Grant Number:	2R13CA261073-05 Interpret this number
Primary Investigator:	Roberts, Megan
Organization:	Univ Of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Project Title:	Precision Public Health Network's Annual Research Symposium
Fiscal Year:	2026

PROJECT SUMMARY Increasingly, genomics is being integrated into population-level cancer prevention and control approaches through precision public health. Given that the field is still emerging, there are limited opportunities for investigators to come together to form collaborations and to build capacity for research. Thus, our goal for this R13 renewal application is to convene an annual conference for investigators who work in this field to support capacity building in precision public health research, with a focus on cancer over the next five years (The Precision Public Health Network’s Annual Research Symposium). Our specific aims for the conference are to (1) increase content knowledge and methods expertise in cancer precision public health through seminars and question and answer sessions; (2) advance research priorities for cancer precision public health; and (3) maintain an ongoing professional network of precision public health researchers in cancer to facilitate future collaborations in precision public health research, training, and practice. Through this international conference, investigators from around the world will convene annually to gain new content expertise, to advance key research priorities for the field, and to establish an ongoing collaborative network to advance precision public health research. This builds on the work of our initial conferences which established key research priorities, an ongoing working group to advance these priorities, and a network of precision public health researchers and practitioners who meet quarterly for webinars on advanced topics in precision public health in cancer. Our long-term goal is to maintain a platform for investigators interested in precision public health to come together to support the development of the precision public health research agenda.




Precision public health in the era of genomics and big data.
Authors: Roberts M.C. , Holt K.E. , Del Fiol G. , Baccarelli A.A. , Allen C.G. .
Source: Nature Medicine, 2024 Jul; 30(7), p. 1865-1873.
EPub date: 2024-07-11 00:00:00.0.
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