Long-Range Planning: Reports and Publications  Workshop Summary
Non-Medical Applications of Genomics National Human Genome
Research Institute (NHGRI)  Hyatt Regency Bethesda Bethesda, Md.
July 11, 2002  The National Human Genome Research Institute
(NHGRI) has begun a year long planning effort to help guide the
institute into the new era of genome research that will follow
the completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP) in the spring
of 2003. As part of this process, NHGRI has sponsored an ongoing
series of workshops focused on specific health, scientific and
social topics. On July 11, 2002, NHGRI held a workshop to
discuss the non-medical applications of genomics. This workshop
was designed to identify the potential implications of non-
medical applications of genomics, explore the optimal research
agenda to evaluate them and identify the policy implications of
these applications. Attendees included individuals with
expertise and/or interest in the workshop topics.  Prior to the
workshop, a variety of relev