The University of the Western Cape, Ghent University and the University of Missouri invite you to attend a joint symposium on Precision Medicine: Therapeutic Targets.
Translating findings from genomics, pharmacogenomics and related -omics fields into clinical applications capable of reducing the burden of chronic diseases remains an enormous challenge. To address this, precision health research must ensure the fit of genomic medicine with the key approach of whole-person care through personalisation; targeting areas that will see early benefits such as pharmacogenomics and novel therapeutic targets; ensuring that appropriate clinical decision support is available; supplementing genomic information with patient
information including EMRs, and looking to the future for areas of development such as the intersection of population health and genomics.
This symposium has been designed to bring together researchers from UWC, Ghent and the University of Missouri to share their current work, brainstorm on needed resources including innovative data sharing and co-create opportunities for collaboration and competitive funding applications. Ultimately we hope to provide precision medicine interventions that are more cost-effective than population-based measures and will improve health care in Africa, Europe and the United States.
Date: 27-30 March 2023
Venue: UWC Main Campus
Format: In-person Symposium
REGISTER HERE (by 17 March 2023)
INVITATION AND SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME
Background
Precision medicine has been defined as “an emerging practice of medicine that uses an individual’s genetic profile to guide decisions made about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Knowledge of a patient’s genetic profile can help doctors select the proper medication or therapy and administer it using the proper dose or regimen”. In other words, each person’s unique clinical, genetic, genomic, and environmental information influences the nature of diseases, their onset, their course, and their response to medications in very individualised ways.Translating findings from genomics, pharmacogenomics and related -omics fields into clinical applications capable of reducing the burden of chronic diseases remains an enormous challenge. To address this, precision health research must ensure the fit of genomic medicine with the key approach of whole-person care through personalisation; targeting areas that will see early benefits such as pharmacogenomics and novel therapeutic targets; ensuring that appropriate clinical decision support is available; supplementing genomic information with patient
information including EMRs, and looking to the future for areas of development such as the intersection of population health and genomics.
This symposium has been designed to bring together researchers from UWC, Ghent and the University of Missouri to share their current work, brainstorm on needed resources including innovative data sharing and co-create opportunities for collaboration and competitive funding applications. Ultimately we hope to provide precision medicine interventions that are more cost-effective than population-based measures and will improve health care in Africa, Europe and the United States.
Event details
Theme: Promoting focused Trans-institutional Collaborative ResearchDate: 27-30 March 2023
Venue: UWC Main Campus
Format: In-person Symposium
REGISTER HERE (by 17 March 2023)
INVITATION AND SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME
