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The
integration of genetics into public health is already happening
and the Association of Chronic Disease Directors (CDD) is among
the first to start weaving genetic threads into the fabric of
public health policies and programs aimed at reducing the
population burden of chronic diseases. The Association’s
Genetics Planning Group, in collaboration with CDC’s National
Centers for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
and Environmental Health (NCEH), will convene the Genomics and
Chronic Disease Summit at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta,
Georgia on January 31 - February 1, 2002. Invited
representatives of the CDD, NCCDPHP, NCEH, Council of State and
Territorial Epidemiologists, Association of Public Health
Laboratories, Coalition of State Genetics Coordinators, and the
newly established Centers for Genomics and Public Health will
meet in disease specific work groups to develop short-term (3-5
year) recommendations for integrating genomics into asthma,
cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity program
operations at the state level.
Additional information on CDD’s
efforts to integrate genomics into public health is available on
the Chronic Disease Director’s Website.
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