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Human Genome Epidemiology (HuGE) Workshop

Agenda  
May 6, 2003


 
CDC’s National Office of Public Health Genomics workshop introduces the concepts of human genome epidemiology (HuGE) that translate gene discoveries to disease prevention by integrating population- based data on gene-disease relationships with the development of interventions.
 
8:15-8:45 Welcome and Introduction to HuGE Muin Khoury, MD, PhD
Director, National Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
 
8:45-9:30 Impact of the Human Genome Project on Epidemiologic Research Darrell Ellsworth, PhD
Windber Research Institute, PA
  
9:30-10:15 Measuring Gene-Disease Associations: Julian Little, PhD
National Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
 
10:30-11:15 Measuring gene-environment and gene-gene interactions Sholom Wacholder, PhD
National Institutes of Health, MD
 
11:15-12:00 Case Study 1 Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH
National Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
 
1:00-1:45 Reporting and appraisal of human genome epidemiology studies Julian Little, PhD
National Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
 
1:45-2:30 Evaluation of genetic tests Linda Bradley, PhD
National Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
 
2:45-3:30 Case Study 2 Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH
National Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
 
3:30-4:15 Genomics and population
health data for policy and practice
Muin Khoury, MD, PhD
Director, National Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
 
4:15-4:45 Panel discussion
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