Fifth H3Africa Consortium Meeting
VENUE: White Sands Beach Resort, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Meeting Overview
7-11 November 2014
7 November 2014 – Sickle Cell Disease Meeting & Principal Investigators Meeting
8 November 2014 – Consortium Meeting Day 1: PI Presentations (Updates & Progress)
| 08:00-08:30 | Registration / Morning Coffee or Tea |
| 08:30-09:00 | Welcome and Introductions Prof Akinlolu Ojo Chairman |
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Session I : Presentations – Chair: Charmaine Royal |
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| 09:00-09:10 | Presenter: Emilomo Ogbe
Project: ELSI Principal Investigators: Clement Adebamowo |
| 09:10-09:20 | Presenter: Kibur Engdawork
Project: ELSI Principal Investigators: Getnet Tadele |
| 09:20-09:40 | Presenter: Guida Landoure
Title: “Exploring the underlying genetic defects of hereditary neurological disorders in Mali” Project Clinical and Genetic Studies of Hereditary Neurological Disorders in Mali Principal Investigators: Guida Landoure |
| 09:40-10:40 |
Morning Poster Session Tea/Coffee break |
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Session II: Presentations Chair: Barry Bloom |
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| 10:40-11:00 | Presenter: Johannes Maree
Title: “Genome-wide nucleosome positioning in Trypanosoma brucei ‘ Project: The Genome-wide nucleosome organization in BF and PF form T. brucei Principal Investigators: Hugh Patterton |
| 11:00-11:20
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Presenter: Enock Matovu
Title: “Updates from TrypanoGEN” Project: TrypanoGEN: an Integrated Approach to the Identification of Genetic Determinants of Susceptibility to Trypanosomiasis Principal Investigators: Enock Matovu
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| 11:20-11:40 | Presenter: Ablo Wachinou
Project: RAFAgene Principal Investigators: Dissou Affolabi |
| 11:40-12:00 | Presenter: Gobeni Ameni
Project: Systems Biology for Molecular Analysis of Tuberculosis in Ethiopia Principal Investigators: Gobeni Ameni |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch |
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Session III : Presentations Chair: Phillip Adawalla |
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| 13:00-13:20 | Presenter: Dr Mamadou Kaba
Title: “The Microbiome and Respiratory disease in African Children” Project: The Nasopharyngeal Microbiome and Respiratory Disease in African Children Principal Investigators: Mark Nicol |
| 13:20-13:40 | Presenter: Christian Happi
Title: Characterising Fevers of Unknown Origin through Metagenomics Project: Host and Microbial Genetic Determinants of Febrile Illness in West Africa Principal Investigators: Christian Happi |
| 13:40-14:00 | Presenter: Rufus Akinyemi
Title: ‘SIREN: The journey towards accurate comprehensive Stroke phenotyping in Africa’ Project: Stroke Investigative Research & Educational Network (SIREN) Principal Investigators: Mayowa Owolabi |
| 14:00-14:20 | Presenter: Nicola Mulder
Title: ” H3ABioNet updates relevant to the Consortium” Project: H3ABionet Principal Investigators: Nicola Mulder |
| 14:20-15:05 |
Afternoon Poster Session Tea/Coffee Break |
| 15:05-15:20 | Presenter: Shiksha Reddy
Project: Establishment of an H3Africa Biorepository at Clinical Laboratory Services Principal Investigators: Ute Jentsch |
| 15:20-15:40 | Presenter: Alashle Abimiku
Project: IHVN H3Africa Biorepository (I-HAB) Initiative Principal Investigators: Alashle Abimiku |
| 15:40-16:00 | Global Alliance for Genomics & Health (GA4GH) Q&A |
| 16:00-19:00 | IEC/Steering Committee Meeting/Adhoc Session |
| 19:00-19:30 | Social Hour |
| 19:30 | Dinner & After Dinner Speaker |
| 07:30 |
Morning Tea/Coffee |
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| 8:00-9:00 |
DBAC (Joint DSAR & BioR WG Session) Chairs: Nicky Mulder Rapporteurs: Maria Giovanni, Louise Wideroff |
Study Coordinator WG Session Chairs: Veronica Francis, Robin Mason. Rapporteurs: Nidhee Jadeja, Stacey Chambers. |
Phenotype Harmonization Chairs: Jeff Struewing. Rapporteur: Marva Moxey-Mims. |
Ethics & Regulatory Issues WG Chairs: Janita De Vries Rapporteur: Ebony Madden |
| 09:00-0:30 |
Data Sharing, Access and Release WG session Chairs: Nicky Mulder, Bamidele Tayo. Rapporteurs: Maria Giovanni, Audrey Duncanson |
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| 10:30-1:00 |
Coffee/Tea break |
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| 11:00-13:00 |
Publications & Marker Paper WG and Publications Action Group Chairs: Michele Ramsay, Charles Rotimi Rapporteurs: Ken Wiley, Audrey Duncanson |
Communications & Outreach Chairs: Judit Kumutini, Akin Abayomi. Rapporteurs: Jennifer Troyer, Nidhee Jadeja. |
Genome Analysis WG Session Chairs: Zane Lombard, Debo Adeyemo Rapporteurs: Jeff Struewing, Salina Waddy. |
Education & Coordinated Training (Chairs: Sheryle McCurdy, WayengeraMisaki Rapporteur: Maria Giovanni |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Group Photo / Lunch |
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PLENARY SESSION – WG REPORT BACK |
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| 14:00-4:15 | DSAR Chair: Nicky Mulder | |||
| 14:15–4:30 | DBAC Chair: Nicky Mulder | |||
| 14:30-4:45 | Biorepositories PI WG Chair: Louise Wideroff | |||
| 14:45-5:00 | Phenotype Harmonization WG Chair: Jeff Struewing | |||
| 15:00-5:15 | Genome Analysis WG Chairs: Zane Lombard & Debo Adeyemo | |||
| 15:15-5:30 | Study Coordinator WG Chair: Veronica Francis | |||
| 15:30-5:50 |
Coffee/Tea break |
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| 15:50-6:05 | Communications & Outreach WG Chairs: Judit Kumuthini & Akin Abayomo | |||
| 16:05-6:20 | Education and Coordinated Training WG Chairs: Sheryl McCurdy & Wayengera Misaki | |||
| 16:20-6:35 | Ethics and Regulatory Issues WG Chair: Jantina De Vries | |||
| 16:35-6:50 | Publications & Marker Paper WG and
Publications Action Group Chairs: Michele Ramsay & Charles Rotimi |
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| 16:50-7:05 | PI’s report back on PI’s Meeting Chairs: Dwomoa Adu and Lolu Ojo | |||
| 17:05-7:20 | Closing Remarks | |||
| 17:20-9:00 |
Steering Committee Meeting (with Funders) |
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| 19:00-9:30 |
Social drinks |
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| 19:30 |
Dinner |
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– Themed Session: Participant Recruitment; IATA Guidelines & Sample Barcoding
Information Session
– Grants Writing Workshop (H3Africa Fellows & Junior Scientists)
– Study Coordinators Workshop 10 November 2014
11:00am – 11:30am Informed Consent Issues (Jantina De Vries and Ebony Madden)
11:30am – 12:00pm Challenges and Issues Projects are Facing (Tabitha Kabayo)
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 1:30pm Labeling of Samples Using Barcodes (Ozumba Petronilla Jean)
1:30pm – 2:00pm How to Receive Information from Biorepositories (Samuel Kyobe)
2:00pm – 2:30pm Maintaining IRB Regulatory Binder (Robin Mason)
2:30pm – 3:00pm Break
3:00pm – 3:30pm GCLP Compliance (Ernest Tambo)
3:30pm – 4:00pm Recruitment and Retention (Justine Komunyena)
4:00pm – 4:30pm Role of Study Coordinators (Keofentse Mathuba)
4:30pm – 5:00pm How to be a More Effective Study Coordinator (Veronica Francis)
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