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2002

Andy Baxevanis, Ph.D.
Director, Computational Genomics Program. Deputy Director, Division of Intramural Research.

• December 16, 2002: The Molecular Biology Database Collection: 2003 Update [nar.oxfordjournals.org]
  Edited by Andy Baxevanis. In the January issue of Nucleic Acids Research

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2003

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, NHGRI

• Interview with Francis Collins
  From The Natural Selection, Fall 2003, a publication of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study.
  
  
• The Genome Era and Mental Illness
  Reprinted with permission from the NAMI Advocate, Summer/Fall 2003.
  You may also wish to read the introductory article published in the same issue, written by Laura Lee Hall, Ph.D., senior research director, NAMI, titled The Start of a Real Revolution: Genetics and Psychiatric Illness
  
  
• Genomics: The Coming Revolution in Medicine
  From Global Agenda, the magazine of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2003.

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2004

Christopher P. Austin, M.D.
Senior Advisor to the Director for Translational Research, NHGRI

• August 18, 2004: Commentary: The Knockout Mouse Project
  In Nature Genetics a discussion about the international effort to make publicly available knockout alleles of all mouse genes.

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, NHGRI

• November 14, 2004: What we do and don't know about 'race,' 'ethnicity,' genetics and health at the dawn of the genome era.
  Recent advances in the understanding and treatment of diseases have spurred debate on the interplay of 'race,' 'ethnicity,' genetics and health. NHGRI Director Dr. Francis Collins examines this complex issue in a commentary in the journal Nature Genetics.
  
  
• November 1, 2004: Editorial: Genomics and the Family Physician: Realizing the Potential [aafp.org]
  From American Family Physician, Nov. 1, 2004, a publication of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
  
  

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2005

Vence Bonham, J.D.
Senior Advisor to the Director on Societal Implications of Genomics

• August 29, 2005: The Use of Racial, Ethnic, and Ancestral Categories in Human Genetics Research
  A review article by the National Human Genome Research Institute's Race, Ethnicity and Genetics Working Group. Published online in the August 29 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.
  
  

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, NHGRI

• January 6, 2005: Race and Ethnicity in the Genome Era: The Complexity of the Constructs [apa.org]
  An article written as part of a January 2005 special issue of the American Psychologist entitled Genes, Race and Psychology in the Genome Era. The series of 10 articles from scholars who work in the fields of genetics, race, or related areas, was created to begin a discussion of the issue of race and genetics within the field of psychology. Published by the American Psychological Association.
  
  
• November 23, 2005: Realizing the Promise of Genomics in Biomedical Research [jama.ama-assn.org]
  An article written by NHGRI Director Dr. Francis Collins and Deputy Director Dr. Alan Guttmacher, who discuss the future of biomedical research, from creating the haplotype map to explore variation, to successfully integrating genomics into health care. From the Journal of the American Medical Association.
  
  

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2006

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, NHGRI

• June 5, 2006: Human Genome Collection
  Nature presents the complete and comprehensive DNA sequence of the human genome as a freely available resource, plus new commentary by NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, past Department of Energy Director Ari Patrinos and former director of the Sanger Centre John Sulston, among others.
  
  

Jean Jenkins, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.
Senior Clinical Advisor to the Director, NHGRI

• May 15, 2006: Genetics and Genomics in Nursing
  NHGRI's Dr. Jean Jenkins edits a 15-article series on genetics and genomics in nursing for The Journal of Nursing Scholarship.

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