Human Genetic Variation: New Tools for Understanding Its Role in Health and Disease

• Francis Collins, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health

10:15

Break

10:45

Implementation of the Human HapMap Initiative and Large-Scale Polymorphism Studies

• David Cox, Perlegen Sciences, Inc.

Contemporary Nutrigenetics Studies

• Jose Ordovas, Tufts University

Discussion

11:45

Economic Impact

Estimating the Economic Impact of Nutrigenomics in Managing Health Costs

• Patricia Danzon, University of Pennsylvania

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15

Scientific Session II: Epigenetics

Moderator: Rowena Matthews, Life Sciences Institute

Critical Events; Genomic Programming and Reprogramming

• Rudolph Jaenisch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nutrition Modulation of Epigenetic Programming and Reprogramming

• Patrick Stover, Cornell University

Role of Maternal and Infant Nutrition in Genetic Programming and Epigenetics

• Cutberto Garza, Boston College

Discussion