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Strategic Areas of Focus The members and staff of the Roundtable on Genomics and Precision Health continued to work toward the roundtableâs vision of realizing the full potential of health for all through genomics and precision health by bringing together diverse voices to encourage innovation and actions that foster the wide adoption of and equitable access to the benefits of genomics and precision health. During 2021, roundtable members explored important topics including diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in the genetics and genomics workforce; case studies of innovation in the genetics and genomics spaces that have led to creative ways to approach clinical care; and barriers and facilitators of the adoption of genomics-based tools in clinical care. As part of the strategic plan that was adopted in 2020, the work of the roundtable is centered on four main areas: Innovation, Dialogue, Equity, and Adoption (IDEA). The Steering group continues to oversee the progress of all of the working groups in achieving the roundtable's vision. Download the strategic plan here. The Innovation group explores competing barriers and facilitators of innovation for genomics- based diagnostics, risk assessment tools, and therapies and leverages opportunities to learn from and promote innovative approaches that can accelerate commercialization and Innovation integration to drive the impact of genomics on precision health. Currently, the group is focusing on identifying possible crossover topics with the other working groups and innovations that are being developed and may be implemented in the next 3â5 years. The Shaping the Dialogue group accelerates the dissemination of actionable knowledge to shape practice and increase public awareness. Currently, the group is focusing on developing Dialogue and implementing outreach events to expand the roundtableâs reach of impact. It is also developing dialogue sessions titled Views & Voices that will discuss and debate opposing views within issues in genomics and precision health. The Equity group fosters action related to underrepresentation and inequities in genomic research, workforce, and access to genomic services, and examines opportunities to improve the processes and practices that the roundtable employs to achieve its mission. Currently, the group is focusing on publishing an authored piece on challenges and opportunities for improving Equity workforce diversity in genomics. It also plans to continue developing educational sessions for members to increase awareness of the current challenges and opportunities for increasing diversity of the genomic workforce and to develop a deeper understanding of structural racism in the fields of medicine and genetics and genomics. The Adoption group cultivates evidence-based practices across the health care and public health systems for adoption of genomics and precision health and draws attention to gaps in adoption Adoption and their root causes in an effort to highlight potential solutions. Currently, the group is focusing on how genomic data are being used to assess health risk and guide care and the challenges of integrating genomic data from various sources. The Steering group provides strategic input and coordination across working groups and oversees progress toward the roundtableâs vision and mission. Currently the group is focusing Steering on identifying broad issues in the genomics and precision health field that have connections across the working groups. 2021 Annual Report | 2
