IDEaS Seminar Series: Integrative Genomics for Health Equity
Monday, March 20, 2023 | 8:15 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
We are holding a one-day workshop addressing the computational and analytical limitations to the use of integrative genomics and multi-omic profiling to understand and promote health equity. As genomic analysis begins to transform healthcare delivery, by promoting personalized assessment of therapeutic intervention, it is becoming increasingly apparent that both social and genetic determinants of health need to be measured. Equitable implementation of genomic medicine must evaluate the influences of ancestry as well as socioeconomic status alongside genetics, with effects mediated in part through gene expression and epigenetics. This workshop will bring together 9 speakers who will present their views on how genomic and non-genomic data can be integrated to guide precision medicine of diverse human populations. The focus will be on analytical approaches and big data handling needed to advance the field, namely on scientific concerns of interest to IDEaS, rather than social policy issues.
Workshop consists of three 2-hour sessions and a roundtable discussion followed by speaker dinner.
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Monday, March 20, 2023 | 8:15 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
SCHEDULE
8:15 a.m. | Welcome: Greg Gibson
8:20 a.m. | Opening Remarks: Srinivas Aluru
8:30–10:30 | Session 1: Analytical methods for health equity
Elizabeth Atkinson, Assistant Professor, Baylor
Jibril Hirbo, Senior Research Scientist, Vanderbilt
Noah Zaitlen, Associate Professor, UCLA
11:00–1 p.m. | Session 2: Transcriptomics for health equity
Steve Cole, Professor, UCLA
Francesca Luca, Professor, Wayne State University
Greg Gibson, Professor, Georgia Tech
LUNCH | 1:00–2:30
2:30–4:30 | Session 3: Genetics for health equity
Dorothy Hammond, Senior Bioinformatician, University of Pennsylvania
Rob Meller, Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine
King Jordan, Professor, Georgia Tech
4:45–5:30 | Round-Table Discussion
Led by Joe Lachance, Associate Professor, Georgia Tech
Event Location: Engineered Biosystems Building (EBB), CHOA Seminar Room #1005, 950 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA
Join Virtually via Zoom (same registration is required!): HERE
Organizers: Greg Gibson (Regents Professor, School of Biological Sciences) | greg.gibson@biology.gatech.edu
King Jordan (Professor, Director Bioinformatics Program) | king.jordan@biology.gatech.edu
Joseph Lachance (Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences) | joseph.lachance@biology.gatech.edu
Event Inquiries: Stefanie Boettle | sboettle3@gatech.edu