Ginsburg named Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, NIH All of Us Research Program

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Geoffrey Ginsburg, MD, PhD, a professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Pathology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Engineering, and a professor in School of Nursing, will leave Duke to assume the role of Chief Medical and Scientific Officer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program, effective January 2022. In this role, Dr. Ginsburg will help direct the national scientific research agenda to improve health and accelerate research using precision medicine.

Dr. Ginsburg has been a visionary leader for Duke University and the School of Medicine for 17 years. He is the founding director of the Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine (CAGPM) and also founding director of MEDx, a partnership between Duke’s Schools of Medicine and Engineering, which is designed to stimulate collaboration and innovation. During his tenure at Duke, Dr. Ginsburg has pioneered translational genomics, the development of novel diagnostics, and precision medicine. With a strong commitment to interdisciplinary science and innovation, he has led projects to develop predictive models for common complex diseases using high dimensional genomic data and developed partnerships with engineering colleagues to develop novel point of care sensors.

Dr. Ginsburg will step down from both directorship roles as he leaves Duke. He will remain on faculty at Duke University as an adjunct professor in the School of Medicine. Dr. Cooney will serve as interim director of CAGPM. Dean Klotman, Provost Sally Kornbluth, and Jerome Lynch, who was recently named dean of Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering, will work together to plan the future direction of MEDx.

We want to thank Dr. Ginsburg for his outstanding service and commitment to Duke and to the School of Medicine. Please join us in congratulating him on this exciting next step in his accomplished career.

Mary E. Klotman, MD, Dean, Duke University School of Medicine
Kathleen Cooney, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine

Read NIH All of Us Research Program Announcement

Duke Genomic & Precision Medicine Forum Series: Mildred Cho, PhD

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Mildred Cho, PhDNov. 11 at 12 p.m. EST (registration required)

Hear from Mildred Cho, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics (Medical Genetics) and Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health)
at Stanford University and Associate Director, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, on “What does it mean to do anti-racist precision medicine?” More info and how to register

 

 

 

 

 

16th Annual Personalized Medicine Conference

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May 19-20, 2022. Registration Open now.

Convening more than 500 of the world’s leading clinicians, industry executives, investors, patient advocates, payers, policy experts, and researchers, the 16th Annual Personalized Medicine Conference will facilitate a cross-sector exchange of perspectives on the scientific, business, and policy issues influencing the status and outlook for personalized medicine in the wake of a devastating pandemic that has upended the health care landscape. More Info>>

Call for Applications: NIH-ACMG Fellowship in Genomic Medicine Program Management

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH), in partnership with the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), seeks qualified physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and genetic counselors interested in acquiring credentials and experience to lead genomic medicine research and implementation programs at the NIH, major medical centers and other organizations. The NIH-ACMG Genomic Medicine Program Management Fellowship was established in 2017 as a partnership among ACMG and four components of NIH – the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), and the All of Us (AoU) Research Program. This fellowship seeks to increase the pool of health practitioners trained in managing research and implementation programs in genomic medicine.

The application portal is now open for the 2022-2024 fellowship period. Applicants must be US citizens licensed to practice as physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, or genetic counselors in the United States, having completed an applicable advanced degree (MD, DO, PA, NP, or genetic counseling MS or PhD), with a strong interest in establishing and managing genomic medicine programs. Post-graduate residency training is preferred but not required. Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience.

Application Deadline: Dec. 1, 2021 at 5 p.m. EST

For inquiries, please contact nihacmgfellowship@nih.gov

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Lori Orlando to speak at WSU College of Medicine Genomics & Adoption Symposium

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Lori Orlando, MD, MHS, MMCI, director of the precision medicine program in the Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine at Duke University and IGNITE co-PI, will speak at the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine 2021 Genomics & Adoption Symposium Nov. 3-4.

Dr. Orlando will discuss the MeTree Family Health History based risk assessment tool and speak on, “Role of Family Health History in Health Screening and Maintenance”. Find out more about the upcoming symposium

MeTree is a patient-facing web-based family and personal health history collection and clinical decision support program developed by Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine. Learn more about MeTree.