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The Road Less Traveled: Genomic Epidemiology Capacity in State Public Health Programs
In 2017, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) published its latest Epidemiology Capacity Assessment of state health departments’ workforce size and resources. The assessment inquired about the number of current and optimal epidemiologist positions; sources of epidemiology activity and funding; and states’ self-perceived capacity to lead epidemiology activities, provide expertise, and manage resources
Posted on byPublic Health is Striving Towards More Precision
In the past few years, the term “precision medicine” has become firmly established in the modern biomedical research enterprise. More recently, the term “precision” has made its way to the realm of public health. We and others have contributed to the discourse on precision public health and its relation to precision medicine. But not everyone
Posted on byAnnouncing a New CDC Home for the U.S. Surgeon General’s Family Health History Tool
On Thanksgiving Day 2004, the U.S. Surgeon General launched a national public health campaign called the U.S. Surgeon General’s Family History Initiative. The campaign quickly became a yearly event to raise public awareness about the importance of family health history, and encourage all families to learn more about their health histories. The initiative also launched
Posted on byA Road Map for Evaluation and Appropriate Implementation of Genome Sequencing to Improve Population Health
This blog is a summary of our recently published paper in PLOS Medicine, and is an update of my 2011 blog on “binning” the human genome. A common vision for genomic medicine is that genome sequencing will be routinely used in health systems to provide health care and preventive services tailored to each individual. For
Posted on byStimulating Implementation Science in Genomics and Precision Medicine for Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Diseases: The Case of Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Implementation science is an emerging field of scientific inquiry that has been increasingly applied to genomics and precision medicine. In our recent papers on the state of scientific publications and NIH funding, we have identified areas of growth and limitations of the field and called for more training and workforce development for implementation science in
Posted on byPrecision Public Health: What Is It?
In the past two years the term “precision public health” has been increasingly used in the scientific literature and at professional meetings. A quick PubMed search of the term shows 28 papers (as of April 30, 2018) dating back to our 2016 paper, “Precision Public Health for the Era of Precision Medicine.” The papers cover
Posted on by 1 CommentUniversal Screening for Lynch Syndrome: Can Tumor Sequencing Have a Larger Public Health Impact on Treatment and Prevention of Colorectal Cancer?
Lynch syndrome (LS) is the most common hereditary syndrome associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), accounting for about 3% of CRC patients. LS is a dominantly inherited condition with mutations in several mismatch repair (MMR) genes. Persons with LS are also at increased risk for endometrial and other cancers. Lynch syndrome affects 1
Posted on byTracking the Translation of Genomic Discoveries to Population Health Benefits: Connecting the Dots from Investment to Population Health Information
In March 2018, the CDC Office of Public Health Genomics launched the Grant Database (GDB), an extension of the Public Health Genomics Knowledge Base (PHGKB). GDB “connects the dots” between funding investment and publications on translation, implementation, and evaluation of population health impact of genomics and precision medicine. We launched PHGKB in 2016, as an
Posted on byGenomics and Population Health Action: The Collaboration Continues!
In March 2018, I attended the third annual meeting of leaders of the Genomics and Population Health Action Collaborative (GPHAC). GPHAC was formed late in 2015 under the auspices of the National Academy of Medicine’s Roundtable on Genomics and Precision Health to foster collaboration of more than 50 diverse stakeholders, including state public health programs,
Posted on byLeap of Faith or Smart Investment? Early Integration of Whole Genome Sequencing in Healthcare Systems
Discovery science in genomic medicine has generally enjoyed longstanding large collaborations for data sharing and joint analyses. Synergies among collaborators has accelerated major advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of health and diseases. More recently, some of the same scientists have come together to aggregate data for more applied clinical research with NIH
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