Genomics for Medicine

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Genomics is increasingly used in medicine for screening, diagnostics, assessing disease risk, and identifying response/nonresponse to pharmaceuticals (precision medicine). This course will cover three pertinent areas: 1) the foundations for understanding the genetic basis of disease (phenotype is determined by genotype and environment); 2) central concepts of heritability, as discerned through the use of twin studies, genetic linkage analysis, or genome wide association to identify genetic loci associated with diseases; 3) how genomic information is used to inform precision medicine, assess disease probability and comorbidities, and promote lifestyle modifications to lower disease burden.