HIHG Events

  • Sept. 18, 2010
    The HIHG will host a continuing medical education course called Cultural Diversity in Genomic Medicine at 8 a.m. Sept. 18, 2010, at the Biomedical Research Building, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami. This course is designed to address the barriers concerning the provision of genomic medicine in primary care to culturally diverse patients. This course will highlight the latest advances in genomic medicine research for cancer, Alzheimer disease and autism, especially as it relates to diverse populations. Included in the curriculum is information to increase provider knowledge of tools that will improve the quality of patient care including the use of detailed family history and referring appropriate patients for genetic testing. In addition, the course will cover the limitations and benefits of current state and federal genetic discrimination legislation.

 

  • July 10-15, 2010
    Several faculty and post-doctoral fellows will travel to the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease 2010 (ICAD) to be held July 10-15 in Honolulu, Hawaii. HIHG Director Dr. Margaret A. Pericak-Vance was selected to act as a plenary chair for a session scheduled for Sunday, July 11, 2010, 7:30 am - 9:00 am.

    Also at the conference, Dr. Pericak-Vance will present an abstract called "Back to the future: The power of extended pedigrees in the genomic era."

Also presenting are:

  • Dr. Stephan Zuchner on "Exome sequencing of late-onset extended Alzheimer families."
  • Dr. Gary Beecham on "Copy number polymorphism at chromosome 19 locus associated with late-onset Alzheimer disease."
  • Dr. Martin Kohli on "Comprehensive variant discovery in the late-onset Alzheimer disease susceptibility gene Clusterin using next generation sequencing technology."
  • Dr. Adam Naj on "Dementia revealed: novel chromosome 6 locus for late-onset Alzheimer disease provides genetic evidence for folate-pathway abnormalities."
  • Drs. Jeffery M. Vance,  John Gilbert, Eden Martin, Paul Gallins, and Michael Slifer also plan to attend the prestigious five-day conference where researchers in AD get to exchange ideas and learn about what is going on in their field.

 

  • Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
    Katherina Walz, Ph.D., presents, "Neurobehavorial traits in mice are particularly susceptible to genome structural changes"

Where: Mailman Center for Child Development 8th floor Auditorium.