Welcome to A Public Health Perspective, the National Office of Public Health Genomics's highlights page. Researching the weekly update, NOPHG finds scientific literature that reports on discoveries of genetic variants, related disease outcomes, and the complex social, legal, and ethical issues surrounding genetic discoveries. A Public Health Perspective focuses on a single topic and provides you with information relevant to public health practice.

In light of the recent publication of the special issue of the Journal of The American Medical Association (Feb 7), "Opportunities for Medical Research in the 21st Century," and the publication of the initial findings of the Human Genome Project by both Science Magazine and Nature Magazine, we have chosen to explore the topic, "Making The Vision of Genomic Medicine A Reality."
(March 2001)

"In our excitement about genomic medicine in the 21st century, we should not overlook the immense gap between the scientific products of the Human Genome Project and the beneficial applications of the data to the practice of medicine."
The National Office of Public Health Genomics

• Making The Vision of Genomic Medicine A Reality:  The Need for Public Health Research in The 21 st Century.
  Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD, Laura Beskow, MPH, Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH

• Special Issue of The Journal of The American Medical Association (Feb 7)
  Opportunities for Medical Research in the 21st Century  (last accessed 5/2007)

  • Burden of Disease — Implications for Future Research   (last accessed 5/2007)
  • Implications of the Human Genome Project for Medical Science   (last accessed 5/2007)
  • Gene and Stem Cell Therapies   (last accessed 5/2007)
  • Genetic Information, Genomic Technologies, and the Future of Drug Discovery   (last accessed 5/2007)
  • Advances in Biomedical Engineering  (last accessed 5/2007)
  • Advances in Biomedical Imaging   (last accessed 5/2007)

• Science Magazine Special Issue

• Human Genome Special Issue:    (last accessed 5/2007)
  • Editorial Overview  (last accessed 5/2007)
  • The Human Genome Sequence  (last accessed 5/2007)
  • The Story Behind the Genome (with Timeline )  (last accessed 5/2007)
  • How to Access the Data (last accessed 5/2007)

• Nature Magazine Special Issue

• Genome Gateway  (last accessed 5/2007)