ASIA PACIFIC SOCIETY OF HUMAN GENETICS, SUMMER SCHOOL 2016
CALL FOR REGISTRATION
Registration Deadline: TUESDAY 31st MAY 2016
Take this opportunity to meet world-class experts in clinical genetics, clinical dysmorphology and genetic counselling as well as to conduct in-depth discussion on evaluation and management of patients and families with genetic conditions in the post NGS era!
International speakers invited include:
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Dr John C CAREY
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, USA Editor in Chief, American Journal of Medical Genetics |
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Dr Leslie G BIESECKER
Chief & Senior Investigator, Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch; Head, Clinical Genomics Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, USA |
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Dr David CHITAYAT
Staff Physician, Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada Professor, Department of Paediatrics/ Obstetrics and Gynecology/ Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology/ Molecular & Medical Genetics; Medical Director, MSc Program in Genetic Counseling, University of Toronto, Canada Head, The Prenatal Diagnosis and Medical Genetics Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada |
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Dr Kenjiro KOSAKI
Associate Professor, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan |
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Dr David SILLENCE
Professor, Consultant Physician, Department of Genetic Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia |
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Dr Anne Chun-Hui TSAI
Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, USA |
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Dr Poh-San LAI
President, Asia Pacific Society of Human Genetics; Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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Dr Eva Maria C CUTIONGCO-DE LA PAZ
President Elect, Asia Pacific Society of Human Genetics; Vice Chancellor for Research, University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines |
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Dr Ivan FM LO
Chairman, Hong Kong Society of Medical Genetics; Clinical Genetic Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong |
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Dr Ni-Chung LEE
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan |
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Dr Tiong Yang TAN
Assistant Professor, Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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Dr Brian HY CHUNG
Chairman, Organizing Committee, Asian Pacific Society of Human Genetics Summer School 2016 Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong |
Topics that will be discussed include:
Ÿ The Art of Facial Diagnosis in Syndrome Recognition
Ÿ Health Supervision in the Care of Children with Genetic Syndromes
Ÿ Approach to the newborn with Disorders of Sex Development
Ÿ Genetic aspects of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita/fetal akinesia
Ÿ Basics of Writing Scientific Papers and Case Reports
Ÿ Skeletal Dysplasia and Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Ÿ Next-generation clinical sequencing facilitating molecular diagnostic analysis in Asia
Ÿ Ethical challenges in clinical genomic medicine
Ÿ Impact of NGS on clinical diagnosis and counseling of Noonan syndrome
Ÿ Hypothesis-generating research and predictive medicine
Ÿ Mosaicism and the molecular taxonomy of human disease
Ÿ Towards a Bayesian framework for sequence variant interpretation
Ÿ AND MANY MORE…
For further details about the APSHG Summer School and application, please visit: http://paed.hku.hk/apshg-ss2016/
Application should be completed online at http://paed.hku.hk/apshg-ss2016/, by 11:59PM Hong Kong time (GMT 4:59PM) on 31st May 2016
Look forward to meeting you in Hong Kong!
Dr Brian Hon-yin Chung
Chairman
Organizing Committee, APSHG Summer School 2016
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