"The Leading Edge of Precision Medicine"
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Join us Tuesday, October 8th
Agenda Co-Chairs
- Breakfast and Registration (8:00 am – 9:00 am) Gaelen Hess
- Welcome Remarks (9:00 am – 9:30 am) Jessica Lang
- Keynote: Gail Jarvik (9:30 am – 10:30 am)
- Poster Session (10:30 am – 11:15 am) Scientific Committee
- Concurrent Scientific Talks (11:15 am – 12:30 pm) John Svaren
- Lunch and Networking (12:30 pm – 1:15 pm) Irene Ong
- Keynote: Daniel Geschwind (1:15 pm – 2:15) Corinne Engelman
- Break (2:15 pm – 2:30 pm) Melissa Skala
- Concurrent Education Sessions (2:30 pm – 3:45 pm) Jane Churpek
- Posters and Social Hour (3:45 pm – 5:30 pm)
Keynote Speakers
Gail Jarvik
Dr. Jarvik is the Arno G. Motulsky Endowed Chair in Medicine, Joint Professor of Medicine and Genome Sciences, and Head of the Division of Medical Genetics (only the third since the founding of the division in 1957), an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) and an Affiliate Member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She is a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences and has been made a Lifetime National Associate of the National Academies. Dr. Jarvik is interested in the genetic basis of complexly inherited disease and has a long-standing interest in biomedical ethics. In addition to many collaborations, including GWAS studies of multiple phenotypes and exomic analyses of Mendelian disorders, Dr. Jarvik’s ongoing research focuses on these major areas: complex disease discovery and genomic medicine implementation.
Daniel Geschwind
Dr. Geschwind is the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Human Genetics at UCLA. In his capacity as Senior Associate Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor of Precision Health, he leads the Institute for Precision Health (IPH) at UCLA. In his laboratory, his group has pioneered the application of systems biology methods in neurologic and psychiatric disease, with a focus on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and neurodegenerative conditions. His laboratory has made major contributions to identifying genetic causes of autism spectrum disorder, defining the molecular pathology of autism and allied psychiatric disorders, and has worked to increase diversity in autism research. His work in dementia is focused on the mechanisms of tauopathies, where his laboratory is developing novel therapeutic approaches. He sits on editorial boards of Cell, Science and Neuron, and is among the highest cited neurologists in the world. He has received several awards for his laboratory’s work including the American Neurological Association (ANA) Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award, most recently the Society of Biological Psychiatry Gold Medal Award and the American Academy of Neurology’s 2022 Cotzias Lecture and Award. He is the 2022 National Academy of Medicine recipient of the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health. He is an elected Member of the American Association of Physicians and the National Academy of Medicine.
Speakers
Guanhua Chen
Associate Professor, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Jeremy Kratz
Assistant Professor, Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care
Donna Werling
Assistant Professor, Genetics
April Hall
Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Research for the UW Genetic Counselor Studies Program
Daifeng Wang
Associate Professor, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Huy Dinh
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Sunduz Keles
Professor, Statistics, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics
Irene Ong
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Biostatistics & Medical Informatics
Melissa Skala
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Elizabeth Burnside
Professor, Radiology
