Abstract
Public Health Genomics: the essential part for good governance in public health.
Highlights
In view of the importance of the report of the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina 2015), discussion on the health impact of Omics was invited (Kunzli 2015)
Modern accounts of what constitutes public health have broadened the meaning of the latter, which has come to mean any form of collective action that aims to improve the health of populations (Porter 1998)
Misconceptions of the health impact of Omics have misled scholars and part of the public to doubt their effectiveness and adopt opinions that hinder the implementation of Omics in health systems
Summary
In view of the importance of the report of the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina 2015), discussion on the health impact of Omics was invited (Kunzli 2015). The fascinating field of Omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, microbiomics, etc.) and Big Data, with its various applications, has already started to revolutionize the landscape of public health, since the beginning of the 21st century (Brand et al 2008). Newborn screening programs are a reality, a current success of Omics, which allows for timely diagnosis even before clinical presentation and enables improved life- and healthspan for affected children.
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