Key publications in public health genomics (21.1.2008)

1. Andrews, L. B., Fullerton, J. E., Holtzman, N. A., and Motolsky, A. G., "Assessing genetic risks: implications for health and social policy" National Academy Press, 1994.  
2. Austin, M. A., Peyser, P. A., and Khoury, M. J., "The interface of genetics and public health: research and educational challenges" Ann Rev Pub Health, Vol. 21, 2000, pp. 81-99.  
3. Baird, P. A. and Anderson, T. W., "Genetic disorders in children and young adults: a population study" Am J Hum Genet, Vol. 42, 1988, pp. 677-693.  
4. Beaudlet, A. L., "Making genomic medicine a reality" Am J Hum Genet, Vol. 64, 1999, pp. 1-13.  
5. Bell, J., "The new genetics in clinical practice" BMJ, Vol. 316, 1998, pp. 618-620.  
6. Bell, J., "Predicting disease using genomics" Nature, Vol. 429, 2004, pp. 453-456.  
7. Bentley, D. R., "Genomes for medicine" Nature, Vol. 429, 2004, pp. 440-445.  
8. Burke, W., "Genomics as a probe for disease biology" New Engl J Med, Vol. 349, 2003, pp. 969-974.  
9. National Office of Public Health Genomics (NOPHG) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "Translating Advances in Human Genetics into Public Health Action: A Strategic Plan" Online. 1997.  
10. Collins, F. S., "Preparing health professionals for the genetic revolution" JAMA, Vol. 278, 1997, pp. 1285-1286.  
11. Collins, F. S., "Shattuck lecture: medical consequences of the human genome" New Engl J Med, Vol. 341, 1999, pp. 28-37.  
12. Collins, F. S., "A vision for the future of genomics research" Nature, Vol. 422, 2003, pp. 835-847.  
13. Collins, F. S. and Guttmacher, A. E., "Genetics moves into the medical mainstream" JAMA, Vol. 286, 2001, pp. 2322-2324.  
14. Collins, F. S. and McKusick, V. A., "Implications of the human genome project for medical science" JAMA, Vol. 285, 2001, pp. 540-545.  
15. Coughlin, S. S., "The intersection of genetics, public health and preventive medicine" Am J Prev Med, Vol. 16, 1999, pp. 89-90.  
16. Guttmacher, A. E. and Collins, F. S., "Genomic medicine: a primer" New Engl J Med, Vol. 347, 2002, pp. 1512-1520.  
17. Guttmacher, A. E. and Collins, F. S., "Realising the promise of genomics in biomedical research" JAMA, Vol. 294, 2005, pp. 1399-1402.  
18. Guttmacher, A. E., Jenkins, J., and Uhlmann, W. R., "Genomic medicine: who will practice it? A call to open arms" Am J Med Genet, Vol. 106, 2001, pp. 216-222.  
19. Gwinn, M. and Khoury, M. J., "Research priorities for the public health sciences in the post-genomic era" Genet Med, Vol. 4, 2002, pp. 410-411.  
20. Haga, S., Khoury, M. J., and Burke, W., "Genomic profiling for lifestyle modification: not ready for prime time" Nat Genet, Vol. 34, 2003, pp. 347-350.  
21. Halliday, J. L., Collins, V. R., Aitken, M. A., and Richards, M. P. M., "Genetics and public health - evolution or revolution" J Epidemiol Community Health, Vol. 58, 2004, pp. 894-899.  
22. Holtzman, N. A. and Marteau, T. M., "Will genetics revolutionise medicine?" New Engl J Med, Vol. 343, 2000, pp. 141-144.  
23. Khoury, M. J., "From genes to public health; the application of genetic technology in disease prevention" Am J Public Health, Vol. 86, 1996, pp. 1717-1722.  
24. Khoury, M. J., "Relationship between medical genetics and public health: changing the paradigm of disease prevention and the definition of a genetic disease" Am J Med Genetics, Vol. 71, 1997, pp. 289-291.  
25. Khoury, M. J., "Human Genome Epidemiology: translating advances in human genetics into population based data for medicine and public health" Genet Med, Vol. 1, 1999, pp. 71-74.  
26. Khoury, M. J., "Genetics and genomics in practice: the continuum from genetic disease to genetic information in health and disease" Genet Med, Vol. 5, 2003, pp. 261-268.  
27. Khoury, M. J., Davis, R., Gwinn, M., Lindegren, M. L., and Yoon, P., "Do we need genomic research for the prevention of common diseases with environmental causes" Am J Epidemiol, Vol. 161, 2005, pp. 799-805.  
28. Khoury, M. J. and Dorman, J. S., "The Human Epidemiology Network" Am J Epidemiol, Vol. 148, 1998, pp. 1-3.  
29. Khoury, M. J., McCabe, L. L., and McCabe, E. R. B., "Population screening in the age of genomic medicine" New Engl J Med, Vol. 348, 2003, pp. 50-58.  
30. Khoury, M. J. B. and Gwinn, M. L., "Translation of genomic research into health care" JAMA, Vol. 285, 2001, pp. 2447-2448.  
31. King, R. A., "Genetics and the practice of medicine: the future is here" Genet Med, Vol. 1, 1998, pp. 1.  
32. Melzer, D. and Zimmern, R., "Genetics and medicalisation" BMJ, Vol. 324, 2002, pp. 863-864.  
33. Merikangas, K.R. and Risch, N., "Genomic priorities and public health" Science, Vol. 302, 2003, pp. 599-601.  
34. Omenn, G.S., "Genetics and public health" Am J Public Health, Vol. 86, 1996, pp. 1701-1704.  
35. Peltonen, L. and McKusick, V.A., "Genomics and medicine. Dissecting human disease in the post genomic era" Science, Vol. 291, 2001, pp. 1224-1229.  
36. Potter, J. D., "At the interfaces of epidemiology, genetics and genomics" Nat Rev Genet, Vol. 2, 2001, pp. 142-147.  
37. Richards, M.P.M., "How distinctive is genetic information?" Stud Hist Phil Biol Biomed Sci, Vol. 32, 2001, pp. 663-687 
38. Risch, N. and Merikangas, K., "The future of genetic studies of complex human diseases" Science, Vol. 273, 1996, pp. 1516-1517.  
39. Shostak, S., "Locating gene-environment interaction: at the intersections of genetics and public health" Soc Sci & Med, Vol. 56, 2003, pp. 2327-2342.  
40. ten Kate, L., "Editorial" Community Genetics, Vol. 1, 1998, pp. 1-2.  
41. ten Kate, L., "Editorial" Community Genetics, Vol. 3, 2000, pp. 1.  
42. ten Kate, L., "Community genetics: a bridge between clinical genetics and public health" Community Genetics, Vol. 8, 2005, pp. 7-11.  
43. Vineis, P., "A self fulfilling prophecy; are we underestimating the role of the environment in gene-environment interaction research" Int J Epidemiol, Vol. 33, No. 5, 2004, pp. 945-946.  
44. Wetherall, D. J., "Single gene disorders or complex traits: lessons from the thalassaemias and other monogenic disorders" BMJ, Vol. 321, 2000, pp. 1117-1120.  
45. Wetherall, D. J., "From genotype to phenotype: genetics and medical practice in the new millenium" Phil Trans R Soc lond B, Vol. 354, 1999, pp. 1995-2010.  
46. Willard, H. F., Angrist, M., and Ginsburg, G. S., "Genomic medicine: genetic variation and its impact on the future of health care" Phil Trans R Soc lond B, Vol. 360, 2005, pp. 1543-1550.  
47. Zimmern, R., Emery, J., and Richards, T., "Putting genetics into perspective" BMJ, Vol. 322, 2001, pp. 1005-1006.  
48. Zimmern, R. L., "Genetic testing: a conceptual exploration" J Med Ethics, Vol. 25, 1999, pp. 151-156.  
49. Institute of Medicine of the National Academics, Hernandez,L.M.(Ed). “Implications of Genomics for Public Health, Workshop Summary” (2005) The National Academies Press, Washington D.C.