Genomics in

public health
Tracking & treating disease with DNA
sequencing

LAURA NAVIKA YAMANI

DEPARTEMEN EPIDEMIOLOGI
FAKULTAS KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT
UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA
Goal: show you a very cool domain where
interesting genomics is maybe going to prevent
us all from dying of something awful
public health (noun, \ˈpə-blik ˈhelth\):
the organized efforts of society to keep
people healthy and prevent injury, illness
and premature death, combining programs,
services and policies that protect and
promote
people’s health.
What are we doing now?
1. What does this patient have? Culture-based
diagnostics.