PUBLIC HEALTH GENOMICS HAS COME OF AGE.

The article elaborates on public health genomics. Topics discussed include integration of genomics into the three core public health functions of policy development, assurance and assessment as well as areas of ongoing progress in genomics on newborn screening, family health history, pathogen genomics and genome sequencing in healthcare. Also mentioned are the U.S. Precision Medicine Initiative and the need for an active collaboration among sectors such as research, practice and public health.