PGCoE Network - Education

Workforce Development and Education

Educating the public health workforce on how to leverage genomic technologies to investigate and respond to infectious diseases threats is a key pillar of the Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence (PGCoE) Network. Educational opportunities include broad, national initatives spearheaded by the Lead PGCoE for Education, as well as trainings and tutorials conducted and made available by all individual PGCoE sites. These resources and educational videos span core pathogen genomics principles, effective laboratory protocols, and state-of-the-art analytical tools.

Lead PGCoE for Education

The PGCoE Lead Education program website is officially live! Our education program, Pathogen Genomics for Public Health, features free, self-paced courses designed for the current public health workforce, including laboratorians, bioinformaticians, and epidemiologists, as well as:

Future workforce, including fellows, trainees, and students
Clinicians and infection preventionists
Researchers and other interested learners
Program directors and laboratory leaders

Online Courses

Foundations I: Conceptual Foundations of Pathogen Genomics provides a conceptual introduction to pathogen genomics for anyone in public health.
Foundations II: Technical Introduction to Pathogen Genomic Epidemiology: Mutations, Transmission, and Phylogenetics introduces the molecular science behind mutations, transmission, and phylogenetics.
Sequencing Strategies for Pathogen Genomics compares the common approaches to sequencing library construction, descriptions of how pathogen biology and sample characteristics enable or limit different strategies, and practices evaluating which approach best fits specific public health questions.
Pathogen Genomics for Epidemiology: Interpretation explains common forms of genomic data and how they are used in epidemiologic investigations, discusses factors like sampling, sequence quality, and how available epidemiologic and clinical data affect interpretation of findings, and how to integrate pathogen biology, genomic data, and epidemiologic context to interpret genomic results in public health investigation settings.

Learn more and register for all courses today!