CPHG News

CPHG News

• Michigan Public Health Receives NIH Grant to Develop Training Program in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genomic Science

  The University of Michigan School of Public Health has received federal funding to launch an integrated, interdisciplinary fellowship program that will provide training in the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genomic science.

• Abecasis to lead UM SPH efforts as part of national Precision Medicine Initiative

• Boehnke and international research team publish key findings on genetics of type 2 diabetes

• View the PowerPoint and listen to the April 4th Event: Public Health Genomics: Looking Back, Looking Ahead with Muin Khoury, MD,

  Talk by Muin Khoury, Director of Public Health Genomics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

• Dolinoy to serve as PI on $2.4M NIH grant to study epigenetics of disease

• CPHG investigators help develop international diabetes research portal for scientists and the public

• Genes for Good project launches

  CPHG faculty member Goncalo Abecasis is leading an innovative new research project that is using a Facebook app to recruit up to 20,000 participants for a study examining genetic contributions to common disease.

• Patricia Peyser elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

  Congratulations to CPHG faculty member Pat Peyser on her election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Peyser was honored for her distinguished contributions to the field of genetic epidemiology, particularly for discoveries in cardiovascular disease.