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APHA Genomics Forum

APHA Genomics Forum. 2009 Business Meeting November 8, 2009 8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

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APHA Genomics Forum

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  1. APHA Genomics Forum 2009 Business Meeting November 8, 2009 8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

  2. The Genomics Forum of APHA is a dynamic, interdisciplinary group of individuals who realize the growing influence of genetics and genomics on everyday life in America. Our aim is that this influence contributes meaningfully to the public health vision of health for all.

  3. Agenda 8:00-8:10 Welcome Address and Award Presentation 8:10 – 8:20 Report from APHA Executive Board Joseph Telfair 8:20-8:30 Leadership Address James O’Leary, Forum Chair 8:30-8:50 Committee Presentations Kim Kaphingst, Program Committee Tiphané Turpin, Membership/Communications Committee Erin Payne, Policy Committee Jody Platt, Special Projects Committee 8:50-9:00 Working Group Presentations Kristi Zonno, Healthcare Policy Working Group H.Eduardo Velasco, Gene by Environment Interaction Group 9:00-9:20 Round Tables 9:20-9:30 Closing Address H. Dean Hosgood, Forum Co-Chair

  4. Thank you • Valerie Alexander • Brad Anderson • Ashley Braun • Alyssa Cooney • Sally Meyer • Heather Honore • Aaron Goldenberg

  5. Setting the bar high

  6. New leaders • James O’Leary, Chair • Dean Hosgood, Co-Chair • Nicole Exe, Secretary • You?

  7. Awards • Jocelyn Landau: Student Researcher Communicating Genetics, Race, and Medicine: Effects of Message Framing and Racial Priming on Public Opinion about Personalized MedicineJocelyn Landau, MA PhD CandidateMonday, November 9, 2009: 8:30 AMLoews Anthony • Sato Ashida: New InvestigatorDifferences in genetic knowledge, beliefs about genetic causation and health literacy by age cohortSato Ashida, PhD, Melody S. Goodman, PhD, ChintanPandaya, Laura M. Koehly, PhD, Christina Lachance, MPH, Jewel D. Stafford, MSW and Kimberly Kaphingst, ScDMonday, November 9, 2009: 10:30 AMLoews Regency Ballroom C2 • William Tuong:  First Time PresenterInterest in single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genetic testing for colon cancer risk in primary care patientsWilliam Tuong, BA, Kristi D. Graves, PhD and Beth Peshkin, MSMonday, November 9, 2009: 10:30 AMLoews Regency Ballroom C2

  8. Report from APHA Executive Board Joseph Telfair

  9. Leadership Address James O’Leary

  10. Committee Presentations

  11. Program Committee Kim Kaphingst Committee Chair

  12. Purpose • Preparing annual call for abstracts • 2010 theme: Social Justice: Public Health Imperative • Reviewing abstracts • Organizing scientific program for annual meeting • Coordinating co-sponsorship of sessions • Preparing agenda for annual business meeting

  13. Accomplishments • Abstracts received • 2008 meeting: 52 • 2009 meeting: 50 • New at 2009 meeting • Invited session • Increasing co-sponsorship of sessions • Received continuing education credits for sessions

  14. Acknowledgements • Valerie Alexander (Coordinator) • Brad Anderson • Nelson Atehortua (Past Chair) • Sylvia Au • Cecelia Bellcross • Vence Bonham • Ashley Braun • Apryl Brown • Lars OlovBygren • Kee Chan • Lei-Shih Chen • Alyssa Cooney • William Ebomoyi • Vaughn Edelson • Alice Furumoto • Alejandra Gepp • Patricia Goodson • Sarah Harding • Tabitha Harrison • Lianne Hasegawa-Evans • Dean Hosgood (Outgoing Chair) • Heather Honoré • Amalia Issa • Sara Jordan • Sara Kowalczyk • Dina Kurz • Penny Kyler • Christina Lachance • Barbara Lerner • Elizabeth Levy • Linda McKibben • KirstyMcWalter • Stephen Modell • James O’Leary • Heather Orom • Tricia Page • Dina Paltoo • Mona Pandey • Scott Parsons • Robin Pierce • Jody Platt • Irene Prabhu Das • Kate Reed • Carla BattonRenfrow • Luisa Ricks-Santi • Sarah Scollon • Stephen Sodeke • Richard Stein • Sandra Suther • Tung-Sung Tseng • Eduardo Velasco • Catharine Wang • Elaine White

  15. Upcoming year • Social Justice: Public Health Imperative • Call for abstracts Dec 2009 • Abstract deadline Feb 2010 • Author notification June 2010 • Great opportunity to see current research and practice in public health genomics! • Committee meeting schedule • Calls every 2-4 weeks

  16. Interested? Questions? Kimberly Kaphingst Washington University School of Medicine kkaphingst@gwbmail.wustl.edu

  17. Policy Committee Erin Payne

  18. Policy Committee – Year in Review • Submission of our first policy to APHA • Received a wide variety of comments – mainly too broad • Subsequent revision process • Refined the scope • Updated to the new policy format • Currently under Genomics Forum Membership review • Review today during breakout sessions

  19. Plans for 2009-2010 • Genetic Health Literacy Submission • Likely February 2010 • Additional policies for submission • Personalized Medicine? • Others? • New Committee Leadership • Heather Honoré – new chair • New co-chair?

  20. Breakout session • Review of current Genetic Health Literacy policy draft • Comment sheets to Erin Payne (me!) • Interest in personalized medicine? • Who can lead this policy process? • Student mentorship a good model • Other Committee goals for 2009-2010

  21. Membership and Communications Committee Tiphané Turpin

  22. Membership/Communications Tiphané Turpin, Chair Ashley Braun, Co-chair Valerie Arnold, Committee Coordinator Liz Levy, Past Chair Alyssa Cooney, Past Committee Coordinator genomicsforum.membership@umich.edu

  23. Total Membership ~25  207  559  798

  24. Domestic Membership

  25. International Membership 28 International Members: 136 Members with Unlisted Background Data Argentina Australia Canada  Cayman Islands China  Denmark  India  Jamaica  Japan  Mexico  Puerto Rico  Sweden  Switzerland  Tanzania

  26. Communications • Frequently Asked Questions • Listservs |apha.genomics@umich.edu • Logo • Newsletters • Stakeholder Lists • Postcard • Website

  27. THE OLD GENOMICS FORUM WEBSITE

  28. LAUNCHED JULY 2009

  29. Get Involved • Access the New Website • Become an Ambassador • Blog • Committee Meetings • Leadership Opportunities

  30. INVITE YOUR COLLEAGUES

  31. POST ON OUR BLOG

  32. GET CONNECTED

  33. Special Projects Committee Jody Platt (on behalf of Aaron Goldenberg)

  34. 2009 Working Groups Gene x Environment -- Healthcare Policy Workforce Development -- Health Disparities

  35. Determining Structure • Committee = Working group leaders • Chair = liaison/ representative on Steering Committee; Groups coordinator; helps new groups

  36. 2010 Working Groups

  37. 2010 Working Groups • What should they be? • Small group discussion (Today) • Informal agenda for Monday, Tuesday

  38. Health Care Policy Work Group Kristi Zonno

  39. GENOMICS FORUMGENE-ENVIRONMENT WORKGROUP H. Eduardo Velasco, MD, MSc, PhD Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy November 8, 2009

  40. GENE-ENVIRONMENT WORKGROUP November 2008-January 2009 • Project Brainstorm • Step 1: Identify areas of concern related to Genes and Environment • Step 2: Define the scope of identified issues • Step 3: List potential road blocks to research in these areas • Step 4: Policy Implications

  41. GENE-ENVIRONMENT WORKGROUP January 2009 • Construct a white paper or monograph • Develop a framework • Review the literature • Develop an Annotated Bibliography

  42. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS November, 2009 • 17 annotations • No unified framework • Chance, bias, confounding, causality • Consensus development • Policy brief

  43. GENE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIPS • Epigenetic effects on genes • Environmental effects on heritability • Gene-environment correlation (liability to environmental exposure) • Gene-environment interaction (sensitivity to environments) • Epistasis -- environment

  44. Small group discussion

  45. Discussion questions (also, see agenda) • What should be the priorities and goals for the Genomics Forum committees in 2010? • Program: What might be topic areas to include in the call for abstracts? Are there special sessions / speakers you’d like to see? • Policy: Review Genomic Health Literacy Proposal; ideas for future policies • Membership and Communications: Tools and resources developed this year include: New website with blog, work space, member directory and profiles; Stakeholder list. How can we best use these membership and communications tools we’ve developed? How can we maximize the effectiveness of our outreach? • Special Projects: Is there interest in new working groups? What would the topics be? How would you get started? • Topic-focused Working Groups • Gene x Environment: Review and next steps • Healthcare Policy: Review and next steps • How can this committee’s work support your own goals and the goals of your organization? How can you support the committee’s work?

  46. Closing Address H. Dean Hosgood

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