Human Genome Epidemiology,

Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD, is Director of the Office of Public Health Genomics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and an Associate in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.Sara R. Bedrosian is a health communications specialist for the Office of Public Health Genomics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH, is a medical epidemiologist for the Office of Public Health Genomics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She currently leads OPHG's Knowledge Integration effort, which promotes using the tools of human genome epidemiology to translate genomic research results into information for clinical and public health applications.Julian P. T. Higgins, PhD, is a Senior Statistician at the MRC Biostatistics Unit at the Institute of Public Health inCambridge, United Kingdom. He headed the UK HuGENet Coordinating Centre in Cambridge from its inception, and is a major contributor to The Cochrane Collaboration.John P. A. Ioannidis, MD, PhD, is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology at the University of Ioannina School of Medicine in Ioannina, Greece and a collaborating scientist at the Biomedical Research Institute, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas. Julian Little, MA, PhD, holds the Canada Research Chair in Human Genome Epidemiology, and is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Canada.

"Human Genome Epidemiology is a valuable resource. ...the book proposes a useful framework for the derivation, interpretation, and dissemination of genomic information for the purpose of improving health." --JAMA

• PART I: Fundamentals of human genome epidemiology revisited 1. Human genome epidemiology: The road map revisitedMuin J. Khoury, Sara R. Bedrosian, Marta L. Gwinn, Julian P. T. Higgins, John P. A. Ioannidis, and Julian Little 2. Principles of analysis of germline genetics Jesus Gonzalez-Bosquet and Stephen Chanock 3. The public health genomics enterprise Philippa Brice and Ron Zimmern 4. Navigating the evolving knowledge of human genetic variation in health and disease Marta L. Gwinn and Wei Yu PART II: Methods and approaches for data collection, analysis and integration 5. The global emergence of epidemiological biobanks: Opportunities and challengesPaul Burton, Isabel Fortier, and Bartha Knoppers 6. Case-control and cohort studies in the age of genome-wide associations Teri Manolio 7. The emergence of networks in human genome epidemiology: Challenges and opportunities Daniela Seminara, Muin J. Khoury, Thomas R. O'Brien, Teri Manolio, Marta L. Gwinn, Julian Little, Julian P. T. Higgins, Jonine L. Bernstein, Paolo Boffetta, Melissa Bondy, Molly S. Bray, Paul E. Brenchley, Patricia A. Buf?er, Juan Pablo Casas, Anand P. Chokkalingam, John Danesh, George Davey Smith, Siobhan Dolan, Ross Duncan, Nelleke A. Gruis, Mia Hashibe, David Hunter, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Beatrice Malmer, Demetrius M. Maraganore, Julia A. Newton-Bishop, Elio Riboli, Georgia Salanti,Emanuela Taioli, Nic Timpson, André G. Uitterlinden, Paolo Vineis, Nick Wareham, Deborah M. Winn, Ron Zimmern, and John P. A. Ioannidis 8. Design and analysis issues in genome-wide association studiesDuncan Thomas 9. The challenge of assessing complex gene-gene and gene-environment interactionsPeter Kraft and David Hunter 10. STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA) - An extension of the STROBE statement Julian Little, Julian P.T. Higgins, John P.A. Ioannidis, David Moher, France Gagnon, Erik von Elm, Muin J. Khoury, Barbara Cohen, George Davey-Smith, Jeremy Grimshaw, Paul Scheet, Marta Gwinn, Robin E. Williamson, Guang Yong Zou, Kim Hutchings, Candice Y. Johnson, Valerie Tait, Miriam Wiens, Jean Golding, Cornelia van Duijn, John McLaughlin, Andrew Paterson, George Wells, Isabel Fortier, Matthew Freedman, Maja Zecevic, Richard King, Claire Infante-Rivard, Alex Stewart, and Nick Birkett 11. Integration of the evidence on gene-disease associations: Methods of HuGE reviewsJulian P.T. Higgins and Julian Little 12. Genome-wide association studies, field synopses and the development of the knowledge base on genetic variation and human disease Muin J. Khoury, Lars Bertram, Paolo Boffetta, Adam S.Butterworth, Stephen J. Chanock, Siobhan M. Dolan, Isabel Fortier, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Marta L. Gwinn, Julian P. T. Higgins, A. Cecile J.W. Janssens, James Ostell, Ryan P. Owen, Roberta A. Pagon, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Nathaniel Rothman, Jonine L. Bernstein , Paul R. Burton, Harry Campbell, Anand P. Chokkalingam, Helena Furberg, Julian Little, Thomas R. O'Brien, Daniela Seminara, Paolo Vineis, Deborah M. Winn, Wei Yu, and John P.A.Ioannidis PART III: Case studies: Cumulative assessment of the role of human genome variation in specific diseases 13. Colorectal cancerHarry Campbell, Steven Hawken, Evropi Theodoratou, Alex Demarsh, Kimberley Hutchings, Candice Y. Johnson, Lindsey Masson, Linda Sharp, Valerie Tait, Julian Little 14. Childhood leukemiasAnand P. Chokkalingam and Patricia A. Buffler 15. Bladder cancerJonine D. Figueroa, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, and Nathanial Rothman 16. Type 2 diabetesMark McCarthy and Eleftheria Zeggini 17. OsteoporosisAndré G. Uitterlinden, Joyce B.J. van Meurs, and Fernando Rivadeneira 18. Preterm birthSiobhan M. Dolan 19. Coronary heart diseaseAdam S. Butterworth, Julian P.T. Higgins, Nadeem Sarwar, and John Danesh 20. SchizophreniaLars Bertram PART IV: Applications of epidemiologic methods for using genetic information in medicine and public health 21. Mendelian randomization: The contribution to genetic epidemiology to elucidating environmentally modifiable causes of diseaseGeorge Davey-Smith and Shah Ebrahim 22. Evaluation of predictive genetic tests for common diseases: Bridging epidemiological, clinical and public health measures A. Cecile J. W. Janssens, Marta Gwinn, and Muin J. Khoury 23. The Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention (EGAPP) initiative: Methods of the EGAPP working group Steven M. Teutsch, Linda A. Bradley, Glenn E. Palomaki, James E. Haddow, Margaret Piper, Ned Calonge, W. David Dotson, Michael P. Douglas, and Alfred O. Berg 24. Rapid evidence-based reviews of genetic testsJim M. Gudgeon, Glenn E. Palomaki, and Marc S. Williams 25. Role of social and behavioral research in assessing the utility of genetic informationSaskia C. Sanderson , Christopher Wade, and Colleen M. McBride 26. Assessing the evidence for clinical utility in newborn screeningScott Grosse 27. The role of epidemiology in assessing the potential clinical impact of pharmacogenomics David L. Veenstra 28. The human epigenome and cancer Mukesh Verma 29. The use of family history in public health practice: the epidemiologic viewRodolfo Valdez, Muin J. Khoury, and Paula W. Yoon PART V: Case studies: Assessing the use of genetic information in practice for specific diseases30. Cytochrome P450 testing in the treatment of depressionIris Grossman, Mugdha Thakur, and David B. Matchar 31. A rapid ACCE review of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 allele testing to inform warfarin dosing in adults at elevated risk for thrombotic events to avoid serious bleedingMonica R. McClain , Glenn E. Palomaki, Margaret Piper, and James E. Haddow 32. Hereditary hemochromatosis: Population screening for gene mutationsDiana B. Petitti