Effective leaders of change must serve equally as agents of change and protectors of continuity.

The liquid state of modernity is corrosive to continuity.

Unless physicians stand together to fight threats and injustices, our practices cannot remain viable in the future.

It is important to consider whether the sample size selected by the Environmental Genome Project will provide sufficient power to discover most alleles relevant to gene-environment interactions.

One of the biggest challenges to medicine is the incorporation of information technology in our practices.

To maximize our potential to enhance our health and our knowledge, we should remain open to new understanding and evolving technology or resources that might inspire a change in our approach to these important questions.

There is no doubt that environmentally related diseases will continue to pose problems in the future.