Attend a free virtual precision public health webinar on July 27 from 7:00-8:00pm ET/July 28 from 9-10 am AEST. During this time, Dr. Ainsley Newson, Professor of Bioethics at the University of Sydney, will present “Approaches to Ethical Deliberation in Precision Public Health,” which will examine how bioethics scholarship should approach issues related to the use of genetics and genomics in precision public health and the appropriate implementation of these technologies. This webinar will be held on Zoom. Registration is required.

Register for the upcoming International HundredK+ Cohorts Consortium (IHCC) webinar presented on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 8:00am ET/1:30pm UTC. Guest speaker Dr. Reza Malekzadeh will speak on “Using the IHCC to Prevent Premature Death Around the Globe.” Registration is required. Dr. Malekzadeh is a Professor at the Digestive Disease Research Institute of Tehran in Iran. He founded the institute in 2000 and has since expanded it further. His main field of interest is digestive oncology and chronic disease with a special ...

Join Sarah Heston, MD and Nathan Bihlmeyer, PhD on May 26 from 12pm ET – 1pm ET for a discussion on the “Effects of Antibiotic Exposures on the Gut Resistome after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Children” and “Pediatric and Proteins: Unique Biology of Children Undergoing Obesity Interventions and Association to Cardiovascular Health.” Registration is required.

Join the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) on Wednesday, May 25, from 1-3 p.m. ET for a conversation on the complexities surrounding historical and present-day eugenics, scientific racism and ableism in the context of genetic and genomic screening and diagnostic technologies.

Join the UNC Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR) and Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for “Machine Learning Tools for Clinical Researchers: A Pragmatic Approach Series,” a free virtual seminar series on May 11 from 9:30am ET – 11:30am ET and May 18 and 25 from 1pm ET – 3pm ET. This series will provide a foundation of knowledge regarding the use of machine learning tools in clinical questions, define the strengths and limitations of these methods, ...

Register for the upcoming International HundredK+ Cohorts Consortium(IHCC) Educational Webinar on May 23, 2022 at 9am ET/1pm GMT.  Our guest speaker Dr. Mahdi Sheikh will present his talk on “A journey from opium research to the opioid cohort consortium (OPICO)”. To learn more and to register, please visit the Educational Webinar page on the IHCC Website. Registration is required. Register here.

During the second annual Public Health Genetics Week, we will be celebrating the efforts of those individuals who participate in the public health genetics system and seek to raise awareness about the field. Learn more about virtual events to attend>>

The Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, in collaboration with the FDA, is convening a virtual two-day workshop May 24-25 from 12pm ET – 4pm ET, titled “Translational Science in Drug Development: Surrogate Endpoints, Biomarkers, and More.” This workshop will be of key relevance to a wide array of faculty, staff, and students working in basic, translational, and clinical sciences that support the development of therapeutics. Register here: https://healthpolicy.duke.edu/events/translational-science-drug-development-surrogate-endpoints-biomarkers-and-more For any questions about the workshop, please feel free to reach out to ...

Katherine Collins, PhD and Nathan Hawkey, MD will present at the May 12, 2022 Duke School of Medicine Genomic and Precision Medicine Forum. See below for speaker and event details.

Register to attend the upcoming ELSIconversations discussion, titled “Utility of Population Descriptors in Clinical Genetics.” Register Here When: May 6, 2022 from 12:00-1:00 pm ET/9:00-10:00 am PT Question: What is the most important information, conceptually, for clinical genetics professionals to do their jobs well? Is the information always necessary; if not, when is it critical vs. extraneous? When is it potentially harmful? Goal: Distill the most relevant information among population descriptors that serves a purpose in the clinical curation pipeline, or other clinical genetics work Speakers: Carlee ...

Today, April 25, is National DNA Day, which commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure in 1953. Please join the NHGRI today from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET for the virtual Louise M. Slaughter National DNA Day Lecture. This year’s speaker is Carter Clinton, Ph.D., postdoctoral scholar at Pennsylvania State University in the Departments of Anthropology and Biology. He will share his research, which looks to the past to improve ...

Join us for our next Duke Precision Medicine Forum on April 28, 2022 at 12 p.m. EST Register Here>>

Network affiliate, OneOme, will present, “The importance of genotyping multiethnic high-frequency CYP2C9 alleles in pharmacogenomic testing.” The meeting will be held at the University of Colorado on May 10th, 11th, and 12th in Denver, CO. Learn More>>

Virtual webinar with Dr. David Chambers from the National Cancer Institute “Advancing Implementation Science in Precision Public Health: Balancing Dynamism, Evolution and Sustainment” April 27, 2022, 2-3p.m. ET Register: https://pharmacy.unc.edu/pharmsciconference/ Co-hosted by the Future Leaders in Precision Public Health and the CDC Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health    

Duke School of Medicine Genomic Seminar Series hosted by the Precision Genomics Collaboratory will take place Fri., April 22 from 12 – 1 p.m. EST on Zoom with Diana Bianchi, MD, from National Institute of Child Health and Development Learn More>>

Join us for our next Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine Forum on April 14, 2022 at 12 p.m. EST Register Here>>

The ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting is where geneticists gather for the best four days of medical genetics. Medical genetics is experiencing growth and exciting development in diagnostic and treatment options. Reunite with your peers to learn about updates, hear case studies and experience a recommitment to providing your patients with optimal care. Learn more>>

Join us for our next Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine Forum on March 24, 2022 at 12 p.m. EST Register Here>>

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will host a virtual workshop entitled “Future Directions in Genomics and Health Equity Research” on April 6-7. The goal of the workshop is to identify research gaps and opportunities that will help to decrease health disparities and improve health equity in genomics. Register in Advance>>

The U-PGx Personalized Medicine Symposium will be organized, as a HYBRID meeting, in Leiden, the Netherlands on March 30-31, 2022. Learn more and Register to Attend>>