The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
Luncheon Briefing
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT:
A DECADE OF TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH
In April 2003, the International Human Genome Project, led in the U.S. by the National
Institutes of Health, was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. Researchers
produced the first comprehensive human genome sequence – the genetic blueprint of the
human body – providing a framework of knowledge for pursuing new and exciting genomic
studies and opening pathways to new innovations for health and technology. Ten years later,
advances in DNA sequencing technologies have led to plummeting costs for the generation of
genome sequence information, which in turn has yielded major biological insights and new
medical and other applications. The last decade has also revealed the transformative power of
using genomic information for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other conditions.
Speakers will reflect on the impact of genomics on research, medicine, and society and discuss
how improving our understanding of our genomic makeup, the genetic underpinnings of
disease, and genomic medicine will lead to achieving the goal of improving human health.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Rayburn House Office Building – Room B-339
(Box lunches will be available)
Featuring:
Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD
Director
National Institutes of Health
Eric D. Green, MD, PhD
Director
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
This briefing is sponsored by Representative Louise Slaughter, Senator Tom Harkin, and the Ad
Hoc Group for Medical Research.
Positive RSVP’s only to Hayzell Gollopp at hgollopp@aamc.org.
This is a widely attended event.