Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds: Using Genomic Epidemiology to Advance Public Health Action

In this grand rounds presentation, CAPT Ellie Click will describe how applications in genome science can be combined with epidemiology approaches to prevent, control, and respond to pathogens that threaten public health.
Rapid advances in genomic technologies, such as genomic sequencing, are transforming how we respond to public health threats. Scientists use genomic sequencing to identify and prevent a wide variety of pathogens, including those that cause foodborne illness, tuberculosis, and COVID-19. Combining genomics and epidemiology—coined “genomic epidemiology”—provides a powerful tool for surveillance, outbreak detection, as well as response, and indicates a future where the human genome can direct public health action.
For more information on the work of CDC’s Advanced Molecular Detection, see https://www.cdc.gov/amd/index.html

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