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3rd Annual IBBS Science Writers’
Boot Camp
Genes to Society:
Where’s the Genomic
Revolution in Healthcare?
Stephen Desiderio, M.D., Ph.D.
Why Genes to Society?
GENOMICS AND
GENETICS ARE…
Changing how we teach
• Barton Childs – “genetic
variation as essential to the
study of human biology and
medicine.”
• Introduction of G2S curriculum
at Johns Hopkins – David Valle
– human variation
– integration of basic science and
clinical education
– a riposte to genetic determinism
• What our medical students hear
about basic genetics and human
health
Changing how we do research
• Genome-wide methods,
synthetic genomes - Jef Boeke
• HGP - a moon shot for
technology development; $1K
genome not far off
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IBBS HiT Center
IGM
Computational Genomics
JH Individualized Health
Initiative
Changing patient care
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Cardiology
– Chakravarti (genes and sudden death)
– Scheel (how to deal with genetic
information)
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Diabetes
– Wondisford (using genetics to understand
metabolic disease)
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Cancer
– Emens (where individualized medicine has
made an impact)
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Mental Health
– Willour (breaking news, a first hint at
genetics of suicide)
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Pediatrics
– Cohn (using the clinic to inform research, all
to improve clinical outcomes)
– Hamosh (genetic counseling in a genetic
world more complex than Mendel’s)
– Dover (pediatrics is where it all started and
where it’s all heading again)
Help Us Help You
• Please give us feedback!
– Survey
• JHM Media Relations
– Let us know if you need
anything
– Audrey Huang
– Vanessa McMains
– Ekaterina Pesheva
– Vanessa Wasta
– Maryalice Yakutchik