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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4174″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]H3Africa Consortium Group Photo<\/p>\n

La Palm Royal Beach Hotel
\nAccra, Ghana
\nMay 16-18, 2013<\/p>\n

Meeting Minutes<\/p>\n

Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n

 All presentation slides are in PDF format. To view the PDFs on this page, you will need Adobe Reader<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thursday, May 16<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Working Group Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

8:30 – 10:30 a.m.<\/td>\nEthics and Regulatory Issues Working Group<\/strong>
\nChairs: Jantina De Vries, University of Cape Town, R.S.A..
\n.Discussion Facilitators: Ebony Bookman, NIH\/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Katherine Littler, Wellcome Trust, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.<\/td>\nBiorepository Users Working Group<\/strong>
\nChairs: Akin Abayomi, University of Stellenbosch, R.S.A. and Alan Christoffels, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, R.S.A.
\nDiscussion Facilitator: Louise Wideroff, NIH\/NEI, U.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.<\/td>\nLunch<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.<\/td>\nData Sharing, Access, Release Working Group<\/strong>
\nChairs: Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, R.S.A. and Bamidele Tayo, Loyola University, U.S.A.
\nDiscussion Facilitators: Maria Giovanni, NIH\/NIAID, U.S.A. and Audrey Duncanson, Wellcome Trust, U.K.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.<\/td>\nMarker Paper and Publications Working Group<\/strong>
\nChairs: Michele Ramsay, Wits Health Consortium, R.S.A., Charles Rotimi, NIH\/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Enock Matovu, Makerere University, Uganda
\nDiscussion Facilitator: Audrey Duncanson, Wellcome Trust, U.K.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:30 – 5:15 p.m.<\/td>\nPhenotype Harmonization Working Group<\/strong>
\nCoordinator: Alia Benkahla, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunisia
\nDiscussion Facilitator: Jeff Struewing, NIH\/NHGRI, U.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:15 – 6:00 p.m.<\/td>\nGenome Analysis Working Group<\/strong>
\nChairs: Debo Adeyemo, NIH\/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Zane Lombard, Wits Health Consortium, R.S.A.
\nDiscussion Facilitator: Jeff Struewing, NIH\/NHGRI, U.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.<\/td>\nSocial Hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:00 p.m.<\/td>\nDinner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friday May 17<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Opening Remarks
\n<\/strong>Chair: Alash’le Abimiku, Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

8:00 – 8:05 a.m.<\/td>\nAlash’le Abimiku, Chair of H3Africa Steering Committee<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:05 – 8:15 a.m.<\/td>\nEric Green, Director of NIH\/NHGRI, U.S.A.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:15 – 8:25 a.m.<\/td>\nAudrey Duncanson, Wellcome Trust, U.K.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:25 – 8:45 a.m.<\/td>\nHonorable Dr. Oteng-Adjei, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation, Ghana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Wellcome Trust Grantee Research Project Presentations<\/strong>
\nKatherine Littler, Wellcome Trust, U.K.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

8:45 – 9:10 a.m.<\/td>\nBurden, spectrum and aetiology of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa<\/a><\/p>\n

Albert Amoah, University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9:10 – 9:35 a.m.<\/td>\nGenetics of rheumatic heart disease and molecular epidemiology of streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis<\/a><\/p>\n

Gasnat Shaboodien, University of Cape Town, R.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9:10 – 9:35 a.m.<\/td>\nTrypanoGEN: an integrated approach to the identification of genetic determinants of susceptibility to trypanosomiasis<\/a><\/p>\n

Enock Matovu, Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Uganda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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NIH Research Project Program Grantee Presentations<\/strong>
\nChair: Jane Peterson, NIH\/NHGRI, U.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:00 – 10:25 a.m.<\/td>\nGenomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic disease in Africans<\/a><\/p>\n

Michele Ramsay, Wits Health Consortium & NHLS, R.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:25 – 10:50 a.m.\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7_Adu_Ojo.pdf<\/td>\nH3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network<\/a><\/p>\n

Dwomoa Adu, University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana<\/p>\n

Lolu Ojo, University of Michigan, U.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:50 – 11:15 a.m.<\/td>\nContribution of genetic variation to pharmacokinetic variability and toxicity in patients undergoing multi-drug tuberculosis treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/a><\/p>\n

Dissou Affolabi, National Hospital for Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Diseases, Benin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:15 – 11:40 a.m.<\/td>\nThe Genomics of Schizophrenia in the South African Xhosa People<\/strong>
\nAdam Zac Baldinger, University of Cape Town, R.S.A.
\nRajkumar Ramesar, University of Cape Town, R.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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NIH Biorepository Pilot Project Program Grantee Presentations<\/strong>
\nChair: Louise Wideroff, NIH\/NEI, U.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:40 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.<\/td>\nIHVN H3Africa Biorepository (I-HAB) Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n

Alash’le G. Abimiku, Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12:05 – 12:30 p.m.<\/td>\nDevelopment of H3 Africa Biorepositories to facilitate studies on Biodiversity, Disease & Pharmacogenomics of African Populations<\/a><\/p>\n

Akin Abayomi, University of Stellenbosch & NHLS, R.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.<\/td>\nLunch and official photograph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

NIH Bioinformatics Network Program (H3ABioNet) Grantee Presentation<\/strong>
\nChair: Jane Peterson, NIH\/NHGRI, U.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.<\/td>\nH3BioNet<\/a><\/p>\n

Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, R.S.A.<\/p>\n

H3ABionet Bulletin – May 2013<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Working Group Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2:30 – 4:00 p.m.<\/td>\nData Sharing, Access, Release Working Group<\/a><\/p>\n

Chair: Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, R.S.A. and Bamidele Tayo, Loyola University, U.S.A.<\/p>\n

Discussion Facilitators: Rex Chisholm, Northwestern University, U.S.A. and Oduola Ayoade, University of Ibadan, Nigeria<\/p>\n

Data Sharing Working Group Handout<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

4:00 – 5:30 p.m.<\/td>\nEthics and Regulatory Issues Working Group<\/a><\/p>\n

Chair: Charmaine Royal, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, U.S.A. Ruth Chadwick, Cardiff University, U.K.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.<\/td>\nSocial Hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:00 p.m.<\/td>\nDinner<\/strong>
\nAfter-dinner speakers:Overcoming Infrastructural Challenges to Big Science in Africa <\/a>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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saturday, May 18<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

Committee Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

7:30 – 9:00 a.m.<\/td>\nPrivate Independent Expert Committee Breakfast<\/strong>
\nChairs: Kay Davies, University of Oxford, U.K. and Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Working Group Recommendations Continued<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9:15 – 10:45 a.m.<\/td>\nBiorepository Users Working Group Recommendations<\/p>\n

Discussion Facilitators: Robert Hewitt, SFR\/ESBB, France and Chana Rabiner, NIH\/NCI, U.S.A.<\/p>\n

Introductions from Working Group Chairs<\/a><\/p>\n

Akin Abayomi, University of Stellenbosch & NHLS, R.S.A. and Alan Christoffels, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, R.S.A.<\/p>\n

Biobanking Survey & Biospecimin Deposit<\/a><\/p>\n

Tay Croxton, Beverly van Rooyen and Carmen Swanepoel<\/p>\n

MTA & Biospecimin Release<\/a><\/p>\n

Christine Beiswanger, Emilomo Ogbe and Beverley van Rooyen<\/p>\n

H3Africa Consortium and H3ABioNet Standardization<\/a><\/p>\n

Alan Christoffels and Judit Kumuthini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.<\/td>\nMarker Paper and Publications Working Group<\/a><\/p>\n

Chairs: Michele Ramsay, Wits Health Consortium, R.S.A., Charles Rotimi, NIH\/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Enock Matovu, Makerere University, Uganda<\/p>\n

Discussion Facilitator: Kay Davies, University of Oxford, U.K.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.<\/td>\nBreak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.<\/td>\nPhenotype Harmonization Working Group<\/a><\/p>\n

Chair: Alia Benkahla, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunisia<\/p>\n

Discussion Facilitator: Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.<\/td>\nGenome Analysis Working Group Recommendations<\/p>\n

Chair: Debo Adeyemo, NIH\/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Zane Lombard, Wits Health Consortium, R.S.A.<\/p>\n

Discussion Facilitator: Philip Awadalla, Sainte Justine Hospital, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.<\/td>\nLunch and Steering Committee Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Closing Session
\n<\/strong>Chair: Alash’le Abimiku, Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.<\/td>\nReport back from the Independent Expert Committee<\/a><\/p>\n

Discussion Facilitators: Kay Davies, University of Oxford, U.K. and Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

4:00 – 4:30 p.m.<\/td>\nReport back from the Steering Committee<\/a><\/p>\n

Chair: Alash’le Abimiku<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

4:30 – 5:00 p.m.<\/td>\nIdentification of meeting action items<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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