The 3rd UAEU Zayed Centre Genomic Medicine Workshop and the 23rd 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
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IntroductionSpeakersScientific ProgramSponsorsThe 3rd UAEU Zayed Centre Genomic Medicine Workshop and the 23rd 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:
Invited speakers
Bassam R. Ali (Al-Ain, UAE)
Maha Ayad (Sharjah, UAE)
Rifat Akram Hamoudi (Sharjah, UAE)
Federico Innocenti (Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
Zeina A–Mahairi (Al-Ain, UAE)
Fedah Mohammed (Al-Ain, UAE)
Abderrahim Nemmar (Al-Ain, UAE)
George P. Patrinos (Patras, Greece)
Stavroula Siamoglou (Patras, Greece)
Azhar Talal (Al-Ain, UAE)
Scientific Program
09:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:15: Welcome addresses:
Abderrahim Nemmar; Professor and Director, Zayed Bin Sultan Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
George P. Patrinos; Professor, University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece
Session 1:
Chairs: Prof. George Patrinos and Prof. Abderrahim Nemmar
10:15 – 11:15: Keynote lecture 1: Federico Innocenti, Associate Professor and Associate Director; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Center for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Novel determinants of efficacy and safety of cancer therapy
11:15 – 14:45: Maha Ayad; Assistant Professor; University of Sharjah, College of Medicine, Sharjah, UAE
Pharmacogenomics in practice: A SWOT analysis
11:45 – 12:15: Zeina Al-Mahairi;PhD student; United Arab Emirates University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Pathology, Al-Ain, UAE
Pharmacogenomics of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Breast Cancer in UAE
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch break
Session 2:
Chairs: Prof. Federico Innocenti and Prof. Fatima Al-Meskari
13:30 – 14:15: Keynote 2: Rifat Akram Hamoudi; Associate Professor; University of Sharjah, College of Medicine, Sharjah, UAE
The use of Next Generation Sequencing in identifying diagnostic biomarkers for chronic complex diseases
14:15 – 14:45: Bassam R. Ali; Professor; United Arab Emirates University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Pathology, Al-Ain, UAE
Genomic Medicine for the UAE
14:45 – 15:15: Fedah Mohammed; PhD student; United Arab Emirates University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Pathology, Al-Ain, UAE
Single Gene Disorders: elucidating disease mechanisms to reveal novel therapeutic targets
15:15-15:45: Coffee Break
Session 3:
Chair: Prof. Bassam Ali
15:45 – 16:30: Keynote 3: George P. Patrinos; Professor; University of Patras, School of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece & United Arab Emirates University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Pathology, Al-Ain, UAE
Large-scale nationwide genomics projects: The Genome of Greece (GoGreece) initiative
16:30 – 17:00: Stavroula Siamoglou; PhD student; University of Patras, School of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece
The Mobile Molecular Biology Laboratory (2MoBiL) as an aid to genomics education
17:00 – 17:30: Azhar Talal; PhD student; United Arab Emirates University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Pathology, Al-Ain, UAE
The framework for the adoption of pharmacogenomics by Pharmacists in UAE
17:30 – 17:40: Concluding remarks
Sponsors
We thank the following academic entities for kindly supporting this conference:
