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DESCRIPTION: \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nA symposium about inequalities in genomics 
 research and health\, (and what to do about them)\n\nPresented by the Gair
 dner Foundation and ɬ�﷬.\n\nThanks to our sponsors and partn
 ers. \n\nProgram of Events\n\nTRAINING COURSE\n\nJune 15\, 13:00-17:00\n\n
 “Statistical approaches for genomic studies in diverse cohorts” by Christo
 pher Gignoux (U Colorado) & Noah Zaitlen (UCSF)\n\nPUBLIC LECTURES\n\nJune
  15\, 19:00-21:30\n\n“Histoire des populations et recherche biomédicale” b
 y Dr. Lluis Quintana-Murci (Institut Pasteur\, Paris)\n\n“Health\, history
 \, and customer-poered research at 23andMe” by Dr. Joanna Mountain (23andM
 e\, Mountain View\, California)\n\n(For both public lectures simultaneous 
 French/English translation will be provided)\n\nSCIENTIFIC SESSIONS\n\nJun
 e 16\, 9:00-17:30 & June 17\, 9:00-16:30\n\nTopics include: Studies in lar
 ge and diverse cohorts • Statistical & population genetics\n\n• Addressing
  pervasive sampling biases • Clinical applications & health disperities • 
 Community engagement\n\nCONFIRMED SPEAKERS\n\nAnders Albrechtsen (Copenhag
 en U.)\, Laura Arbour (UBC)\, \n\nKathleen Barnes (U. Colorado)\, Carrie B
 ourassa (CIHR)\, \n\nPaul Brennan (IARC)\, Zenming Chen (U. Oxford)\, \n\n
 Simon Easteal (ANU)\,  Nanibaa’ A. Garrison (U. Washington)\,\n\nChris Gig
 noux (UC Denver)\, Brenna Henn (UC Davis)\, \n\nRyan Hernandez (UCSF)\,  A
 drian Hill (U. Oxford)\, \n\nBartha Knoppers (ɬ�﷬)\, Kwadwo Koram (U. G
 hana)\, \n\nCheikh Loucoubar (Pasteur)\, Joanna Mountain (23andMe)\, \n\nD
 an Roden (Vanderbilt U.)\, Lluis Quintana-Murci (Institut Pasteur)\, \n\nC
 harles Rotimi (NIH)\, Anavaj Sakuntabhai (Institut Pasteur)\,\n\nSwee Lay 
 Thein (NIH)\, Noah Zaitlen (UCSF)\n\nAttendance is free of charge but regi
 stration is mandatory.\n\nFor more information contact gap.genome [at] mcg
 ill.ca or visit \n\nwww.genomicsgap.com\n\n \n
DTSTART:20180615T130000Z
DTEND:20180617T210000Z
LOCATION:Martin Amphitheatre (Room 504)\, McIntyre Medical Building\, CA\, 
 QC\, Montreal\, H3G 1Y6\, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler
SUMMARY:Closing the Genomics Research Gap
URL:/research/channels/event/closing-genomics-research
 -gap-287345
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