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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 UU直播.

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 (UU直播),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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