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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Research&Innovation <<a href="mailto:Research&Innovation@ucop.edu">Research&Innovation@ucop.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 17, 2021 2:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Research&Innovation <<a href="mailto:Research&Innovation@ucop.edu">Research&Innovation@ucop.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> REMINDER: Survey of UC Expertise in Genomic Epidemiology</span> <o:p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Colleagues:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks to all of those who have responded to our request to inventory UC-wide expertise in genomic epidemiology. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you have not yet done so,<u> please take three minutes to complete the survey (see below) by close of business tomorrow</u>. We plan to share the results with our CDPH colleagues early next week.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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UC Research & Innovation Team <i>on behalf of </i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Andrew D. Forsyth, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Director, California HIV/AIDS Research Program (<a href="http://www.californiaaidsresearch.org/">CHRP</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The University of California, Office of the President</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Research&Innovation <<a href="mailto:Research&Innovation@ucop.edu">Research&Innovation@ucop.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 15, 2021 11:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Research&Innovation <<a href="mailto:Research&Innovation@ucop.edu">Research&Innovation@ucop.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Survey of UC Expertise in Genomic Epidemiology<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear UC faculty/researcher:
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<p style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#010101">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 </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#010101">the California Department of Public Health on its response to the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">anticipated Centers of Excellence initiative expected in Fall 2021. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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, </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">by close of business on Friday, June 18, 2021</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMtpXgBAimFzSXjRSqfQas8O0FcOr91d0WTBmN4nlzfhN7Cg/viewform">Survey of University of California Expertise
in Genomic Epidemiology</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><i><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Background:</span></u></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">On April 16, 2021, the White House announced that the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/16/fact-sheet-biden-administration-announces-1-7-billion-investment-to-fight-covid-19-variants/"><i><span style="color:#1155CC">American
Rescue Plan</span></i></a><span style="color:#010101"> would deploy $1.7 Billion over four years to enable the CDC to</span><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#010101">strengthen the nation's capacity</span><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#010101">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</span><span style="color:black">. 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. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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 (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/spheres.html"><span style="color:#1155CC">SPHERES</span></a><span style="color:black">) 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</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Andrew</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Andrew D. Forsyth, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Director, California HIV/AIDS Research Program (<a href="http://www.californiaaidsresearch.org/">CHRP</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The University of California, Office of the President</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Research Grants Program Office</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Research & Innovation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">University of California Office of the President</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">1111 Franklin St.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Oakland, CA 94607</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:Andrew.Forsyth@ucop.edu">Andrew.Forsyth@ucop.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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