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Closing the Genomics Research Gap
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A symposium about inequalities in genomics research and health, (and what to do about them)
Presented by the Gairdner听Foundation and 平特五不中.
Thanks to our sponsors and partners.听
Program of Events
TRAINING COURSE
June 15, 13:00-17:00
鈥淪tatistical approaches for genomic studies in diverse cohorts鈥 by Christopher Gignoux (U Colorado) & Noah Zaitlen (UCSF)
PUBLIC LECTURES
June 15, 19:00-21:30
鈥淗istoire des populations et recherche biom茅dicale鈥 by Dr. Lluis Quintana-Murci (Institut Pasteur, Paris)
鈥淗ealth, history, and customer-poered research at 23andMe鈥 by Dr. Joanna Mountain (23andMe, Mountain View, California)
(For both public lectures simultaneous French/English translation will be provided)
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
June 16, 9:00-17:30 & June 17, 9:00-16:30
Topics include: Studies in large and diverse cohorts 鈥 Statistical & population genetics
鈥 Addressing pervasive sampling biases 鈥 Clinical applications & health disperities 鈥 Community engagement
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Anders Albrechtsen (Copenhagen U.),听Laura Arbour (UBC),听
Kathleen Barnes (U. Colorado),听Carrie Bourassa (CIHR),听
Paul Brennan (IARC),听Zenming Chen (U. Oxford),听
Simon Easteal (ANU),听听Nanibaa鈥 A. Garrison (U. Washington),
Chris Gignoux (UC Denver),听Brenna Henn (UC Davis),听
Ryan Hernandez (UCSF),听听Adrian Hill (U. Oxford),听
Bartha Knoppers (平特五不中),听Kwadwo Koram (U. Ghana),听
Cheikh Loucoubar (Pasteur), Joanna Mountain (23andMe),听
Dan Roden (Vanderbilt U.),听Lluis Quintana-Murci (Institut Pasteur),听
Charles Rotimi (NIH), Anavaj Sakuntabhai (Institut Pasteur),
Swee Lay Thein (NIH), Noah Zaitlen (UCSF)
Attendance is free of charge but听registration is mandatory.
For more information contact听gap.genome [at] mcgill.ca听or visit听
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