Working Group

ANNOUNCEMENT

New Working Group Members

The Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention (EGAPP) initiative announces the selection of five new Working Group members. The EGAPP Working Group (EWG) represents professionals from varied backgrounds and work settings, and with expertise in one or more disciplines that include clinical and laboratory practice, economics/decision analysis, healthcare research, evidence-based medicine/health technology assessment, genomics, epidemiology, ethics, education, healthcare policy, and public health. The EGAPP Initiative and EWG welcome:

• Doug Campos-Outcalt MD, MPA
  University of Arizona College of Medicine

• Roger D. Klein MD, JD
  H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, and
  University of South Florida College of Medicine

• Kenneth Offit MD, MPH
  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

• Stephen G. Pauker MD, MACP, FACC, ABMH
  Tufts Medical Center

• David L. Veenstra PharmD, PhD
  University of Washington 

These members were selected from a pool of nominated individuals by a HHS interagency Steering Committee. The pool of nominees was solicited via organizations and individuals who received a recruitment notice by email, and could nominate candidates directly and/or distribute the message; the recruitment notice was also posted on the EGAPP web site.

Members completing their term of service

The EGAPP initiative announces the completion of service term for two Working Group members. The EGAPP Initiative and EWG wishes to thank Katrina Armstrong MD, MSCE; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Kathryn Phillips PhD; University of California San Francisco, for their formative role in developing the EWG and their contributions to the EGAPP Initiative.