Summary and Scope
In 2015 President Obama has announced a research initiative that aims to accelerate progress toward a new era of precision medicine. The aim of precision medicine is to develop innovative prevention and treatment strategies that take individual variability into account. Recent development of large-scale genome sequence data and computational tools for analyzing large sets of data has made the prospect of applying this concept dramatically improved. Emerging evidence suggests that health practitioners can utilize patients’ genomic data to improve individualized care in clinical practice. For example, there is a rapidly growing expectation to incorporate genomic medicine into individualized patient care. Despite the numerous benefits, the challenges to integrate genomics into patient care are vast. In addition, it is still a mystery how to take advantage of rare settings where it is already possible to collect rich data through clinical trials, electronic medical records, and other means.
This Special Collection will gather all studies related to approaches to utilizing trait (genetic) and state (clinical) data in practice. Submissions are invited to address the need for developing innovative methods that can potentially lead to significant advances in the precision and individualized medicine.
Topics of Interest
The topics of interest include but are not limited to:
• Practical applications of genomics for individualizing patient care
• Applications for integrating genomics and pharmacogenomics to clinical practice
• Strategies to overcome obstacles with implementing genomic medicine
• Genomic technology applications, impact on health care delivery, and implications for patients and medical professionals
• Predictive and prognostic genomic discoveries which impact the understanding of health and disease
• Research and discoveries in precision and individualized medicine
Submission Guidelines
Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have carefully read the Author Guidelines and Submission Guidelines. The complete manuscript should be submitted through Biomedical Informatics Insights Submission System.
Submission Deadlines
Abstract Submission Due: September 30, 2017
Response: October 30, 2017
First Review Notification: January 30, 2018
Revision Due: February 15, 2018
Final Notification: February 28, 2018
Guest Editors
Yanshan Wang, Department of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic, USA, wang.yanshan at mayo dot edu
Liwei Wang, Department of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic, USA, wang.liwei at mayo dot edu
Yu-Huan Shih, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA, yu-huan.shih at umassmed dot edu
Yanfeng Lu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, yanfeng.lu at ia dot ac dot cn 
