Transcript APHA Genomics Forum

APHA Genomics Forum
2009 Business Meeting
November 8, 2009
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
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.
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
Thank you
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Valerie Alexander
Brad Anderson
Ashley Braun
Alyssa Cooney
Sally Meyer
• Heather Honore
• Aaron Goldenberg
Setting the bar high
New leaders
• James O’Leary, Chair
• Dean Hosgood, Co-Chair
• Nicole Exe, Secretary
• You?
Awards
• Jocelyn Landau: Student Researcher
Communicating Genetics, Race, and Medicine: Effects of Message Framing and Racial Priming on
Public Opinion about Personalized Medicine
Jocelyn Landau, MA PhD Candidate
Monday, November 9, 2009: 8:30 AM
Loews Anthony
• Sato Ashida: New Investigator
Differences in genetic knowledge, beliefs about genetic causation and health literacy by age
cohort
Sato Ashida, PhD, Melody S. Goodman, PhD, Chintan Pandaya, Laura M. Koehly, PhD, Christina
Lachance, MPH, Jewel D. Stafford, MSW and Kimberly Kaphingst, ScD
Monday, November 9, 2009: 10:30 AM
Loews Regency Ballroom C2
• William Tuong: First Time Presenter
Interest in single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genetic testing for colon cancer risk in primary
care patients
William Tuong, BA, Kristi D. Graves, PhD and Beth Peshkin, MS
Monday, November 9, 2009: 10:30 AM
Loews Regency Ballroom C2
Report from APHA Executive
Board
Joseph Telfair
Leadership Address
James O’Leary
Committee Presentations
Kim Kaphingst
Committee Chair
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
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
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Valerie Alexander (Coordinator)
Brad Anderson
Nelson Atehortua (Past Chair)
Sylvia Au
Cecelia Bellcross
Vence Bonham
Ashley Braun
Apryl Brown
Lars Olov Bygren
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
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Christina Lachance
Barbara Lerner
Elizabeth Levy
Linda McKibben
Kirsty McWalter
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 Batton Renfrow
Luisa Ricks-Santi
Sarah Scollon
Stephen Sodeke
Richard Stein
Sandra Suther
Tung-Sung Tseng
Eduardo Velasco
Catharine Wang
Elaine White
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
Interested? Questions?
Kimberly Kaphingst
Washington University School of Medicine
[email protected]
Policy Committee
Erin Payne
Policy Committee – Year in Review
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Submission of our first policy to APHA
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Subsequent revision process
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Received a wide variety of comments – mainly too broad
Refined the scope
Updated to the new policy format
Currently under Genomics Forum Membership review
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Review today during breakout sessions
Plans for 2009-2010
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Genetic Health Literacy Submission
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Additional policies for submission
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Likely February 2010
Personalized Medicine?
Others?
New Committee Leadership
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Heather Honoré – new chair
New co-chair?
Breakout session
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Review of current Genetic Health Literacy policy draft
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Interest in personalized medicine?
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Comment sheets to Erin Payne (me!)
Who can lead this policy process?
Student mentorship a good model
Other Committee goals for 2009-2010
Membership and
Communications Committee
Tiphané Turpin
Membership/Communications
Tiphané Turpin, Chair
Ashley Braun, Co-chair
Valerie Arnold, Committee Coordinator
Liz Levy, Past Chair
Alyssa Cooney, Past Committee Coordinator
[email protected]
Total Membership
~25
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207
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559
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798
Domestic Membership
International Membership
28 International Members:
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Cayman Islands
China
Denmark
India
Jamaica
Japan
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
136 Members with Unlisted Background Data
Communications
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Frequently Asked Questions
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LAUNCHED JULY 2009
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Special Projects Committee
Jody Platt (on behalf of Aaron
Goldenberg)
2009 Working Groups
Gene x Environment -- Healthcare Policy
Workforce Development -- Health Disparities
Determining Structure
• Committee = Working
group leaders
• Chair = liaison/
representative on
Steering Committee;
Groups coordinator;
helps new groups
2010 Working Groups
Vision: What’s
your purpose?
Topics: What’s
the subject?
Outcomes/
Deliverables:
What do you
want to do?
Working
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Shared
space
Process: How do
you get there?
How can we work
together?
2010 Working Groups
• What should they be?
– Small group discussion
(Today)
– Informal agenda for
Monday, Tuesday
Health Care Policy Work Group
Kristi Zonno
GENOMICS FORUM
GENE-ENVIRONMENT WORKGROUP
H. Eduardo Velasco, MD, MSc, PhD
Morgan State University
School of Community Health and Policy
November 8, 2009
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
GENE-ENVIRONMENT WORKGROUP
January 2009
•Construct a white paper or monograph
•Develop a framework
•Review the literature
•Develop an Annotated Bibliography
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
November, 2009
•17 annotations
•No unified framework
•Chance, bias, confounding, causality
•Consensus development
•Policy brief
GENE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIPS
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Epigenetic effects on genes
Environmental effects on heritability
Gene-environment correlation (liability to environmental exposure)
Gene-environment interaction (sensitivity to environments)
Epistasis -- environment
Small group discussion
Discussion questions
(also, see agenda)
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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
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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?
Closing Address
H. Dean Hosgood