Animal Models and Personalized Medicine

On October 28 and 29, 2013, the NIH convened a workshop entitled, “Animal Models and Personalized Medicine.” The goals of the workshop were: 1. to discuss the status of human personalized genomics and the use of comparative functional genomics in other organisms to interpret patient information for clinical use; 2. to review the current status of the development and use of the personalized animal models based upon a variety of animal species; 3. to evaluate the potential use of personalized animal models for translational medicine applications and; 4. to develop the consensus and provide recommendations to the NIH regarding the potential strategic initiatives which would make a valuable contribution to the field.