Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 29, 2011

Ginette A. Pepper PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Helen Lowe Bamberger Presidential Endowed Chair in Gerontological Nursing and Associate Dean for Research and the PhD Program at the University of Utah College of Nursing in Salt Lake City. Her research relates to adverse drug effects on the functional status of older adults. As the nation's first Geriatric Nurse Practitioner she pioneered prescriptive authority for advanced practice nurses. A nurse pharmacologist who received her PhD in nursing and pharmacology from the University of Colorado, she currently is co-investigator and consultant on studies using eccentric exercise in fall prevention in frail elders, two meta-analysis studies of psychotropic drugs and falls and medication adherence, and the role of inter-professional communication in preventing adverse drug events in hospitalised older adults. Dr. Pepper directs the University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence and is active in the University of Utah Interdisciplinary Personalised Medicine Initiative.

Part 1: State of Genomic Molecular Science

















1. Molecular Genomic Research Designs








Kelley Baumgartel, Jamie Zelazny, Theresa Timcheck, Chantel Snyder, Mandy Bell and Yvette P. Conley

















2. Genetics and genomics—the scientific drivers of personalized medicine








Emma L. Kurnat-Thoma

















3. Diseasome: an Approach to Understanding Gene-Disease Interactions








Ken Wysocki and Leslie Ritter

















4. The State of Genomic Healthcare and Cancer: Are We Going Two Steps Forward and One Step Backward?








Karen E. Greco and Suzanne M. Mahon

















5. From mouse to man: The efficacy of animal models of human disease in genetic and genomic research








Cynthia L. Renn and Susan G. Dorsey

















Part 2: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Genomics

















6. Newborn Screening: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications








Rebecca Anderson, Erin Rothwell and Jeffrey R. Botkin

















7. STOP, LOOK, & LISTEN: Revisiting the involvement of children and adolescents in genomic research








Martha Driessnack and Agatha M. Gallo

















8. Genomics Education in Nursing in the United States








Kathleen A. Calzone and Jean Jenkins

















9. Development of the Essential Genetic and Genomic Competencies for Nurses with Graduate Degrees








Karen Greco, Susan Tinley, and Diane Seibert

















Part 3: Genomics of Diseases and Symptoms

















10. Skeletal Muscle and Genetics. Christine E. Kasper

















11. Central Nervous System Genomics








Matthew J Gallek and Leslie Ritter

















12. Shared Genomics of Type 2 and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus








Shu-Fen Wung, PhD and Pei-Chao Lin

















13. Genetics and Gastrointestinal Symptoms








Margaret M. Heitkemper, Ruth Kohen, Sang-Eun Jun and Monica E. Jarrett

















14. Type 2 Diabetes, Genomics, and Nursing: Necessary Next Steps to Advance the Science into Improved, Personalized Care








Patricia C. Underwood

















15. Patient and family issues regarding genetic testing for cystic fibrosis: A review of prenatal carrier testing and newborn screening








Kathleen J. H. Sparbel and Audrey Tluczek

















Part 4: Genomics Across the Lifespan

















16. Perinatal Genomics: Current Research on Genetic Contributions to Preterm Birth and Placental Phenotype








Gwen Latendresse

















17. Pediatric Hemoglobinopathies: From the Bench to the Bedside








Tonya A. Schneidereith

















18. Genomics and Aging








Ginette A. Pepper