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The Duke Center for Precision Health and Precision Genomics Collaboratory have awarded five pilot grants to advance genomic science at Duke by leveraging and enhancing the OneDukeGen study infrastructure. This opportunity was open to all Duke University School of Medicine faculty.

With a career that started at NASA and ended with engineering software for genomics research, Duke patient Sharon is not shy about her passion for science and the value of scientific research. It should come as no surprise then that when, during an appointment at the Duke Cardiac Catheterization Lab, she was asked to join the OneDukeGen study, she was all in.

In this role, Shah will serve in an expanded capacity from her previous role as associate dean of genomics.

Led by Svati Shah and Julie Eckstrand, the Center for Precision Health aims to create a network through which Duke scientists and researchers in health data and genetics will be connected to clinical departments to work together to expand clinical genetics and its relevant research for improved personalized healthcare.

Duke Health has begun major research to find out why some people stay healthy while others develop disease. The 6-year study will gather DNA data from 150,000 Duke patients.

A Duke Health transplant patient decided to give back by joining OneDukeGen, the new precision medicine study that will analyze the DNA of 150,000 Duke patients and research study participants.

CTSI is pleased to announce the launch of the Center for Precision Health (CPH), a collaboration that will harness the power of genomic, biomarker, and health data to transform patient care and population health.

One DukeGEN is an initiative that uses genetics and advanced technologies to quickly translate scientific discovery into better clinical treatments. Duke University School of Medicine Dean Mary Klotman, MD, and Svati Shah, MD, MHS, discuss who’s involved and how it works.