{"id":8097,"date":"2025-10-23T13:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/?page_id=8097"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:03:28","slug":"genomic-precision-medicine-elective-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/initiatives\/education\/genomic-precision-medicine-elective-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Genomic &amp; Precision Medicine &#8211; elective course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7714 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1356\/2024\/11\/banner-MEDI-455-elective-Genomic-Precision-Medicine.png\" alt=\"MEDI 455 elective: Genomics &amp; Precision Medicine banner\" width=\"1000\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1356\/2024\/11\/banner-MEDI-455-elective-Genomic-Precision-Medicine.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1356\/2024\/11\/banner-MEDI-455-elective-Genomic-Precision-Medicine-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1356\/2024\/11\/banner-MEDI-455-elective-Genomic-Precision-Medicine-768x230.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1356\/2024\/11\/banner-MEDI-455-elective-Genomic-Precision-Medicine-600x180.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PPMH has launched a new elective course for UNC medical students: Genomic &amp; Precision Medicine (MEDI 455). The 4-week elective explores how innovations in cutting-edge technology &amp; systems-based thinking can be applied to improve patient outcomes in the health care system. A deep dive into genomic science and technology and emerging trends in precision medicine defines the promises offered and challenges to overcome. The elective also touches on how we can prevent new technologies from perpetuating health care disparities.<\/p>\n<p>The course lead faculty are Jonathan Berg, MD\/PhD, and Kristy Lee, CGC. Additional instructors include <span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">Mike Adams MD<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">, Creede Caldwell<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">Amber Cipriani <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">PharmD<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\"> Kelly Gilmore CGC<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">Shannon Gray PhD<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">Jason Merker MD\/PhD<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">Tamara Roman PhD<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">Tam Sneddon DPhil<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">Neeta Vora MD<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">After starting with an introduction to clinical genetics &amp; genomics, students study variant interpretation, pharmacogenomics, tumor profiling, and precision medicine. Students give end-of-course presentations on variant interpretation, an ethical\/legal\/social issues research project, and a clinical decision support research project. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252897188 BCX2\">The elective is offered in the fall and spring. To enroll, contact Sabrina Powell (<a href=\"mailto:sabrina_powell@med.unc.edu\">sabrina_powell@med.unc.edu<\/a>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; PPMH has launched a new elective course for UNC medical students: Genomic &amp; Precision Medicine (MEDI 455). The 4-week elective explores how innovations in cutting-edge technology &amp; systems-based thinking can be applied to improve patient outcomes in the health care system. A deep dive into genomic science and technology and emerging trends in precision &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/initiatives\/education\/genomic-precision-medicine-elective-course\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Genomic &amp; Precision Medicine &#8211; elective course\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80420,"featured_media":0,"parent":6084,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8097","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8245,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8097\/revisions\/8245"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}