Recent News
Precision Medicin World Conference at Duke 9.24 - 9.25
The fall 2018 Precision Medicine World Conference will be held at Duke, Sept. 24 and 25, at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club.
Snyderman Summer Scholars to continue research in Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine
CAGPM wrapped up the inaugural year of the Snyderman Scholars Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine Summer Program on July 25.
Inaugural Summer Scholars Program Wrap Ups in End-of-Summer Poster Session
For 10 weeks, nine underclassmen from all over the country have been working in Duke labs.
New Genomic Medicine Collaboratory to serve as nexus for genetics, genomics community
Duke School of Medicine announced its intention to launch the new Duke Genomic Medicine Collaboratory.
Genetic Testing: Ancestry Interest, But Privacy Concerns
With the increasing use of genetic ancestry databases by criminal investigators to identify perpetrators of cold cases, some concern about the privacy of ancestry databases has been raised.
Recent grad charting her own path
As 3,000 first-year students begin preparing for their Duke career, recent graduate Sarina Madhavan has some advice for them.
Events
Genomic and Precision Medicine Weekly: Missy Cummings, Ph.D.
September 6, 2018 - 12:00pm
CIEMAS 2240
Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. Distinguised Lecture
September 12, 2018 - 9:00am
Trent Semans Center Great Hall
Genomic and Precision Medicine Weekly Forum: Sarah Imhof, Ph.D.
September 13, 2018 - 12:00pm
CIEMAS 2240
Genomic and Precision Medicine Weekly Forum: Andrew Alspaugh, Ph.D.
September 20, 2018 - 12:00pm
CIEMAS 2240
New Funding
Lori Orlando is the PI of an NIH sub-contract for a supplemental proposal to Vanderbilt University’s Electronic MEdical Records and GEnomics (eMERGE) project. The goal of the project is to incorporate MeTree into the electronic health record (EHR) systems at three US sites and the National Health Service in England.
Tim Veldman, Tom Burke, and Geoff Ginsburg, along with Department of Neurology's Danny Laskowitz, Shreyansh Shah and Saurabh Sinha were awarded a grant from the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program.
Deepak Voora and Geoff Ginsburg were awarded an internal grant from the Translating Duke Health Initiative.
Ricardo Henao was awarded a Subcontract through Vigilant Medical.
Seen & Heard
Susanne Haga provides tips to help patients "translate" medical jargon to make informed healthcare decisions
Published on the Phosphorus Blog on July 24, 2018
Featured Publications
A community approach to mortality prediction in sepsis via gene expression analysis
Geoff Ginsburg, Ephraim Tsalik, Ricardo Henao, and Chris Woods are authors on this paper on prognostic models for 30-day mortality from sepsis infection.
An Overview of US pharmacogenetic programs
Geoff Ginsburg was part of a team that investigated the US landscape of research programs in PGx implementation, review current advances and clinical applications of PGx, summarize the obstacles that have hindered PGx implementation, and identify the critical knowledge gaps and possible studies needed to help to address them.
Geoff Ginsburg and Susanne Haga featured in Health Affairs
Ginsburg co-authored an overview of precision medicine and its vital stakeholders. Haga along with Duke undergraduate research assistant Ariel Kantor report on their analysis of the number and types of pharmacogenetic tests offered by clinical testing laboratories in the U.S.
Ginsburg co-author on paper exploring insurance policies for pharmacogenetic testing
Led by researchers from Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, the study reported variation between Medicare contractors and private insurers regarding coverage of testing for cancer treatment.
Lori Orlando leads study on use of family health history tool in diverse settings
Several CAGPM staff and faculty co-authored a paper published in Genetics in Medicine on implementation, adoption, and utility of family health history risk assessment in diverse care settings.
Mills and colleagues publish series of pharmacogenetic testing case scenarios
Rachel Mills and several other genetic counselors have published examples of pharmacogenetic testing applications across a range of medical specialties.
Core Resources
Clinical Genomics Studies Unit
The CGSU provides the infrastructure and operational excellence to support translational research in genome and implementation sciences.
Diagnostics Development Laboratory
The laboratory brings together expertise in molecular microbiology with genome sciences to develop next-generation diagnostic tests.
BioBank
We support biobanking activities including IRB, sample collection, processing, storage, bar-coded chain of custody and e-inventory management.
Data Science and Analytics
We provide support for data management and integration, informatics, and statistical analyses on complex ‘-omics’ and clinical datasets.