Category: health diparities

Genomics and Precision Medicine: How Can Emerging Technologies Address Population Health Disparities? Join the Conversation.

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Advances in genome sequencing, other “omic” technologies, and big data promise a new era of personalized medicine. However, there is an ongoing discussion how these new technologies can be used to understand and address existing population health disparities. On October 11, 2017, the Precision Medicine and Population Health Interest Group in the Division of Cancer Read More >

November 13, 2017 by Wylie Burke, Professor Emeritus and former Chair, Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington, Charles Rotimi, Director, Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes for Health, Debbie Winn, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Vence Bonham and Michael Hahn, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes for Health, Muin J, Khoury, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1 Comment

genomics, precision medicine