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Public Health Genomics Has Come of Age - July 6, 2015

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Public health genomics has come of age,by Muin Khoury, GeneWatch, June, 2015
A public health approach for fulfilling the promise of genomics to improve health: Or, when should we all have our genomes sequenced?
CDC Public Health Genomics 2015: Identify, inform, integrate
Is genomics widening the schism between medicine and public health?
The success of precision medicine requires a public health perspective

GeneWatch special issue on public health genomics 2015

Public health genomics has come of age,

by Muin Khoury, GeneWatch, June, 2015

A promising - and practical - vision for public health genomics,

by James Evans, GeneWatch, June 2015

Whole exome and whole genome sequencing in prenatal testing: what's the whole story?

By S Klugman et al. GeneWatch, June 2015

Consumer engagement in the genomics era,

by James O'Leary, GeneWatch, 2015

Genetic counselors: the journey into the genomic era,

by C Wicklund, GeneWatch, June 2015

Genomics education for health educators,

by Lei-Shih Chen, GeneWatch, June 2015

Editor's note,

by SW Anderson, GeneWatch, June 2015

Genomics and Public Health Action - May 15, 2015

A public health approach for fulfilling the promise of genomics to improve health: Or, when should we all have our genomes sequenced?

Videocast by Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD, director of CDC's Office of Public Health Genomics at the University of Minnesota (April 16, 2015).

April 6-12, 2015 was National Public Health Week.
Read more about this year's public health themes and how CDC is working towards the mission of Healthiest Nation 2030.

Healthiest Nation 2030

Presidential Proclamation -- National Public Health Week, 2015

CDC Public Health Genomics 2015: Identify, inform, integrate

CDC blog post: Is genomics widening the schism between medicine and public health?

CDC blog post: The success of precision medicine requires a public health perspective

CDC blog post: Precision medicine and precision public health—two peas in a pod

Personalised prevention and public health: an urgent agenda,

PHG Foundation Blog Post, March 2015

Is precision medicine the route to a healthy world?

Coote J et al. Lancet 2015

Public Health Genomics: Champions and Accomplishments - November 13, 2014

New CDC blog post: Every cause needs a champion: Jean Chabut as a public health genomics pioneer

CDC paper: Strategies, actions, and outcomes of pilot state programs in public health genomics, 2003-2008.

St Pierre et al. Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 Jun 12;11:E97

The impact of genomics on public health practice

H. Burton et al. British Med Bulletin, November 3, 2014

Public Health in the Genomics Era: Revolution or Evolution? - September 4, 2014

Watch the archived video lectures “Will genetics revolutionize public health?” Society for Epidemiologic Research,

3rd Annual Student Novel Methods Web Conference featuring Drs Richard Cooper from Loyola University and Muin Khoury from the CDC Office of Public Health Genomics

CDC article: Beyond public health genomics: proposals from an international working group.

Boccia S, Khoury MJ, et al. European Journal of Public Health, August 29, 2014

Why is personalized medicine relevant to public health?

Stefania Boccia. European Journal of Public Health, August 2014

CDC article: The public health role in translating advances in genomics

Muin J. Khoury and Scott Bowen, Clinical Omics, August 13, 2014

CDC information: Public health genomics in a nutshell: Identify, inform and integrate

CDC paper: Zimmern RL, Khoury MJ. The impact of genomics on public health practice: the case for change

. Public Health Genomics. 2012;15(3-4):118-24.