Genetics Day on the Hill 2008 Materials

    • Genetics Day on the Hill participants are strongly encouraged to participate in a series of
       three training sessions preceding the event.
    • Questions to Reflect Upon Prior to Visits
    • Background Information on the Issues
        o GINA
            • What GINA Does and Doesn’t Do — Genetics and Public Policy Center
            • Francis S. Collins, M.K. Holohan, and Kathy Hudson
               “Keeping Pace with the Times —
               The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008”
               New England Journal of Medicine. 358.25 (2008): 2661-2663.
        o Genetic Testing
            • Javitt, Gail H.
               “In Search of a Coherent Framework:
               Options for FDA Oversight of Genetic Tests”
               Food and Drug Law Journal. 62.4 (2007): 616-652.
            • Genetic Alliance Genetic Testing Summit Report
        o Health IT
            • Information on health information technology from HHS