With many countries in the midst of what is widely referred to as the “holiday season,” people across the globe are making arrangements to spend time with their family members. G2MC member and Genomic Medicine Flagship Project Working Group Co-Chair, Grant Wood, takes a moment to provide an update and reflect on how the flagship project on Family Health History ties into the holiday season and family traditions.

The 5th Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC) Conference is less than six months away. We spoke with local host and planning committee co-chair, Gabriela Repetto, from the Center for Genetics and Genomics and Professor at Universidad del Desarrollo to learn more about the conference and the profound impacts it is expected to have on the local community, attendees, and the future of genomic medicine.

The Lancet has recently published five, timely reviews of the clinical insights and avenues of exploration within the growing area of genomic medicine. This series presents an overview of efforts to implement genomic medicine. G2MC is pleased that several of our members are included in the authorship list.

The Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC) is committed to preparing for the future of genomic medicine implementation by engaging with young investigators around the world. Read more to see how we incorporated young investigators and their research into our 2018 Cape Town conference.

At the fourth G2MC Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, 125 leading scientists, physicians and healthcare professionals from 26 countries came together to further the mission of accelerating genomic medicine implementation around the world. As a result, these leaders developed the “Cape Town Declaration on Implementing Genomic Medicine Towards Universal Health Coverage by 2030.”