Medical and Health Genomics

Professor Kumar has considerable previous experience in writing and editing books and journals related to genetics and genomics. His books include Genomics and Clinical Medicine and Genomics and Health in the Developing World. He founded and leads the new open access journal Applied and Translational Genomics, published by Elsevier. He has published 40 articles in the journals literature. Professor Dhavendra Kumar is a Visiting Professor, Genomic Policy Unit, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, The University of South Wales and Consultant in Clinical Genetics at the University Hospital of Wales, Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom. He is one of the Consultants for the All Wales Medical Genetics Service and the lead Clinician for Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics. After qualifying in Medicine from the King George’s Medical College, University of Lucknow, India, he completed postgraduate training in Pediatrics with an MD. Since 1980 he has pursued a career in Medical Genetics in the UK. In 1990 he became a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Genetics. He is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics (FACMG) and as well as Royal Colleges of Physicians (FRCP-London and FRCP-Ireland) and Pediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH-UK).In 2015, he was conferred with the higher degree of DSc by his Alma Mater, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow (UP, India) based on his life-time contributions and achievements to genetic and genomic applications in medicine and health.

• ForewordMartin BobrowPrefaceDhavendra Kumar1. The Human GenomeDhavendra Kumar2. Genomic technologies in Medicine and Health- Past, Present and FutureYu-Hui Rogers and Chengsheng Zhang3. Genomic datamining and databasesMahsa Shabani, Bartha Maria Knoppers and Pascal Borry4. Diagnostic Genomics and Clinical BioinformaticsAndrea Haworth, Helen Savage and Nick Lench5. Epigenetics and Epigenomics in Human Health and DiseaseRichard Festenstein6. Mitochondrial Genomics- Emerging Paradigms and ChallengesVipin Singh, Pooja Gupta, Neeraj Kumar Rajput, Anshu Bhardwaj7. The significance of metabolomics in human healthDiego F. Gomez-Casati, Mauricio Grisolía and Maria V. Busi8. Microbial genomics- diagnosis, prevention and treatmentAnkur Mutreja9. A Metagenomic Insight into Human Microbiome: Its Implications in Health and DiseaseRituja Saxena and Vineet K. Sharma10. Pharmacogenetics and PharmacogenomicsAna Alfirevic and Munir Pirmohamed11. Medical and Health aspects of Genetics and GenomicsDhavendra Kumar12. Content and Variation of the Human GenomeStylainos E. Antonarakis13. Spectrum of Genetic Diseases and ManagementBronwyn Kerr14. Genomic analysis in clinical practice: What are the challenges?Anneke Lucassen and Irene van Langen15. Genomic perspective of genetic counsellingClara Louise Gaff and Ivan Macciocca16. Genetics and Genomics of Reproductive Medicine and HealthDhavendra Kumar17. Stratified and Precision MedicineDhavendra Kumar18. Teaching and Training Medicine in Genomic EraBruce Korf19. Genomics, New Drug Development and Precision MedicineDuncan McHale and Michelle Penny20. Cancer Genetics and GenomicsEamon Maher and James Whitworth21. The provision of medical and health genetics and genomics in the developing worldNirmala Sirisena, Dulika Sumathipala, Kalum Wettasinghe, Vajira H. W. Dissanayake22. Genomic applications in Forensic MedicineNiels Morling and Claus Børsting23. Public and Population Health GenomicsAnastasia L. Wise and Teri A. Manolio