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016 Genomics and Health Disparities Lecture Series
Exploring the Role of Genomics in Achieving Health Equality
The Genomics and Health Disparities Lecture Series
was formed to enhance opportunities for dialogue about how innovations in genomics research and technology can impact health disparities. Topics will range from basic science to translational research.
The lecture series is co-sponsored by the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the Office of Minority Health at the Food and Drug Administration.
Upcoming Lectures:
Monday, March 7, 2016
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Building 10, Lipsett Amphitheater
"Chronic Kidney Disease - A Window into Understanding Health Disparities"
Neil Powe, M.D., MPH, MBA
Chief of Medicine, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH)
Professor, Center for Vulnerable Populations, SFGH
Constance B. Wofsy Distinguished Professor
Vice-Chair of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Monday, April 18, 2016
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Building 50, 1st Floor Conference Room
Gerardo Jiménez-Sánchez, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard School of Public Health
Program Director, Genomic Medicine and Bioeconomy
Executive President, Global Biotech Consulting Group
Chairman of the Board, Genomica & Bioeconomia
Founding Director of the National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Location TBD
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics
Associate Dean, Global Health
Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics
University of Chicago School of Medicine
