General Membership Call Minutes
September 24th, 2013 at 11AM EST
Attendees:
Patricia Page
Nicole Exe
Kathleen Helms
Dean Hosgood
Sheryl McCurdy
Steve Modell
Monica McClain
Marion Race
Joseph Telfair
Nora Nock
Bonnie Epstein
Toby Citron
Gail Marcus
Kristina Jones
Altovise Ewing
Sarah Mange
If you were on the call and your name does not appear here or your name is incorrect please contact Nicole
Exe at nexe@umich.edu.
Agenda:
1) Welcome
2) General Announcements: (Tricia Page; ppage@emory.edu)
---Our business meeting during APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (Nov
2-6th, 2013, Boston, MA) will be on Sunday, November 3, 2013: 8:00 AM9:30 AM. Look out for our brochure including the rest of the Genomics
Forum sessions, details about the business meeting and a social event local
to the conference.
--We will be recognizing the winner for the essay contest, “The Future of
Public Health Genomics: What Success Looks Like to Me”.
3) Updates from Committees
a. Policy Committee (Stephen Modell; mod@umich.edu)
-Monthly meetings for committee
-Policy Approved by APHA: our policy included cancer surveillance to
cancer genomic services
-APHA Public Hearings 3:30-6pm on Sunday, November 3
-Monday October 7th, - Fundable Projects (Medicaid GC, New forms of
cancer Genetic Testing, Epigenetic Testing among relatives)
b. Membership and Communications (Kathleen Helms;
kat.helms3@gmail.com)
-Facebook Stats (this is the percentage of the 208 people who have
liked our page who viewed a post about this topic):
Call for papers: 182%
Clickable Map: 101%
GenesinLife: 42%
-Upcoming Newsletter Content:
-Help is always needed and welcomed. Please contact Kat
Helms for more information.
-Announce the winner for the Essay Contest
-Short blurbs about Clickable Map (POC genetics@cdc.gov) and
Genes in Life (joleary@geneticalliance.org)
-Spotlight on APHA
•Advertise the business meeting
•Registration information
-Will need input from Bostonians for ‘What to do section’
-Business Meeting at APHA Sunday, November 3rd, 8AM
-Social Event at City Bar Boston Harbor, 459 ft. from the Convention
Center, 2 minute walk (http://www.westinbostonwaterfront.com/city-barboston-harbor). Please note that the Genomics Forum is unable to pay
for your meal.
-Please join us! RSVP to Tricia Page at ppage@emory.edu
c. Program (Peter Tonellato; Peter_Tonellato@hms.harvard.edu)
(Updated by Tricia Page)
-Many abstracts were submitted and reviewed
-Be on the look out for the program at APHA
-Additional Moderators needed at APHA this year
4) Updates from Working Groups
a.Tier 1/ Workforce Development- (Toby/Karen/Heather)
-Working on a series of webinars (4) to advertise and stir up interest
about the following applications:
-Hereditary Breast Ovarian Cancer
-Lynch Syndrome (Cascade Screening)
-Hypercholesterolemia (Cascade Screening)
-First webinar will be released in the next few months over viewing the
Tier-1 Applications and benefits of Genetic Testing
Next call on Friday, October 4th at 11AM EST
b. Others (Nicole Exe; nexe@umich.edu)
-Leadership needed for both groups:
-GxE Interaction WG: The group has completed various projects and is
now looking for a new project—suggestions are appreciated!!
-Carrier Screening WG Educational-identifying information available for
carrier screening to put together a tool kit
5) Upcoming elections and open positions (Nicole Exe)
-Three open standing committee positions
Nominations due THIS Friday, September 28th.
-Chair
-Co-Chair
-Secretary Position
-Program Committee Chair and Co-Chair
-Membership and Communications Chair and Co-Chair
-Working Group Leaders
If you are interested in being nominated, contact Tricia Page at
ppage@emory.edu You can also find information at
http://genomicsforum.org/?note2=NewCommittees
6) Other opportunities for involvement and wrap up (Tricia Page)
-Please join us at APHA Meeting in Boston, MA from November 3-6th
Reminder: Advance registration prices are available until Thursday,
September 26th. Follow this link for more registration information:
http://www.apha.org/meetings/registration/.
-Even if you can’t make it to APHA we appreciate your involvement in the
Genomics Forum. If you have any questions about how to get more involved
please contact Tricia Page (ppage@emory.edu) or Nicole Exe
(nexe@umich.edu)