Recent News
Inaugural "Kudos Awards" Given at Center Meeting
During the CAGPM Summer Update meeting on July 12, Tim Veldman announced the winners of the inaugural "Kudos Awards."
Genome Web feature on commercial start-up co-founded by CAPGM’s Chris Woods and the exposome project
Chris woods was featured in a GenomeWeb article about his research project to establish RNA biomarker signatures indicative of exposure to different types of pathogens.
Returning Research Results
The issue of returning research results to participants is a key issue to consider when developing a genetics or genomics research protocol.
New Postdoc fellows ready to dive into genomic research
CAGPM is excited to announce the two newest postdoctoral training fellows in genome medicine research, Marie Mooney, Ph.D., and Bill Hankey, Ph.D.
Draft FY19 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education shows increases for biomedical research and science education
House Appropriations Committee released the draft fiscal year 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) funding bill.
Carolyn Baloh accepted into 2018 CIS School
Post-Doc Carolyn Baloh was accepted into the Clinical Immunology Society’s (CIS) 2018 School in Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases.
Events
Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. Distinguised Lecture
September 12, 2018 - 9:00am
Trent Semans Center Great Hall
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.
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.