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January

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3rd Annual Program Implementation Meeting: Improving the Efficacy
and Effectiveness of Tandem Mass Spectrometry Screening for Newborns
Berkeley, California

February

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Ten articles from CDC Family History workshop published in supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine

     
 
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NHGRI: ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements) NHGRI launches an interactive public research consortium for identifying all functional sequences of the human genome

     
 
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17th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Session presented: The Family History Tool
St. Louis, Missouri

March

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CDC Newborn Screening for Quality Assurance Program: 2002 Tandem Mass Spectrometry Annual Summary Report is released

     
 
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Family History as a Tool for Public Health and Preventive Medicine: A Public Health Perspective is published on CDC Web site

April

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50th Anniversary of the Double Helix

     
 
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Human genome sequence completed

May

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Partnership for Prevention publishes Harnessing Genetics to Prevent Disease and Improve Health

     
  arrow Genomics and the Future of Public Health Symposium, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia
     
 
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Communication: Key to Appropriate Genetic Test Referral, Result Reporting, and Interpretation, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, CDC

June

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Inaugural meeting of DHHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society

 
 
 
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Roche announces the new AmpliChip CYP450, which identifies small variations in two genes affecting drug response

July

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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) publishes the toolkit Genomics: A Guide for Public Health

 
 
 
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Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon and Utah awarded cooperative agreements with CDC to support capacity building in genomics

August

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Genetic Alliance Annual Meeting, Arlington, Virginia

September

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Three research centers funded to evaluate Family History Tool for health promotion and disease prevention

 
 
 
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CDC 2003 Cancer Prevention Conference includes sessions on genetics and family history
Atlanta, Georgia
 
 
 
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University of Washington, Centers for Genomics and Public Health, Asthma Working Group Summary Meeting, Seattle, Washington

October

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The State of CDC, Fiscal Year 2003 summarizes CDC’s accomplishments for the past fiscal year and includes a brief discussion of genomics

 
 
 
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Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2003 passed by U.S. Senate, 95-0
 
 
 
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Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Devices(OIVD), FDA, advises Roche that the “AmpliChip cannot be commercially distributed without an appropriate premarket determination from FDA”

November

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Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis Meeting, CDC and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia

December

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FDA approves first DNA-based lab tests for genetic clotting risk

 
 
 
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The International HapMap Consortium outlines the rationale behind its effort to create a map of human genetic variation in Nature
 
 
 
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Human Genome Epidemiology: A Scientific Foundation for Using Genetic Information to Improve Health and Prevent Disease, edited by Muin J. Khoury, Julian Little, and Wylie Burke





arrow Cover
arrow Table of Contents
arrow Foreword
arrow Year at a Glance
arrow Genomics Lingo
arrow List of Authors
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arrow Chapter 1
arrow Chapter 2
arrow Chapter 3
arrow Chapter 4
arrow Chapter 5
arrow Chapter 6
arrow Chapter 7
arrow Chapter 8
arrow Chapter 9
arrow Chapter 10
arrow Chapter 11
arrow Chapter 12
arrow Chapter 13
arrow Chapter 14
arrow Chapter 15
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Last Updated August 13, 2004