CDC and NIH to Start Genomic Applications – Are We In for a Cloudburst?

This partnership is actually something we have all been waiting for, or let me say many of us. The information interchange will allow for bringing genomic information to the clinical level, the doctor’s level where we are treated. This is a big task and meetings are just starting so it won’t be here tomorrow.

Francis Collins looks to be in first place to run the NIH, who was a pioneer in genomics, remember “Cracking the Code”. He was talking and writing research long before the rest of us had heard of genomics.

Francis Collins former head of the National Human Genome Research Institute Said to be the Top Candidate to run the NIH

Will this be in the cloud or what data center will be used I wonder. We need genomic information at the clinical level of service. BD

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health is developing a genomics network that will attempt to integrate genomic information into medicine and public health.

The CDC Office of Public Health Genomics will work with NIH to establish the Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention Network, which will address the "chasm between gene discoveries and demonstration of their clinical validity and utility," a group of CDC and NIH staff and stakeholders said in a recent report in the journal Genetics in Medicine.

It will have four main goals, including synthesizing and disseminating knowledge for new and existing technologies; creating an evidence-based recommendation development process; translating research to evaluate validity, utility, and real-world impact; and offering programs to enhance practice, education, and surveillance of genomic applications.

CDC, NIH to Start Genomic Applications Network | GenomeWeb Daily News | GenomeWeb