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times in scholarly fashion. It asks fundamental questions, searching for answers across the
globe. Besides investigating the concept of race and researching international
perspectives, the Center also focuses on issues related to society, art, ethics and new
technologies. For more information, visit the Center’s web site at: http://
www.jhfc.duke.edu.
Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
The Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy is Duke University’s response to the
Genome Revolution, with global, comprehensive approaches to the study of life. We—
scientists and the public together—stand at a new threshold leading to deeper understanding
and enhancement of the human experience. What distinguishes IGSP is its breadth and
its purposeful focus on health and social policy. We bring together scientists, engineers,
physicians, lawyers, policymakers, business leaders, economists, ethicists, humanists and
students to explore the genome, embrace its potential and enrich the human condition.
Areas of expertise include:
• Ethics, law and policy in genome sciences
• Genomic medicine
• Genome technology and its applications
• Computational genome sciences
• Connecting genome sciences to society
• Pharmacogenetics
• Population genomics
• Evolutionary genomics
The IGSP is comprised of faculty and students from across Duke University and is
organized in a network of Centers and related programs that together form an integrated
approach to advancing the Genome Revolution and addressing its implications for health
and society. Each center provides core competencies and areas of scholarship that comprise
the comprehensive scope of the IGSP's mission.
• Center for Applied Genomics & Technology
• Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy
• Center for Genomic Medicine
• Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
• Center for Models of Human Disease
• Center for Population Genomics & Pharmacogenetics
• Center for Evolutionary Genomics
While the IGSP is the major focal point on campus for the study of genome sciences and
policy, it collaborates with other multidisciplinary research units at Duke doing related work
in genomics.
Center for Geometric and Biological Computing
The Center for Geometric and Biological Computing at Duke is a university-wide
center that promotes interdisciplinary research in geometric computing. Participants are
affiliated with the Departments of Computer Science, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering
and Mathematics; the Institute for Statistics and Decision Sciences; and the Nicholas
School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. The center grew out of a collaborative
center with Brown University and Johns Hopkins University.
The center at Duke focuses on the following research topics: bioinformatics, biomolecular
computing, classification, external memory algorithms and data structures, geographic
information systems, graphics, and robotics. To find out more about the center, visit the web
site at: http://www.cs.duke.edu/CGC/ or contact one of the co-directors: Pankaj Agarwal
(email: pankaj@cs.duke.edu), John Harer (harer@math.duke.edu) or Jeff Vitter
(jsv@cs.duke.edu).
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