Day 3 (23 Aug 2024)
DAY 3 – 23 AUGUST 2024 (FRIDAY)
8.30am - 9.00am (SGT)
Registration
Session 8
9.00am - 9.30am (SGT)
Plenary Talk 4
Grand Ballroom
Implementing Genomic Medicine Towards Universal Health Coverage for All People
Prof Vajira Dissanayake
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
9.30am - 10.55am (SGT)
Genomic Diversity
Grand Ballroom
Discovering the biology of major psychiatric illness in India
Dr Biju Viswanath
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
Dr Paul Thompson
Keck School of Medicine - USC
The Mexican Biobank Project and Population Medical Genomics in Latin America
Dr Andres Moreno-Estrada
Advanced Genomics Unit, Cinvestav-Mexico
10.55am - 11.15am (SGT)
Teabreak Networking Session
Session 9
11.15am - 12.40pm (SGT)
Population Health
Grand Ballroom
Prof John Chambers
Precision Health Research, Singapore
Population genetics in an era of genomic health
Prof Eimear Kenny
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
What do we learn by studying biomarkers in diverse populations?
Dr Arash Etemadi
National Cancer Institute, NIH
12.40pm - 2.00pm (SGT)
Parallel Track 1: Lunch Time Industry Talk
Grand Ballroom
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Parallel Track 2: Lunch Time Industry Talk
Meeting Room
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Parallel Track 3: Lightning Talk (Early Career Scientist)
Wisteria & Camellia Villa
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Session 10
2.00pm - 3.20pm (SGT)
Parallel Track 1: Genetic Counselling & Community Engagement
Grand Ballroom
Ms Yasmin Bylstra
SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine
Ms Mary-Anne Young
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Ms Yoon Sook Yee
GENETIX Cancer Research Malaysia
Parallel Track 2: From Cohorts to Data Validation
Meeting Room
Cohort data management and interpretation in an African setting
Prof Nicola Mulder
University of Cape Town
Qatar Biobank: From Cohort to Clinics - Validating Data Integrity Across the Healthcare Spectrum
Dr Fatima Qafoud
Qatar Biobank
Prof Andrew Morris
Health Data Research UK
3.20pm - 4.00pm (SGT)
Teabreak Networking Session
Session 11
4.00pm - 5.20pm (SGT)
Parallel Track 1: Research in LMICs
Grand Ballroom
Prof Eva Maria Cutiongco-Dela Paz
University of the Philippines Manila
Dr Janewit Wongboonsin
Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol Univeristy, Thailand| Renal division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
Strategic Cohort Design for the Global South: Maximising Insights Whilst Minimising Costs
Prof Nicki Tiffin
South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the Western Cape
Parallel Track 2: Genomic Science in Cohorts
Meeting Room
A comprehensive exploration of the fully phased diploid Indian genome, unraveling its unique attributes within the Pan-Asian genetic landscape
Prof Liu Jian Jun
Genome Institute of Singapore
Adj Asst Prof Max Lam
Precision Health Research, Singapore
Dr Nicolas Bertin
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
*Programme is accurate as of 25 April 2024.
