Management of the Human Genome Program 



Program Management Structure 



The highly multidisciplinary, focused, and long-temi character of the Human 

 Genome Program is novel to biological research. An infrastructure connecting 

 biomedical research, technology development, computer .sciences, data and 

 physical repositories, and supporting agencies has thus become essential. The Health 

 and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (HERAC) provides policy, strategy, 

 and scientific guidance to the program. 



Program Management Task Group 



Within DOE, the management structure recommended by HERAC is that the Human 

 Genome Program Manager and Management Task Group work within the Office of 

 Health and Environmental Research to coordinate: 



• Independent scientific boards that 

 prospective and retrospective eval 



DOE Human Genome Program 

 Management and Coordination 



HERAC 



Review 

 panels 



Office of 



Energy 



Research 



Other 



funding 



agencies 



Office of Health and 



Environmental 



Research 



Human Genome Program 

 f\/lanagement Task Group 



Information 

 system 



provide peer review of research proposals; both 

 nations are utilized. 



• Administration of awards, 

 collaboration with all concerned 

 agencies and organizations, 

 organization of periodic workshops, 

 and responses to the needs of the 

 developing program. 



• The support services provided by 

 the Human Genome Management 

 Information System (HGMIS) at 

 Oak Ridge National Laboratory. As 

 a DOE management tool to facilitate 

 communications among manage- 

 ment and research personnel and to 

 update the public on genome 

 research. HGMIS publishes 

 newsletters and technical and other 

 program reports and maintains an 

 electronic bulletin board that carries 

 current infomiation and announce- 

 ments. The on-line bulletin board 

 and publications are available to all 

 persons interested in the genome 

 project. 



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