The Departmental Roadmap

V. Executive Summary

In summary, the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences Roadmap Committee recommends the following actions:

• Recruitment of a basic research faculty member in the area of neurogenetics and/or neurosciences
• Recruitment of two genetic epidemiologists, one to perform primary, basic research and the other to provide Institutional service
• Recruitment of a faculty member in the area of pharmacogenomics
• Recruitment of a clinical biochemical geneticist to supervise and coordinate all clinical research and clinical activities in our inherited metabolic diseases program
• Improvement and expansion of our core facilities to enhance services to the Department and Institution
• Expansion of our cancer genetics program, with increased interactions with the Cancer Prevention and Control group and establishment of a Cancer Genetics training program
• Increased efforts to obtain training grants for our predoctoral, Ph.D. and M.D. postdoctoral, and fellowship programs
• Establishment of a joint Residency training program in genetics and internal medicine