Genomic Medicine Centers Meeting VI: Global Leaders in Genomic Medicine

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Genomic Medicine Centers Meeting VI: Global Leaders in Genomic Medicine

On January 8-9, 2014, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), will sponsor its sixth Genomic Medicine Centers meeting - Genomic Medicine Centers Meeting VI: Global Leaders in Genomic Medicine - at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C. Geoffrey Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D., Duke University, and Teri Manolio, M.D., Ph.D., NHGRI, will co-chair the meeting.

The goals of the meeting are to:

• Identify areas of active translational and implementation research, potential common strategies, and opportunities for collaborative efforts.
• Identify common barriers to implementation of genomics in healthcare and a policy agenda relevant to advances in the field.
• Identify nations with unique capabilities (such as national healthcare systems) that may allow rapid implementation and measures of key outcomes.
• Discuss opportunities (such as national healthcare system) that may allow rapid implementation and measures of key outcomes.