About Us
The Chronic Disease Genomics Program is located at the Utah Department of Health in the Bureau of Health Promotion. The program began in July 2003 with the intent to develop infrastructure and leadership capacity to integrate genomics into public health, with a focus on chronic disease. The program is one of only four similar programs in the nation funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The goals of the program are to:
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Create an infrastructure to integrate genomics into public health practice
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Develop community and public health leadership in genomics and chronic disease
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Integrate genomics information into existing data collection systems
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Educate public health professionals, health care providers, policymakers, and the public about the role of genomics in health
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Develop and assess family history interventions
Links to our partners
University-based Genomics Centers:
Other state funded projects:
Utah Department of Health links:
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