Sylvia Spengler, Catherine Pinkas, Katalin Markowitz
Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720
The Human Genome Program Coordination office assists the management of the DOE Human Genome Program coordinating DOE-funded research and evaluating the progress and impact of the Program, as well as representing the Program when requested.
The Human Genome Coordinating Committee, HGCC, was created by the Office of Health and Energy Research in October 1988. Its members represent DOE Human Genome Program efforts at the national laboratory Genome Centers, as well as grantees of the program. Representatives of other agencies and groups, including NSF, HUGO, NCHGR, and USDA, are invited to attend HGCC meetings. In addition, the memorandum of understanding between DOE and NIH (October 1988) established a joint subcommittee of HERAC and the NIH Program Advisory Committee (now the Genome Council) to coordinate the research effort of the two US agencies most deeply involved in the genome program.
Field Operations is responsible for not only the activities of the HGCC and its subcommittees, but also for coordinating and organizing major meetings of the Programs, the joint DOE-NIH working groups, and providing scientific support for the development of new initiatives. The office also coordinates and participates in meetings of the task forces and working groups established by the HGCC in order to provide timely reports on activities to the HGCC and the Genome Program Manager. Other activities include writing and editing reports of committees and preparing materials for publication from the HGCC.