The institute's extramural program that Dr. Guyer currently directs annually distributes more than $ 350 million in research and training grants and cooperative agreements, and plans a
wide range of scientific activities to advance genomics, including studying the
societal implications of genomics research.
The CEER program, established in 2004, is designed to bring together experts in
wide - ranging fields - bioethics, law, behavioral and social sciences, epidemiology, public health, public policy, genomics and clinical research - to study the potential
societal implications of genomic information and research.