Genetics institute launches social and behavioral branch
On Dec. 5, the National Human Genome Institute announced the launch
of a new Social and Behavioral Research Branch. The new research arm
was created to bring the fruits of the Human Genome Project to bear
on disease prevention and health promotion. Director of the new branch
is Colleen McBride, Ph.D., a behavioral epidemiologist.
The new branch will research the best ways to inform individuals of
their risks for certain genetic conditions, develop interventions to
reduce the risk of disease in genetically susceptible people and translate
genome discoveries into clinical practice. Researchers will also delve
into the social, ethical and legal effects of genome research. Research
units within the new branch will include behavioral genetics, health
communications, genetic counseling, health promotion, community genetics
and an ethics and social policy unit. For more information about the
new NHGRI research branch, go towww.genome.gov/10000010.
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