Category: genomic medicine
Advancing Genomic Medicine in Africa: Work in Progress
A 2021 report by the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA), and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) presented a framework for the implementation of genomic medicine for public health in Africa. Globally, there is widespread recognition of the potential of genomic medicine (GM) to improve Read More >
Posted on byGenomic Medicine Year in Review 2020: Population-wide Implementation Research Has Arrived
Advances in genomic medicine continue at a steady pace. In a December 2019 paper, The Genomic Medicine Working Group of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) identified 10 papers with the most significant advances in the field. In our 2019 end of the year blog. we featured 5 Read More >
Posted on byGenomic Medicine is Here: We Need More Data on Implementation and Outcomes
The use of genomic tests in clinical research and practice continues to accelerate in the United States and around the world. For almost a decade, the Genetic Testing Registry (GTR) at the National Institutes of Health has continued to track the growth and development of genomic tests. As of October 28, the GTR lists 76,835 Read More >
Posted on by 1 CommentGenomic Medicine Year in Review 2019: What’s Hot for Public Health Impact?
Advances in genomic medicine continue at a fast and steady pace. In a recent paper, The Genomic Medicine Working Group of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research of the National Human Genome Research Institute identified the most significant advances in genomic medicine among 48 recognized “accomplishments” published during the 12 months ending August 31, Read More >
Posted on byImplementation science and genomic medicine in action: A case study
There is an urgent need for researchers and implementers of genomic medicine to incorporate implementation science into their translational research efforts. Implementation science is the study of methods to promote the adoption and integration of evidence-based practices, interventions, and policies into routine healthcare and public health settings to improve our impact on population health. But Read More >
Posted on byIf You Build It Will They Come? The Urgent Need for Implementation Science in Genomic Medicine
As the evidence base for genomic medicine grows, evaluating and implementing genomics to improve health care and population health remains an ongoing challenge. There is no guarantee that “if we build it they will come,” paraphrasing the well-known expression from the movie, Field of Dreams. To improve adoption, uptake and sustainability of genomic medicine applications, Read More >
Posted on byAccelerating Evidence Generation to Fulfill the Promise of Genomic Medicine
This blog post is a summary of a recently published paper in Genetics in Medicine. Genomic tests should demonstrate analytical and clinical validity and clinical utility prior to wider adoption in clinical practice. However, clinical utility remains elusive for many such tests. A recent collaborative review of systematic reviews that compared the analytic and clinical Read More >
Posted on byImplementation Science in Genomic Medicine: Why we need it now!
With the launch of the precision medicine cohort initiative, All of UsSM Research Program, the importance of incorporating implementation science in genomic medicine is greater than ever to ensure population health benefits for all. Historically, the speed of genomic discovery has far exceeded the time required to put these potentially life-saving medical discoveries into practice. Read More >
Posted on by