The 1st UAEU Zayed Centre Genomic Medicine Workshop and the 20th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics Day will be organized in the Sheikh Khalifa Auditorium, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University in Tawam Campus in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. The meeting will be co-organized from the UAEU Zayed Center and the Golden Helix Foundation.
This international event is open for biomedical scientists, hospital and general pharmacists, specialists, general practitioners, medical students, laboratory technicians, regulators, healthcare insurers and others interested in pharmacogenomics.
The meeting will feature two keynote lectures and plenary lectures from local and international speakers on the impact of pharmacogenomics in various medical specialties, focusing in particular on the impact of pharmacogenomics in public health.
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IntroductionSpeakersScientific ProgramSponsorsGalleryThe 1st UAEU Zayed Centre Genomic Medicine Workshop and the 20th Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics Day will be organized in the Sheikh Khalifa Auditorium, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University in Tawam Campus in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. The meeting will be co-organized from the UAEU Zayed Center and the Golden Helix Foundation.
This international event is open for biomedical scientists, hospital and general pharmacists, specialists, general practitioners, medical students, laboratory technicians, regulators, healthcare insurers and others interested in pharmacogenomics.
The meeting will feature two keynote lectures and plenary lectures from local and international speakers on the impact of pharmacogenomics in various medical specialties, focusing in particular on the impact of pharmacogenomics in public health.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
| Co-organized by: | |
Under the auspices of:
Organizing Committee
Fatma Al-Maskari; Professor and Director, Zayed Bin Sultan Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
George P. Patrinos; Associate Professor, University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece and Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
Speakers and Moderators
Keynote Speakers
Vasilis Vasiliou; New Haven, CT, USA
George P. Patrinos; Patras, Greece
Speakers
Hanadi Abdelrahman; Al Ain, UAE
Zeina Al-Mahairi; Al Ain, UAE
Fatma Al-Maskari; Al-Ain, UAE
Bassam R. Ali; Al Ain, UAE
Azhar Talal Rahma; Al Ain, UAE
Scientific Program
11:30 – 13:00 Registration
13:00 – 13:10 Welcome addresses:
Fatma Al-Maskari; Professor and Director, Zayed Bin Sultan Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
George P. Patrinos; Associate Professor, University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece
13:10 – 13:50 Keynote Lecture 1
Genomics in Public Health Surveillance: from deadly viruses to disease susceptibility and environmental exposures
Prof. Vasilis Vasiliou; Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
13:50 – 14:30 The Genetics and Genomics in Medicine in 40 Minutes
Bassam R. Ali; Professor, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
14:30 – 14:50 Next Generation Sequencing in the Diagnosis of Monogenic Diseases
Hanadi Abdelrahman; Research Scientist, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
14:50– 15:20 Coffee Break
15:20 – 16:00 Keynote lecture 2
Public Health Pharmacogenomics
George P. Patrinos; Associate Professor, University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece & Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
16:00 – 16:20 Pharmacogenomics of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Zeina Al-Mahairi; Research Scientist, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
16:20 – 16:40 Pharmacogenomics and Public Health: The UAE reality
Azhar Talal Rahma; Pharmacist, Institute of Public Health, Zayed Bin Sultan Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
16:40 – 17:00 Closing remarks
Prof. Fatma Al-Maskari; Professor and Director, Zayed Bin Sultan Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
Sponsors
We thank the following academic and corporate entities for kindly supporting this conference:
