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Planning the Future of Genomics: Foundational Research and Applications in Genomic Medicine July 6-8, 2010 Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA Planning the Future of Genomics: Foundational Research and Applications in Genomic Medicine July 6-8, 2010 Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA PARTICIPANT LIST Goncalo Abecasis, Ph.D. David A. Asch, M.D., M.B.A. Department of Biostatistics and Center for The Wharton School Statistical Genetics University of Pennsylvania School of Public Health Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics University of Michigan Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion Ajay, Ph.D. Philadelphia VA Medical Center Division of Extramural Research National Human Genome Research Institute Ann Ashby, M.B.A. National Institutes of Health Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Mark Akeson, Ph.D. Biomolecular Engineering Department Christopher P. Austin, M.D. School of Engineering NIH Chemical Genomics Center University of California, Santa Cruz National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health Joshua Akey, Ph.D. Department of Genome Sciences Alice Bailey University of Washington Office of the Director National Human Genome Research Institute Bruce Alberts, Ph.D. National Institutes of Health Science Magazine American Association for the Advancement of Joan Ellen Bailey-Wilson, Ph.D. Science Statistical Genetics Section Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Inherited Disease Research Branch University of California, San Francisco National Human Genome Research Institute U.S. Science Envoy National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of State Dennis G. Ballinger, Ph.D. David M. Altshuler, Ph.D., M.D. Complete Genomics, Inc. Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital James Francis Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. Broad Institute and Massachusetts Institute of National Institute on Deafness and Other Technology Communication Disorders National Institutes of Health Andy Baxevanis, Ph.D. National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health - 1 - Barbara B. Biesecker, M.S. Ebony Bookman, Ph.D. Social and Behavioral Research Branch Office of Population Genomics National Human Genome Research Institute National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health National Insitutues of Health Leslie Glenn Biesecker, M.D. David Botstein, Ph.D. Genetic Disease Research Branch Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Division of Intramural Research Genomics National Human Genome Research Institute Princeton University National Institutes of Health Joann Boughman, Ph.D. Ewan Birney, Ph.D. American Society of Human Genetics PANDA Group EMBL - EBI Joy Tracy Boyer ELSI Research Program David M. Bodine, Ph.D. National Human Genome Research Institute Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health Linda Brady, Ph.D. Division of Neuroscience and Basic Michael L. Boehnke, Ph.D. Behavioral Science Department of Biostatistics National Institute of Mental Health University of Michigan National Institutes of Health Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D. Lawrence C. Brody, Ph.D. Division of Epidemiology Genome Technology Branch Department of Human Genetics and National Human Genome Research Institute Environmental Sciences National Institutes of Health The University of Texas School of Public Health Lisa D. Brooks, Ph.D. Genetic Variation Program Vivien Bonazzi, Ph.D., M.S. National Human Genome Research Institute Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health Wylie Burke, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Bioethics and Humanities Vence L. Bonham, J.D. University of Washington Education and Community Involvement Branch Joe Campbell, Ph.D. Office of Policy, Communications, and National Human Genome Research Institute Education National Institutes of Health Division of Intramural Research Social and Behavioral Research Branch Fabio Candotti, M.D. National Human Genome Research Institute Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch National Insitutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health - 2 - Sue Celniker, Ph.D. Barak Cohen, Ph.D. Department of Genome Dynamics Department of Genetics Life Sciences Division School of Medicine Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Washington University in St. Louis Aravinda Chakravarti, Ph.D. Jorge Contreras, J.D. Center for Complex Disease Genomics School of Law McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Washington University in St. Louis Medicine School of Medicine Richard Cooper, M.D. Johns Hopkins University Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Stephen J. Chanock, M.D. Stritch School of Medicine Laboratory of Translational Genomics Loyola University Core Genotyping Facility Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Nancy Jean Cox, Ph.D. Genetics Section of Genetic Medicine National Cancer Institute Department of Medicine National Institutes of Health The University of Chicago R. Alta Charo, J.D. Christine Cutillo Law School and School of Medicine and National Human Genome Research Institute Public Health National Institutes of Health University of Wisconsin Robert Darnell, M.D., Ph.D. Cheryl Chick Howard Hughes Medical Institute National Human Genome Research Institute The Rockefeller University National Institutes of Health Camilla Day, Ph.D. Lynda Chin, M.D. Board of Governors Harvard Medical School Center for Inherited Disease Research Dana-Farber Cancer Institute National Human Genome Research Institute Broad Institute National Institutes of Health Melanoma Program Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Gregory John Downing, D.O., Ph.D. Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rex Chisholm, Ph.D. Feinberg School of Medicine Lynn G. Dressler, Dr.P.H., M.A. Northwestern University Eshelman School of Pharmacy Institute of Pharmacogenomics and Mildred Cho, Ph.D. Individualized Therapy Center for Biomedical Ethics The University of North Carolina at Chapel Stanford University Hill George Church, Ph.D. Richard Durbin, M.S. Department of Genetics Informatics Division Harvard Medical School Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute - 3 - Geoffrey Duyk, M.D., Ph.D. Scott E. Fraser, Ph.D. TPG Biotech Biological Imaging Center Rosen Center for Biological Imaging Joseph Ecker, Ph.D. Division of Biology Plant Biology Laboratory Beckman Institute Genomic Analysis Laboratory California Institute of Technology The Salk Institute Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, Ph.D. Evan Eichler, Ph.D. Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology Department of Genome Sciences and Immunology University of Washington School of Medicine Howard Hughes Medical Institute Institute for Genome Sciences University of Maryland Laura Elnitski, Ph.D. Genomic Functional Analysis Section Kelly A. Frazer, Ph.D. Genome Technology Branch Department of Pediatrics National Human Genome Research Institute Division of Genome Information Sciences National Institutes of Health Moores Cancer Center University of California, San Diego James P. Evans, M.D., Ph.D. Genetics in Medicine Phyllis Frosst, Ph.D. Genetics Department Policy and Program Analysis Branch School of Medicine National Human Genome Research Institute The University of North Carolina at Chapel National Institutes of Health Hill Barbara Fuller, J.D. W. Gregory Feero, M.D., Ph.D. National Human Genome Research Institute Genomic Healthcare Branch National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute National Insitutes of Health Stacey Gabriel, Ph.D. Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency Genome Sequencing and Analysis Program Program Broad Institute Elise Feingold, Ph.D. Vanessa Northington Gamble, M.D., Ph.D. National Human Genome Research Institute The George Washington University National Institutes of Health Levi A. Garraway, M.D., Ph.D. Kevin T. FitzGerald, Ph.D., M.Div. Department of Medical Oncology Center for Clinical Bioethics Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Department of Oncology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Medical Center Harvard Medical School Georgetown University Broad Institute Colin F. Fletcher, Ph.D. Sarah Gehlert, Ph.D. National Human Genome Research Institute George Warren Brown School of Social Work National Institutes of Health and The Institute of Public Health Washington University in St. Louis - 4 - Gail Geller, Sc.D., M.H.S. Struan Grant, Ph.D. Department of Medicine Center for Applied Genomics School of Medicine Department of Human Genetics Berman Institute of Bioethics Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Johns Hopkins University Institute Gregory G. Germino, M.D. Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive National Human Genome Research Institute and Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health Robert C. Green, M.D., M.P.H. Gary Hugh Gibbons, M.D. Center for Translational Genomics and Health Cardiovascular Research Institute Outcomes Department of Physiology Department of Neurology Morehouse School of Medicine Alzheimer’s Disease Center School of Medicine Richard A. Gibbs, Ph.D. Boston University Human Genome Sequencing Center [email protected] Baylor College of Medicine (617) 638-5362 Geoffrey Steven Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D. George S. Grills Center for Genomic Medicine Core Facilities in the Life Sciences Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Life Sciences Core Laboratories Center Policy Cornell University Duke University Steve Groft, Pharm.D. Maria Y. Giovanni, Ph.D. Office of Rare Diseases Research National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Office of the Director Diseases National Institutes of Health National Institutes of
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