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HuGENet Committees

Steering Committee

Provides overall leadership to the direction of the project for HuGENet™ content, informatics and infrastructure. Forms working groups to help develop HuGENet™ (e.g. informatics group, content or editorial group).

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HuGENet™ Coordinator: Bruce Lin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention
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Muin J. Khoury, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention
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Janice S. Dorman, University of Pittsburgh
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Robert Robbins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
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Segolene Ayme, INSERM, France, International Federation of Human Genetics Societies
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Joann M. Lindenmayer, Rhode Island Department of Health, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
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Robin Blatt, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Editorial Board

Provides peer-review of content for HuGENet™. Specifically, the editorial board will assign reviews of HuGENet™ entries, develop core data formats for HuGENet™, and identify individuals or groups to participate in interest/working groups.
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Editor-in-Chief: Julian Little, Ph.D., University of Aberdeen Medical School
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Betsy Foxman, Ph.D., University of Michigan
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David Hunter, Sc.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
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William Knowler, M.D., Dr. P.H., National Institutes of Health
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Julian Little, Ph.D., University of Aberdeen Medical School
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Patricia Peyser, Ph.D., University of Michigan
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Janet Stanford, Ph.D., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Liaison Board (to be finalized; additional names and organizations will be added by the Steering Committee)

Composed of collaborating individuals and organizations engaged in producing or disseminating content information relevant to HuGENet™. Collaborating members will share information and ongoing activities relevant to HuGENet™ from their respective organizations.

Journals
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Moyses Szklo, American Journal of Epidemiology
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Haroutune Armenian, Epidemiologic Reviews
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Richard King, Genetics in Medicine
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Kenneth Rothman, Epidemiology
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Polynxi Potter, Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Lewis Holmes, Teratology

Federal Organizations
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Michele Puryear, Health Resources Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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Susan Nayfield, National Cancer Institute
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Allen Wilcox, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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Lisa D. Brooks, National Human Genome Research Institute
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Marjorie Cahn, National Library of Medicine 

Societies/Organizations
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John McCarthy, American Medical Informatics Association
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Amy Klein, The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
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Jeffrey Kahn, American Public Health Association
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Ruth Ottman, International Genetic Epidemiology Society
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Timothy Rebbeck, Molecular Epidemiologic Group/American Association for Cancer Research
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Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo, International Centre for Birth Defects
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Melinda Clyne, National Birth Defects Prevention Network
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M. Priscilla Short, American Medical Association
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Emanuela Taioli, International Collaborative Study on Genetic Susceptibility to Environmental Carcinogens
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Michael S. Watson, American College of Medical Genetics
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Paolo Vineis, Institute for Scientific Interchange

CDC
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Nancy Pegg, Epidemiology Program Office
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Wayne Giles, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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Scott Grosse, National Center for Environmental Health
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Diane Wagener, National Center for Health Statistics
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Mary Reichler, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
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Janet McNicholl, National Center for Infectious Diseases
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Gayle DeBord, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Kristine Sheedy, National Immunization Program
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Joe Boone, Public Health Practice Program Office
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Rob Amler, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Last Updated October 12, 2004