human microbiome has a crucial role in driving public health science and initiatives towards more “precision”. In a recent viewpoint and podcast, Harkins, et al. discuss the potential and current applications for manipulating the human microbiome for disease prevention and management. The authors describe several examples of microbiome manipulation Read More >

Posted on by Melia Haile, Alison Laufer Halpin, Christopher Elkins, and Clifford McDonald, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID; Muin J. Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GeorgiaTags ,

In the Era of Public Health Emergencies, Interoperability Rules are a Beacon for More Precision in Public Health

In the current wake of COVID-19, it is evident that the public health ecosystem needs to modernize how we gather, make sense of, and disseminate data from multiple sources.  The health threats we face today spread wider and change faster than the data flows our traditional approaches were designed to accommodate.  Becoming more adept with Read More >

Posted on by Paula Braun, Entrepreneur in Residence, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionTags

A Public Health Genomics Pioneer

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Remembering Toby Citrin Today, public health genomics is an established and respected field which is integrated into numerous public health programs. This was not the case in the year 2000. CDC had established the Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health two years prior (initially called the Office of Genetics and Disease Prevention), but few Read More >

Posted on by Scott Bowen, Muin J Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with Sharon Kardia and Stephen Modell, University of Michigan1 Comment