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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.

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Advances in genomics, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are transforming practice. Next generation public health and medical workforces need to understand these developments and how they can be used to benefit population health. Recognizing this challenge, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) is partnering with the Office of Genomics and Precision

Posted on by Will White, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education; Mindy Clyne, W. David Dotson, Scott Bowen and Muin J. Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GeorgiaLeave a commentTags

Colliding with Collider Bias: Implications for Precision Public Health

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A recent JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods reviews how collider bias can lead to erroneous inference on causal relationships in clinical and epidemiological studies, potentially leading to incorrect clinical decision making and ineffective public health action. What is Collider Bias? Informed decision making in medicine and public health relies on valid evidence from clinical

Posted on by Danielle Rasooly, Ramal Moonesinghe and Muin J. Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GeorgiaLeave a commentTags

Precision Public Health in Action: Enhancing models to predict risk of adverse treatment outcomes in people with hemophilia

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In collaboration with the CDC Office of Advanced Molecular Detection, the Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health recently funded the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) to strengthen public health capacity by introducing elements of human genomics into applied research on predicting inhibitor risk in people with hemophilia. Hemophilia refers to a group

Posted on by Christopher J. Bean, PhD and Amanda B. Payne, PhD MPH - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesLeave a commentTags ,

Precision Public Health in Action: New CDC Pilot Projects Integrate Human Genomics into Public Health Surveillance and Applied Research

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In collaboration with the CDC Office of Advanced Molecular Detection, we recently launched a new, five-year initiative to strengthen public health capacity by introducing elements of human genomics into both public health surveillance and applied research. We report here on the successful launch of one of the initiative’s components. The Office of Genomics and Precision Public

Posted on by Mindy Clyne, W. David Dotson, Muin J. Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GeorgiaLeave a commentTags

From Precision Medicine to Precision Public Health: The Dialogue Continues

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A recent Nature article discusses the concept of precision public health (PPH) and raises concerns that too much emphasis on data and technology is “diverting attention away from regular public health.” In this post, we advance this important dialogue by focusing on two distinct components of PPH: its role in reaping the population health benefits

Posted on by Muin J. Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, and Josh Denny, All of Us Research Program, National Institutes for Health, Bethesda, MarylandLeave a commentTags

Mendelian Randomization: A Precision Public Health Tool for the COVID-19 Response

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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when little was known about the natural history of the disease, predicting the course of the pandemic was of premier importance for treating sick patients and redoubling efforts to protect those at highest risk of adverse outcomes. To address this need, investigators used a study design that

Posted on by Emily Drzymalla, Marta Gwinn and Muin J. Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GeorgiaLeave a commentTags , ,

Applications of Digital Tools for Precision Public Health in the COVID-19 Era: Where Are We?

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Two recent systematic scoping reviews explore the use and limitations of digital tools in public health surveillance and their applications to the pandemic response Digital health tools offer increasing potential for substantial benefits to medicine and public health. In clinical practice, digital applications include personal wearable devices, devices within the body, and sensors that can

Posted on by Muin J. Khoury, W. David Dotson, Scott Bowen, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GeorgiaLeave a commentTags , ,

2020: A Challenging Year of Progress for Genomics and Precision Public Health

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It is time to wrap up an eventful 2020 which unfortunately was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. From January 2020 through November 2020, we saw a major increase in visits to our website (> 2.6 million views, compared to 2 million views in 2019 and 1.2 million views in 2018). In our year end blog,

Posted on by Muin J. Khoury and Scott Bowen, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GeorgiaLeave a commentTags ,

A Strong Start: Enhancing Newborn Screening for Precision Public Health

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As the capability to sequence an individual’s genome or exome continues to expand—and the cost continues to fall—more states are considering how next generation sequencing (NGS) could support their newborn screening programs, which test approximately four million babies born in the United States each year for congenital, treatable diseases. Results from NGS can help enhance

Posted on by David Jones (CDC), Stephanie Garcia (ONC), Nicole Ruiz-Schultz (Utah), Amy Gaviglio (4ES), Carla Cuthbert (CDC)Leave a commentTags

Precision Public Health and the COVID-19 Response

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This blog is a summary of our recent paper in the Journal of the American Association. The public health response to COVID-19 requires a mix of general and targeted public health interventions, i.e., precision public health. Precision public health uses data from traditional and emerging sources to target interventions for populations by person, place, and

Posted on by Sonja A. Rasmussen, Departments of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Medicine and College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville, Florida; Muin J. Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Carlos del Rio, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine and Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia1 CommentTags ,