1. APHA Genomics Forum Business Meeting American Public Health Association 136 th Annual Meeting Public Health without Borders San Diego, California Sunday, October 26

2. Good morning

3. Today’s meeting Goals – Provide a quick history of the Forum – Outline achievements of Year 1 – Discuss and define achievements for Year 2 (next year) …but first…

4. Thank you Our members – prospective, new, old Our leaders Our presenters and moderators Our funders and institutional support – CDC – NOPHG – Center for Public Health and Community Genomics – Life Sciences and Society Program

5. The public health system, its practice, and practitioners Employers and Business Academia Governmental Public Health Infrastructure The Media Health care delivery system Community Assuring the Conditions for Population Health

6. What is a Forum and Why are we one? Forums are an official component of APHA Genomics is a cross-cutting issue

7. What we offer At APHA – APHA program – Networking opportunities Meet and Greet Working Groups Between APHA meetings – Networking – Online tools – Time and space

8. How are we organized? Steering Committee Program Committee Policy Committee Membership / Communications Committee Special Projects Committee

9. How will we be organized? Steering Committee Program Committee Policy Committee Membership / Communications Committee Special Projects Committee Working groups

10. Genomics Forum ‘08 Program Policy Membership Communications Special Projects – Integrating Genomics into APHA

11. Program Nelson Atehortua, Chair Dean Hosgood, Co-Chair Scientific Sessions # abstracts received # sessions sponsored # sessions that we’re co-sponsoring # sessions cosponsored by others

12. Policy Ella Greene-Moton, Co-Chair Erin Payne, Co-Chair Reviewed 4 current Genetics and Public Health policies Documented process for distribution Played critical role in developing Forum policies Comments to SACGHS

13. Membership Liz Levy, Chair Jamie Brooks, Co-chair 69% APHA members/ 31% non-members 24 / 32 Sections and Special Primary Interest Groups

14. Total Membership 2006 (Year 0): ~25 2007 (Year 1): 207 2008 (Year 2): 559

15. Membership

17. Communications Newsletters The Nation’s Health FAQ (see folders) Listserv – apha.genomics@umich.eduapha.genomics@umich.edu Website, Logo

18. Website Online discussion board Committee information; documentation Member profiles / Member directory Social networking File manager Blog

21. File Manager Colleagues /Friends

23. Special Projects Aaron Goldenberg, Chair Developed process for developing special projects Topic oriented discussions/ brainstorming Integrating Genomics into APHA (James O’Leary, Sim Wimbush) – Genomics Champions – Press contacts – Content area experts

24. Coming soon… Working groups 2009 Program Updated genetics policies e-newsletter? Website Other ideas?

25. Up next Leadership 2009 Award winners Joseph Telfair Small group discussion and report back