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Public Health Genomics Achievements and Timelines (1997 - 2009)

 

2009:

• EGAPP awarded CDC Director's Innovation Award
• OPHG supported-EGAPP Working Group releases three new recommendations
• OPHG renamed Office of Public Health Genomics (OPHG)

2008:

• OPHG celebrates its 10th year anniversary
• OPHG hosted 4th and 5th CDC PHGC meeting
• OPHG awards funding to five new genomics translation projects
• HuGENet™ Network of Networks workshop
• Establishing the Scientific Foundation for Using Personal Genome Profiles for Risk Assessment, Health Promotion, and Disease Prevention

2007:

• OPHG hosted 2nd CDC PHGC meeting
• OPHG provided intramural seed funding for nine CDC projects
• OPHG hosted 3rd CDC PHGC meeting
• OPHG established EGAPP Stakeholder Group
• OPHG supported-EGAPP Working Group releases 1st recommendation
• Public Health Genomics Seminar

2006:

• OGDP renamed National Office of Public Health Genomics (NOPHG)
• CDC Public Health Genomics Collaboration (PHGC) was established
• OPHG provided intramural seed funding for eleven CDC projects
• OPHG and NCIRD established the CDC Influenza Public Health Genomics Initiative
• HuGENet Short Course
• CDC's 2006 National Health Promotion Conference
  
  

2005:

• Family History Tools to Improve the Public's Health CDC Sponsored Workshop, November 2005
• Genome based Research and Population Health (PDF 1MB)
• International Biobank and Cohort Studies meeting
• Genomics Day 2005: Public Health Genomics at CDC

2004:

• EGAPP project was initiated
• OPHG and CSTE organized a workshop on the role of genomics in public health investigations
• Public Health Assessment of Genetic Tests for Screening and Prevention
  
  

2003:

• ACCE framework was published
• Four state health departments were funded to build genomics capacity
• Genomics and Asthma: Implications for Public Health
• Genomics and the Future of Public Health Symposium Presentations
  
  

2002:

• NHANES III Collaborative Genomics Project was started
• Family History Public Health Initiative launched
• Family History as a Tool for Public Health and Preventive Medicine
• Banking Newborn Blood Spots for Public Health, September 2002
• Genomics and Chronic Disease Summit, January 2002 (PDF 165KB)
  
  

2001:

• 1st Centers for Genomics and Public Health were established
• ACCE Project was initiated
• Genomic Competencies for the Public Health Workforce developed
• Applying Genetic and Public Health Strategies to Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
• Guidelines For Evaluating Human Genome Epidemiology Studies Expert Panel Workshop

2000:

• 3rd National Conference on Genetics and Disease Prevention
  
  

1999:

• 1st extramural grants: prevention research
• 2nd National Conference on Genetics and Public Health
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Public Health Perspective

1998:

• 1st National Conference on Genetics and Public Health was held in Atlanta
• HuGENet^TM was established

1997:

• CDC published a Strategic Plan on Genetics and Public Health
• CDC established the Office of Genetics and Disease Prevention