From iigbadmin at ucr.edu Fri Jun 18 11:33:14 2021 From: iigbadmin at ucr.edu (IIGBadmin) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:33:14 +0000 Subject: [CIDVR_All] FW: REMINDER: Survey of UC Expertise in Genomic Epidemiology - RESPONSE DUE TODAY In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ________________________________ From: Research&Innovation > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 2:23 PM To: Research&Innovation > Subject: REMINDER: Survey of UC Expertise in Genomic Epidemiology Dear Colleagues: Thanks to all of those who have responded to our request to inventory UC-wide expertise in genomic epidemiology. If you have not yet done so, please take three minutes to complete the survey (see below) by close of business tomorrow. We plan to share the results with our CDPH colleagues early next week. Sincerely, UC Research & Innovation Team on behalf of Andrew D. Forsyth, Ph.D. Director, California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) The University of California, Office of the President From: Research&Innovation > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 11:54 AM To: Research&Innovation > Subject: Survey of UC Expertise in Genomic Epidemiology Importance: High Dear UC faculty/researcher: The following brief, rapid-response inventory of UC-wide expertise in genomic epidemiology, next-generation sequencing, and bioinformatics, seeks to identify persons well-positioned to advise the California Department of Public Health on its response to the anticipated Centers of Excellence initiative expected in Fall 2021. On behalf of the UC Office of Research and Innovation and UC Health, we ask those with genomic epidemiology expertise to please provide responses to the following brief survey (five question sections), linked below, by close of business on Friday, June 18, 2021: Survey of University of California Expertise in Genomic Epidemiology Background: On April 16, 2021, the White House announced that the American Rescue Plan would deploy $1.7 Billion over four years to enable the CDC to strengthen the nation's capacity to track viral variants and use related data to inform federal, state, local, and tribal governments to detect, monitor, and mitigate the coronavirus and other infectious pathogens. Of this, $400 million will be allocated to six Centers of Excellence (COE) in Genomic Epidemiology to support partnerships between state, tribal, local public health departments and academic, laboratory, and other stakeholders that can lead to innovations in genomic surveillance to improve the response to emerging viral and other pathogens. Although the initiative has not yet been released, it is anticipated that it will build upon CDC's SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing for Public Health Emergency Response, Epidemiology, and Surveillance (SPHERES) program to, among other things: 1) accelerate the use and sharing of real-time pathogen sequence data and molecular epidemiology for outbreak response; 2) organize and manage local or regional public health sequencing and response efforts; 3) develop guidance on essential data and metadata standards to optimize bioinformatics workflows; and, 4) support local, state, national, and global efforts to optimize genomic surveillance data for monitoring, controlling, and preventing outbreaks and associated disease Sincerely, Andrew Andrew D. Forsyth, Ph.D. Director, California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) The University of California, Office of the President Research Grants Program Office Research & Innovation University of California Office of the President 1111 Franklin St. Oakland, CA 94607 Andrew.Forsyth at ucop.edu (Pronouns: He/Him) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: