This course is for those who are seeking an introduction to pathogen genomics through the public health lens. Participants will be provided an overview of genomic epidemiology and how it relates to infectious disease epidemiology more broadly, learn about disciplines outside of epidemiology that are foundational to genomic epidemiology, review real-word scenarios where pathogen genomics can inform response or policy decisions in public health practice and identify challenges that hinder the onboarding and routine application of pathogen genomics in public health practice.

Participants will be provided an overview of genomic epidemiology and how it relates to infectious disease epidemiology more broadly, learn about disciplines outside of epidemiology that are foundational to genomic epidemiology, review real-word scenarios where pathogen genomics can inform response or policy decisions in public health practice and identify challenges that hinder the onboarding and routine application of pathogen genomics in public health practice. This webinar will be didactic in nature with a Q&A session to follow the presentation.

Lesson 1 Introduction to Pathogen Genomics in Public Health

By the end of the lesson, participants will be able to:

1. Define genomic epidemiology and how it relates to infectious disease epidemiology more broadly
2. List at least two disciplines outside of epidemiology that are foundational to genomic epidemiology
3. Explain at least one real-word scenario where pathogen genomics can inform response or policy decisions in public health practice
4. Describe at least two challenges that hinder the onboarding and routine application of pathogen genomics in public health practice

This training series was funded by CDC Cooperative Agreement No: 1 NU38OT000297-03-00. The contents of this training are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.

Competencies: 

• 2.3 – Public Health Sciences Skills – Applies public health informatics in using epidemiologic data, information, and knowledge