This podcast was originally aired on Sept. 14th, 2011
Sponsored by: BioConference Live
Guest:
Dr. Howard McLeod, Director, PGENI, Bio and Contact Info
Listen (8:13) PGENI - Pharmacogenomics for Every Nation Initiative
Listen (2:27) Piggybacking on HIV education
Listen (7:56) Eight active centers around the world
Listen (5:25) Examples of pharmacogenomics
Listen (3:25) FDA coming aboard
Listen (2:03) PGI at UNC: an interdisciplinary approach
Listen (3:44) The promise of lowering healthcare costs
Listen (3:44) Other ways to use the genome
Our guest today is Dr. Howard McLeod, an internationally recognized expert in pharmacogenomics. He’s the director for the UNC Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy. He’s a member of the FDA’s subcommittee on Clinical Pharmacology, and is the director of the new PGENI, or Pharmacogenomics for Every Nation Initiative. Howard feels he has reached the highest career positions possible and now works to move along the field of pharmacogenomics in the best way possible.
