Recent News
Voora to Present Module in Precision Health Webinar Series
Deepak Voora, M.D., will present the third module in a four-part webinar series titled Advancing Precision Health: The Opportunity that is Pharmacogenomics.
Reflections from CAGPM's first T32 Scholars
CAGPM's first two T32 Fellows finish their fellowship on June 30. Learn about their experience.
Jeanette McCarthy Guest Editor for the Special Focus Issue of the Journal Personalized Medicine
Jeanette McCarthy, Ph.D., MPH, was welcomed as a guest editor for the Special Focus issue of Personalized Medicine.
James Wyngaarden, former chair of Medicine and NIH director, has died
James B. Wyngaarden, M.D., professor emeritus and former chair of the Duke Department of Medicine as well as former director of the National Institutes of Health, died on June 14 at the age of 94.
Svati Shah Named Director of Duke Precision Genomics Collaboratory
Svati Shah, M.D., MHS, has been appointed director of the Duke Precision Genomics Collaboratory and associate dean of genomics.
NIH funds clinical trials using genomics to treat chronic diseases
NIH will fund clinical trials through IGNITE to assess the benefits, applicability and efficacy of applying genomic medicine interventions to improve management of diseases.
Events
Webinar Series- Advancing Precision Health: The Opportunity that is Pharmacogenomics
July 2, 2019 - 8:00am
NCI Small Business Innovation Research Workshop
July 18, 2019 - 10:00am
Fitzpatrick Schiciano A 1464
SCOPES Art Exhibition: A Multi-Media Reflection on Chronic Illness
August 13, 2019 - 5:30pm
6th floor, Trent Semans Center for Health Education
Genomic and Precision Medicine Weekly Forum: Sunil Suchindran, Ph.D.
September 5, 2019 - 12:00pm
2240 CIEMAS
New Funding
The Enabling Precision Health and Medicine Bass Connections team, led by Susanne Haga has been renewed for the 2019-2020 school year.
A new Bass Connections project, the Smart Toilet: A disruptive technology to improve health and wellness, led by Geoff Ginsburg, has been funded for the 2019-2020 school year.
Ephraim Tsalik is one of five finalists for the Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostic Challenge through NIH. He will receive a grant to further develop his prototype and supply it for testing to two CLIA-certified independent laboratories.
Micah McClain received a 4-year Merit Award from the VA to explore the host genomic response to rickettsial infections in human patients and develop novel PCR-based tests that are capable of accurately diagnosing Spotted Fever Group rickettsii and Scrub typhus infections, which will allow for better therapeutic decision making.
Featured Publications
CAGPMers use host gene expression approach to identify triggers of asthma exacerbations
Several CAGPMers explored the performance of validated peripheral blood gene expression signatures in discriminating bacterial, viral, and noninfectious triggers in asthma patients.
Ginsburg, Haga and Myers partner with 23andMe
CAGPM faculty partnered with the 23andMe Health + Ancestry service in a study to assess impact of personal genetic testing experience on primary care physicians’ knowledge and attitudes.
Haga creates guide for primary care providers: First Responder to Genomic Information
Susanne Haga discusses current and potential approaches to guiding PCP’s to better navigate the unfamiliar terrain of genetic and genomic testing.
IGNITE network studies response of patients to genomic medicine interventions
The IGNITE network performed cross-network analyses to identify associations between participant demographics and attitudes toward the intervention, plan to share results, and quality of life among their six genomic medicine projects.
Shaw looks at mobile health technologies to enhance diabetes self management
Ryan Shaw along with several colleagues at Duke discuss protocol for a study seeking to expand the use of mobile technologies to generate real-time data to enhance self-management strategies in those with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Tsalik, Henao and Woods develop new way to evaluate patient diagnostic tests
Tsalik, Henao and Woods and colleagues developed Average Weighted Accuracy (AWA), a pragmatic evaluation of diagnostic utility.
Core Resources
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.