Introduction to population diversity and genetic testing: basic concepts Russ Altman, David Flockhart and David Goldstein; Part I. Critical Concepts: 1. Introduction to population diversity and genetic testing James K. Burmester, Ingrid Glurich, Kimberly Pillsbury and Michael D. Caldwell; 2. Genotyping technologies Sharon Marsh and Cristi R. King; 3. Pharmacokinetics: absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion Terry Blaschke; 4. Overview: adverse drug reactions Matthew Nelson; 5. PharmGKB, a centralized resource for pharmacogenomic knowledge and discovery Li Gong and Teri E. Klein; 6. DrugBank David S. Wishart; 7. Ethical considerations for pharmacogenomics: privacy and confidentiality Sandra Lee; 8. Informed consent in pharmacogenomic research and treatment Mark Rothstein; 9. Legal trends driving the clinical translation of pharmacogenomics Barbara Evans; Part II. Therapeutic Areas: 10. Pharmacogenetics of oncologic drugs Uchenna Njaju and Eileen Dolan; 11. Pharmacogenetics of cardiovascular drugs Michael Stein and Danny Kurnik; 12. Pharmacogenomics of statin-induced muscle toxicity Ronald M. Krauss, Russell A. Wilke, Melissa Antonik and Elenita Kanin; 13. Pharmacogenomics of the drug-induced long QT syndrome Dan M. Roden, Prince J. Kannankeril, Stefan Kaab and Dawood Darbar; 14. Pharmacogenetics of diabetes drugs O. H. Klungel and Mark C. H. DeGroot; 15. Pharmacogenetics of respiratory drugs Kelan Tantisira and Scott Weiss; 16. Pharmacogenomics for acid-related gastrointestinal drugs Takahisa Furuta; 17. Pharmacogenetics of rheumatoid arthritis drugs Robert M. Plenge, Yvonne C. Lee, Souomya Raychaudhuri and Daniel H. Solomon; 18. Pharmacogenomics of obstetric drugs David Haas and Jamie Renbarger; 19. Pharmacogenomics of psychiatric drugs David Mrazek; 20. Pharmacogenomics of pain and anesthesia drugs Evan Kharasch and Konrad Meissner; 21. Pharmacogenetics of HIV and antiretroviral drugs Amalio Telenti; 22. Pharmacogenomics in pediatrics Jennifer A. Lowry and J. Steven Leeder; 23. Pharmacogenomics in fetal and neonatal medicine Yair Blumenfeld.