Eighth H3Africa Consortium Meeting
VENUE: Radisson Blu Sea Plaza, Dakar, Senegal
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Thursday, 12th May H3Africa Satellite Meetings |
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Third Ethics Consultation Meeting |
Data Support Workshop |
Publications Workshop |
| Friday, 13th May 2016 | ||
| H3Africa PI Project Presentations
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Saturday, 14th May 2016 |
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| H3Africa Working Group Day
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| Sunday, 15th May 2016 | ||
| H3Africa-African Society of Human Genetics Joint Day/Study Coordinators Training
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Gallery
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Venue: OCEAN |
Venue: MERMOZ 2 |
Venue: MERMOZ 1 | |
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8:00-10:30
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Third Ethics Consultation Meeting Conveners: Paulina Tindana & Katherine Littler
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Data Support Workshop Convener: Nicky Mulder
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Publications Workshop Conveners: Beverly Purnell, Manjinder Sandhu & Stephen Morrissey
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| 10:30-11:00
(Break)
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| 11:00-13:00
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| 13:00-14:00
Lunch(Registration)
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| 14:00-15:00
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| 15:00-15:30
(Break)
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| 15:30-17:30
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| 17:30-19:00 |
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Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Meeting
Chair: Mayowa Owolabi
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Genomics Curriculum
Conveners: Nicky Mulder, Victoria Nembaware & Raj Ramesar |
| 7:00-8:45 | Registration | ||
| 8:45-9:00 | Welcome & Introductions: Steering Committee Chairs-Michele Ramsay and Enock Matovu | ||
| 9:00-9:30 | Opening Address: Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology of University Cheikh Anta Diop | ||
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Session 1 Chair: Ruth Chadwick |
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| 9:30-9:50
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Title: Genomics, Ethics, Law & Society in Zimbabwe
Presenter: Alice Matimba Project: Genomics Inheritance Legal and Social Issues PI: Matimba Presentation: 15 minutes Q&A 5 minutes |
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| 9:50-10:10
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Title: Enhancing Ethiopian youths’ literacy about the gene x environment contributions to health using the context of Podoconiosis
Presenter: Kibur Engdawork Project: Enhancing Ethiopian youths’ literacy about the gene x environment contributions to health using the context of Podoconiosis PI: Tadele Presentation: 15 minutes Q&A 5 minutes |
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| 10:10-10:30
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Title: Indigenous linguistic and cultural concepts of heritability and comprehension of genomics research
Presenter: Elonna Obiefuna Project: INDIGENE PI: Adebamowo Presentation: 15 minutes Q&A 5 minutes |
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| 10:30-11:30 |
Tea/Poster Session (60 minutes) |
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Session 2 Chair: Kay Davies |
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| 11:30-11:50
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Title: The RHDGen Project
Presenter: Mark Engel Project: RHDGen PI: Mayosi Presentation: 15 minutes Q&A 5 minutes |
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| 11:50-12:10
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Title: A multi-centre study of the prevalence and environmental and genetic determinants of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
Project: Burden, Spectrum and Aetiology of Type 2 Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa PI: Motala Presentation: 15 minutes Q&A 5 minutes |
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| 12:10-12:30
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Title: Neurogenetic Diseases: Case Presentation
Presenter: Guida Landoure Project: Clinical and Genetic Studies of Hereditary Neurological Disorders in Mali PI: Landoure Presentation: 15 minutes Q&A 5 minutes |
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| 12:30-13:30 |
Group Photograph (Sea Garden) Lunch (L’ Avenue Restaurant)/Poster Session |
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Session 3 Chair: Barry Bloom |
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| 13:30-13:50
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Title: Systems Biology for Molecular Analysis of Tuberculosis in Ethiopia
Presenter: Gobena Ameni Project: Systems Biology for Molecular Analysis of Tuberculosis in Ethiopia PI: Ameni Presentation: 15 minutes Q&A 5minutes |
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| 13:50-14:10
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Title: TB Genomics
Presenter: Dissou Affolabi Project: Contribution of Genetic Variation to Pharmacokinetic Variability and Toxicity in Patients Undergoing Multi-drug Tuberculosis Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa (RAFAgene) PI: Affolabi Presentation: 15 minutes Q&A 5 minutes |
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| 14:10-14:50
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Title: Phase II Update from the Biorepositories
Presenter: Elizabeth Mayne Project PI’s: Abimiku; Joloba & Mayne Presentation: 30 minutes Q&A 10 minutes |
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| 14:50-15:30
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Tea/Poster Session (40 minutes) | ||
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Session 4 Chair: Rex Chisholm |
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| 15:30-16:00
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Title: H3ABioNet – Preparing for the Data Phase
Presenter: Nicola Mulder Project: H3ABioNet PI: Nicola Mulder Presentation 20 minutes Q & A 10 minutes |
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| 16:00 -16:30
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Title: Genome Analysis Working Group Update on the Custom Chip
Presenters: Adebowale Adeyemo & Zane Lombard Presentation 20 minutes Q & A 10 minutes |
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| 16:30-17:30
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H3Africa PI’s(Ocean Room) |
Independent Expert Committee meeting(IEC) & Funders (Saint Exupery) |
Study Coordinators (Latecoere) |
| 17:30-18:30 | H3Africa PI’s & IEC (Ocean Room) | ||
| 18:30-19:30 | Social Hour (Sea Garden) | ||
| 19:30-21:00 |
After Dinner Speaker: Independent Expert Dr. Frederick Nakwagala |
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Venue |
Mermoz 2 |
Saint Exupery |
Mermorz 1 |
Etienne Victor |
Ocean Room |
| 8:00-9:00 |
Ethics & Regulatory Issues |
Sustainability WG Rapporteur: Mark Guyer
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Genome Analysis WG |
Biorepository PI WG |
Study Coordinator WG Chairs: Veronica Francis & Slee Mbhele Rapporteur Robin Mason & Karen Lacourciere |
| 9:00-10:00 |
HIV / AIDSRapporteur: Megan Hoffman
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| 10:00-10:30
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Tea/Coffee Break | ||||
| 10:30-11:00 |
DBAC Chair: Nicola Mulder Rapporteur: Audrey Duncanson
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Community Engagement Chair: Paulina Tindana Rapporteur: Katherine Littler & Ebony Madden |
Genome Analysis Publications Sub group Chair: Neil Hanchard Rapporteur: Laura Skow |
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Study Coordinator WG Chairs: Veronica Francis & Slee Mbhele Rapporteur Robin Mason & Karen Lacourciere |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Education Coordinated Training WG |
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| 11:30-12:30 |
Data Support WG Chair: Nicky Mulder Rapporteur: Sue Penno |
Phenotype Harmonization WG Chair: Alia Benkahla Rapporteur: Jeff Struewing
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Cardiovascular Disease WG Chair: Mayowa Owolabi Rapporteur: Megan Hoffman
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| 12:30-13:10 | Lunch (L’ Avenue Restaurant) (40 minutes) | ||||
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Working Group Report Back Session Venue: Mermoz 1 |
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| Session Chair: Dwomoa Adu | Presenter | ||||
| 13:10 – 14:00
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Ethics Working Group
Community Engagement Working Group Data Support Working Group Education & Coordinated training Working Group Biorepository PI Working Group Data and Biospecimen Access Committee |
Paulina Tindana
Paulina Tindana Nicola Mulder Misaki Wayengera Alash’le Abimiku Nicola Mulder |
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| 14:00 – 14:15 | DISCUSSION | ||||
| Session Chair: Charles Rotimi | |||||
| 14:15 – 15:00 | Genome Analysis Working Group
Publications WG & Genome Analysis Publications Sub Group Phenotype Harmonization Working Group CVD Working Group HIV/AIDS Working Group H3Africa Sustainability Working Group |
Adebowale Adeyemo
Michele Ramsay Neil Hanchard Mayowa Owolabi Jennifer Troyer Mark Guyer |
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| 15:00 – 15:15 | Discussion & IEC Feedback | ||||
| 15:15 – 15:25 | Tea/Coffee (10 minutes) | ||||
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Session Chair: Frederick Nakwagala |
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| 15:25-16:00 | Update from Illumina on the H3Africa Chip
20 minute presentation; 15 minute Discussion |
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| 16:00-16:10 | Closing Remarks | ||||
| 16:10-18:00 | Steering Committee(with Funders) (Mermoz 2) | ||||
| 18:00-19:00 | Social Hour (Ocean Terrace) | ||||
| 19:00 | Dinner (Tente) | ||||
| 7:30 | Registration | |||||||||
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Nature Genetics Training Workshop on Research Leadership Chairs: Mboup Souleymane* (Senegal) and Raj Ramesar*(South Africa) |
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| 8:30 | A Perspective on the Context of Genetic Research in H3Africa (Barry Bloom, USA) |
NIH Grant Application Technical Session (Ocean Room) |
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| 9:00 | Managing a team and building capacity (Siana Nkya Mtatiro, TZN) | |||||||||
| 9:30 | Communicating effectively with decision makers (Clement Adebamowo, Nigeria/USA) | |||||||||
| 9:50 | Ethical leadership in research (Ruth Chadwick, UK) | |||||||||
| 10:10 | Useful high impact publications (Myles Axton, Editor of Nature Genetics) | |||||||||
| 10: 30 | Coffee break / Sudha Srinivasin General Funding opportunities | |||||||||
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Session 1: Opening Ceremony Chairs: Rokhaya Ndiaye (Senegal) / Ambroise Wonkam (AfSHG) |
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| 11:00 | Welcome address by the President of the LOC (Rokhaya Ndiaye, Senegal) | |||||||||
| 11:15 | Opening remarks on H3Africa (Enock Matovu Co Chair of the H3Africa Steering Committee) | |||||||||
| 11:30 | Opening remarks by AfSHG President (Michele Ramsay) | |||||||||
| 11:45 | Allocution of the Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Senegal (SE Prof Mary Teuw Niane) | |||||||||
| 12:00 | Keynote: Charles Rotimi (NIH, USA)
Title: The African Society of Human Genetics: Looking back to shape the future |
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| 13:00 | Lunch Break (Poster Session 1) | |||||||||
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Session 2: Funding sustainable genomic research in Africa Chairs: Charles Rotimi* (NIH, USA)/Audrey Duncanson (WT, UK) |
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| 14:00 |
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Session 3: H3Africa SNP Array: Updates and Opportunities Chair: Adebowale Adeyemo (NIH, USA) |
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| 15:30 | Zane Lombard (AWIGen, South Africa | |||||||||
| 15:50 | Nicky Mulder (H3ABioNet, South Africa) | |||||||||
| 16:10 | Coffee break / Emmanuel Peprah NHLBI Funding Opportunities | |||||||||
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Session 4: Human non-human system studies Symposium: TB genomics Chair: Scott Williams (USA) & Branwen Hennig (UK) |
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| 16:40 | Invited Speaker 1: Sebastien Gagneux (Switzerland)
Title: “Evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis”
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| 17:05 | Invited Speaker 2: Scott Williams (USA)
Title: “A TB resistance locus in highly susceptible individuals” |
NIH Grant Application Technical Session (Ocean Room) |
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| 17:30 | Invited Speaker 3: Bernie Jones (B4FA, UK)
Title: Special Communication- Genetics research across Africa – improving outreach and collaboration |
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| 18:00 | Annual General Meeting of AfSHG | |||||||||
| 19:00 | Reception cocktail | |||||||||