CDC's National Office of Public Health Genomics is looking for a new geneticist. For more information about the position, click on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website and enter the vacancy number (HHS-CDC-T2-2008-0158 – for current employees or HHS-CDC-D2-2008-0091 – for non-federal applicants). The deadline to apply is February 1, 2008.
	The National Institutes of Health (NIH) to host a meeting on "Translating Whole Genome Association Data into Clinical Research and Practice", March 10-11, 2008 in Bethesda, MD, as part the NIH Genes, Environment, and Health Initiative.
	CDC's National Office of Public Health Genomics announces a new funding opportunity for those interested in genomics translation research. Important deadlines - Letter of intent: January 28, 2008; Final application: February 27, 2008. Have questions? Email us at genetics@cdc.gov.
	HuGENet™ What's New January 2008

• The following are headlines from on-line news articles published during the past week.
• The headlines and lead sentence are exactly as they appear in the popular press & do not necessarily reflect the opinions or recommendations of CDC.
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Genetics of therapy-related myelodysplasia and acute myeloid leukemia
Pedersen-Bjergaard J, et al.
Leukemia 2008 Jan

Recent advances in asthma genetics
Zhang J, et al.
Respir Res 2008 Jan;9(1):4

The thrifty epigenotype: An acquired and heritable predisposition for obesity and diabetes?
Stoger R
Bioessays 2008 Jan;30(2):156-66

The use by Alabama pediatricians of genetics consultation in the evaluation of developmental delay
Chen MJ, et al.
Am J Med Genet A 2008 Jan

Genome-wide significance for dense SNP and resequencing data
Hoggart CJ, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2008 Jan;32(2):179-85

Epistasis in sporadic Alzheimer's disease
Combarros O, et al.
Neurobiol Aging 2008 Jan

PGMapper: a web-based tool linking phenotype to genes
Xiong Q, et al.
Bioinformatics 2008 Jan

Genetic Susceptibility to Atopic Dermatitis
Kiyohara C, et al.
Allergol Int 2008 Mar;57(1):39-56

An ensemble learning approach jointly modeling main and interaction effects in genetic association studies
Zhang Z, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2008 Jan

Singleton SNPs in the human genome and implications for genome-wide association studies
Ke X, et al.
Eur J Hum Genet 2008 Jan

Design and Validation of Methods Searching for Risk Factors in Genotype Case-Control Studies
Brinza D & Zelikovsky A
J Comput Biol 2008 Jan

The public's attitudes towards the use of genetic information for medical purposes and its related factors in Japan
Ikeda W
Community Genet 2008;11(1):18-25

The role of genes in growth and later health
Eriksson JG
Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatr Program 2008;61:69-77

 

Genetic testing and tumor surveillance for children with cancer predisposition syndromes
Rao A, et al.
Curr Opin Pediatr 2008 Feb;20(1):1-7

A systematic review of perceived risks, psychological and behavioral impacts of genetic testing
Heshka JT, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Jan;10(1):19-32

Living with genetic risk: Effect on adolescent self-concept
McConkie-Rosell A, et al.
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2008 Jan

Attitudes regarding predictive genetic testing in minors: A survey of European clinical geneticists
Borry P, et al.
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2008 Jan

Should genetic testing for BRCA1/2 be permitted for minors? Opinions of BRCA mutation carriers and their adult offspring
Bradbury AR, et al.
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2008 Jan

 

Maternal reports of family history from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2001
Green RF, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Jan;10(1):37-45

Accuracy of self-reported family history of cancer in a large case-control study  of ovarian cancer
Soegaard M, et al.
Cancer Causes Control 2008 Jan

Beliefs about cancer causation and prevention as a function of personal and family history of cancer: a national, population-based study
Lykins EL, et al.
Psychooncology 2008 Jan

Association of CDH1 single nucleotide polymorphisms with susceptibility to esophageal squamous cell carcinomas and gastric cardia carcinomas
Zhang XF, et al.
Dis Esophagus 2008;21(1):21-9

Articles that report on population prevalence of genotypes, gene-disease associations, gene-environment and gene-gene interactions and evaluation of genetic tests. For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page

For the week ending January 23, 2008, there are HuGE articles in the following areas:

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Neoplasms
Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Mental Disorders
Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs
Diseases of the Circulatory System
Diseases of the Respiratory System
Diseases of the Digestive System
Diseases of the Genitourinary System
Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium
Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
Congenital Anomalies

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