The impact of genomics on precision public health: beyond the pandemic
Muin J. Khoury, Kathryn E. Holt
Abstract
Precision public health has been defined in many ways It can be viewed as an emerging multidisciplinary field that uses genomics, big data, and machine learning/ artificial intelligence to predict health risks and outcomes and to improve health at the population level. Just like precision medicine seeks to provide the right intervention to the right patient at the right time, the aim of precision public health is to provide the right intervention to the right population at the right time, with the goal of improving health for all.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicHuman geneticsGenomicsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Public health2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Computational biologyMedicineGenome BiologyData scienceBiologyBioinformaticsGenomeComputer scienceInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologyGeneticsDiseaseGenePathologyOutbreakZoonotic diseases and public healthPublic Health Policies and EducationEthics in Clinical Research