H3Africa Consortium Group Photo
La Palm Royal Beach Hotel
Accra, Ghana
May 16-18, 2013
Meeting Minutes
Agenda
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| Thursday, May 16 | |
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Working Group Meetings |
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| 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. | Ethics and Regulatory Issues Working Group Chairs: Jantina De Vries, University of Cape Town, R.S.A.. .Discussion Facilitators: Ebony Bookman, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Katherine Littler, Wellcome Trust, UK |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Biorepository Users Working Group Chairs: Akin Abayomi, University of Stellenbosch, R.S.A. and Alan Christoffels, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, R.S.A. Discussion Facilitator: Louise Wideroff, NIH/NEI, U.S.A. |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. | Data Sharing, Access, Release Working Group Chairs: Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, R.S.A. and Bamidele Tayo, Loyola University, U.S.A. Discussion Facilitators: Maria Giovanni, NIH/NIAID, U.S.A. and Audrey Duncanson, Wellcome Trust, U.K. |
| 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Marker Paper and Publications Working Group Chairs: Michele Ramsay, Wits Health Consortium, R.S.A., Charles Rotimi, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Enock Matovu, Makerere University, Uganda Discussion Facilitator: Audrey Duncanson, Wellcome Trust, U.K. |
| 4:30 – 5:15 p.m. | Phenotype Harmonization Working Group Coordinator: Alia Benkahla, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunisia Discussion Facilitator: Jeff Struewing, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. |
| 5:15 – 6:00 p.m. | Genome Analysis Working Group Chairs: Debo Adeyemo, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Zane Lombard, Wits Health Consortium, R.S.A. Discussion Facilitator: Jeff Struewing, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. |
| 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Social Hour |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| Friday May 17 | |
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Opening Remarks |
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| 8:00 – 8:05 a.m. | Alash’le Abimiku, Chair of H3Africa Steering Committee |
| 8:05 – 8:15 a.m. | Eric Green, Director of NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. |
| 8:15 – 8:25 a.m. | Audrey Duncanson, Wellcome Trust, U.K. |
| 8:25 – 8:45 a.m. | Honorable Dr. Oteng-Adjei, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation, Ghana |
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Wellcome Trust Grantee Research Project Presentations |
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| 8:45 – 9:10 a.m. | Burden, spectrum and aetiology of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
Albert Amoah, University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana |
| 9:10 – 9:35 a.m. | Genetics of rheumatic heart disease and molecular epidemiology of streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis
Gasnat Shaboodien, University of Cape Town, R.S.A. |
| 9:10 – 9:35 a.m. | TrypanoGEN: an integrated approach to the identification of genetic determinants of susceptibility to trypanosomiasis
Enock Matovu, Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Uganda |
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NIH Research Project Program Grantee Presentations |
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| 10:00 – 10:25 a.m. | Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic disease in Africans
Michele Ramsay, Wits Health Consortium & NHLS, R.S.A. |
| 10:25 – 10:50 a.m./wp-content/uploads/2018/10/7_Adu_Ojo.pdf | H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network
Dwomoa Adu, University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana Lolu Ojo, University of Michigan, U.S.A. |
| 10:50 – 11:15 a.m. | Contribution of genetic variation to pharmacokinetic variability and toxicity in patients undergoing multi-drug tuberculosis treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dissou Affolabi, National Hospital for Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Diseases, Benin |
| 11:15 – 11:40 a.m. | The Genomics of Schizophrenia in the South African Xhosa People Adam Zac Baldinger, University of Cape Town, R.S.A. Rajkumar Ramesar, University of Cape Town, R.S.A. |
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NIH Biorepository Pilot Project Program Grantee Presentations |
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| 11:40 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. | IHVN H3Africa Biorepository (I-HAB) Initiative
Alash’le G. Abimiku, Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria |
| 12:05 – 12:30 p.m. | Development of H3 Africa Biorepositories to facilitate studies on Biodiversity, Disease & Pharmacogenomics of African Populations
Akin Abayomi, University of Stellenbosch & NHLS, R.S.A. |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch and official photograph |
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NIH Bioinformatics Network Program (H3ABioNet) Grantee Presentation |
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| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | H3BioNet
Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, R.S.A. |
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Working Group Recommendations |
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| 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Data Sharing, Access, Release Working Group
Chair: Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, R.S.A. and Bamidele Tayo, Loyola University, U.S.A. Discussion Facilitators: Rex Chisholm, Northwestern University, U.S.A. and Oduola Ayoade, University of Ibadan, Nigeria |
| 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. | Ethics and Regulatory Issues Working Group
Chair: Charmaine Royal, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, U.S.A. Ruth Chadwick, Cardiff University, U.K. |
| 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Social Hour |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner After-dinner speakers:Overcoming Infrastructural Challenges to Big Science in Africa David Ofori-Adjei, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons Population-based Systems Genomics Approaches for Studying Malaria and Sickle Cell Disease Philip Awadalla, Sainte Justine Hospital, Canada |
| Saturday, May 18 | |
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Committee Meeting |
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| 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Private Independent Expert Committee Breakfast Chairs: Kay Davies, University of Oxford, U.K. and Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A. |
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Working Group Recommendations Continued |
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| 9:15 – 10:45 a.m. | Biorepository Users Working Group Recommendations
Discussion Facilitators: Robert Hewitt, SFR/ESBB, France and Chana Rabiner, NIH/NCI, U.S.A. Introductions from Working Group Chairs Akin Abayomi, University of Stellenbosch & NHLS, R.S.A. and Alan Christoffels, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, R.S.A. Biobanking Survey & Biospecimin Deposit Tay Croxton, Beverly van Rooyen and Carmen Swanepoel Christine Beiswanger, Emilomo Ogbe and Beverley van Rooyen H3Africa Consortium and H3ABioNet Standardization Alan Christoffels and Judit Kumuthini |
| 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. | Marker Paper and Publications Working Group
Chairs: Michele Ramsay, Wits Health Consortium, R.S.A., Charles Rotimi, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Enock Matovu, Makerere University, Uganda Discussion Facilitator: Kay Davies, University of Oxford, U.K. |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Break |
| 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Phenotype Harmonization Working Group
Chair: Alia Benkahla, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunisia Discussion Facilitator: Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A |
| 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Genome Analysis Working Group Recommendations
Chair: Debo Adeyemo, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Zane Lombard, Wits Health Consortium, R.S.A. Discussion Facilitator: Philip Awadalla, Sainte Justine Hospital, Canada |
| 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Lunch and Steering Committee Meeting |
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Closing Session |
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| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Report back from the Independent Expert Committee
Discussion Facilitators: Kay Davies, University of Oxford, U.K. and Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A. |
| 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Report back from the Steering Committee
Chair: Alash’le Abimiku |
| 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. | Identification of meeting action items |