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Acknowledgments

Foundations I and II were developed 2024-2025 under the U.S. Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence (PGCoE), a collaboration funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

      • Foundations I: Conceptual Foundations of Pathogen Genomics. Learn what pathogen genomics is and how pathogen genomics adds value to infectious disease surveillance and response.
      • Foundations II: Technical Introduction to Pathogen Genomic Epidemiology: Mutations, Transmission, and Phylogenetics. Explore the molecular basis of genomic sequencing in public health epidemiology.

Foundations I and II are presented by the following Co-Course Directors:

      • Alli Black, Senior Epidemiologist, Molecular Epidemiology Program; and Project Director, Northwest PGCoE, Washington Department of Public Health
      • Arianna Miles-Jay, Manager, Genomic Analysis Unit, Michigan Department of Public Health
      • Pardis Sabeti, Professor, Harvard University and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Core Institute Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Academic Co-PI, New England PGCoE
      • Shirlee Wohl, Project Director, New England PGCoE, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; and Lead Investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

The PGCoE Education program is led by:

      • Pardis Sabeti, Co-Principal Investigator for Education Course Content, New England PGCoE (Professor, Harvard University and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Core Institute Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)
      • David Golan, Co-Principal Investigator for Education Delivery, New England PGCoE, and PGCoE Education Executive Committee Chair (Harvard Medical School, HMS Dean for Research Initiatives and Global Programs)
      • Elizabeth Osborn, Education Director for Pathogen Genomics Education (Harvard Medical School)
      • Elizabeth Heppenheimer, Curriculum Manager for Pathogen Genomics Education (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)

Numerous individuals and organizations also contributed to the PGCoE Education program.

      • The Product Development team at Harvard Medical School, led by Joanne Muller, with principal contributions from Nicola Dion, Erin Daniel, Katie Yost, Mark Olsen, Naomi Shroff-Mehta, Erika Hayden, Doug McLean, and Jessica Holland.
      • The PGCoE Executive Committee, chaired By David Golan, and including members Larry Madoff and Shirlee Wohl from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Elizabeth Curtis, Elizabeth Heppenheimer, Bronwyn MacInnis, and Pardis Sabeti from the Broad Institute; and Nadine Fornelos Martins, Alison Haight, Joanne Muller, and Elizabeth Osborn from Harvard Medical School.
      • The Education Strategic Advisory Committee included Justin Bahl, Alli Black, Christina Brandeburg, Jennifer Brown, Hope Dishman, Logan Fink, Alexandra Lorentz, Pavitra Roychoudhury, Ruth Sanon, Shruti Subramaniam, Anna Strain, and Shirlee Wohl.

Overview of PGCoE

Established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2022, the U.S. Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence (PGCoE) is a collaboration between five state-level departments of public health and key academic and industry partners to improve infectious disease response and pandemic readiness.

The nationwide PGCoE Education program on pathogen genomic epidemiology is developed out of the New England Pathogen Genomics Center of Excellence and offers world-class training for the public health workforce in pathogen genomic surveillance and genomics-informed outbreak response.

Funding

This course was supported by the Office of Advanced Molecular Detection, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through Cooperative Agreement Number CK22-2204. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Funding is also gratefully acknowledged from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Award 11392), as well as the Flu Lab and a cohort of donors through the TED’s Audacious Project (including the ELMA Foundation, MacKenzie Scott, the Skoll Foundation, and Open Philanthropy), which supported colleagues at The Broad Foundation of MIT and Harvard.