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Featured
Speakers
Second National Conference on
Genetics and Disease Prevention |
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Patricia
Nolan, MD, MPH
President
Association of State and Territorial Health Officers
Patricia A. Nolan is the Director of
Health for the State of Rhode Island. She also is the President of the
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. ASTHO members
work collectively to formulate and influence sound national health
policy and to develop and implement state programs and policies to
promote health and prevent illness and disability to improve quality of
life. ASTHO is engaged in a wide range of legislative, scientific,
educational, and programmatic issues and activities on behalf of public
health.
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Francis
Collins, MD, PhD
Director
National Human Genome Research Institute
Francis Collins is Director of the
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National
Institutes of Health. The NHGRI oversees intramural, collaborative, and
field research to study human genetic diseases and formulates research
goals and long-range plans to accomplish the mission of the Human Genome
Project, including the study of the ethical, legal, and social
implications of genome research.
Dr. Collins' research laboratory is
focused on the identification and understanding of genes that cause
human disease, using methods of positional cloning. Past efforts have
been successful in identifying the genes for cystic fibrosis,
neurofibromatosis, and Huntington disease.
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Muin
J. Khoury, MD, PhD
Director
Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention, CDC
Muin J. Khoury is Director of the Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention
(OGDP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). The purpose of OGDP is to provide a coordinated
focus for CDC-wide, cross-cutting genetics efforts with particular
emphasis on communication, training, and policy development.
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Claude
Earl Fox, MD, MPH
Administrator
Health Resources and Services Administration
Earl Fox is the Administrator for the
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Dr. Fox leads and
directs programs and activities of the Agency and advises the Office of
the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy matters. He
provides consultation and assistance to senior Agency officials and
others on clinical and health professional issues and serves as the
Agency's focal point on efforts to strengthen the practice of public
health as it pertains to the HRSA mission.
HRSA directs national health programs
which improve the health of the Nation by assuring quality health care
to underserved, vulnerable and special-need populations and by promoting
appropriate health professions workforce capacity and practice,
particularly in primary care and public health.
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