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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
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Pharmacogenetics and Personalised Medicine Conference
7-9 April 2016
Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM), University of Cape Town, Anzio Road,
Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
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Registration opens shortly. Please email: collet.dandara@uct.ac.za; to register your interest in this
conference.
Organising Committee: Chair: Associate Professor Collet Dandara, Dr Gloudi Agenbag , Dr
Keleabetswe Mpye, Dr Michelle Skelton (University of Cape Town) Professor Michael Pepper & Dr
Marco Alessandrini (University of Pretoria); Professor Louise Warnich & Professor Monique Zaahl
(Stellenbosch University)
The African Pharmacogenomics Research Consortium represented by the Universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Pretoria, is
pleased to announce the first Pharmacogenetics and Personalised Medicine Conference in Africa. This conference will bring together
international and national leaders from academia, regulatory bodies, healthcare organisations, and pharmaceutical and diagnostics
industries to discuss recent progress in this area. This conference will focus on Africa with the theme “Going back to our roots to find
biomarkers of disease susceptibility and drug response”. The conference also aims to highlight developments and advances in key
areas of research including pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics, rare diseases, diabetes and cancer. We hope to attract
multidisciplinary participation in the conference; however, to facilitate a highly interactive conference, the number of places available
will be limited to 150; therefore, early registration is recommended.
Sessions will include:
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Pharmacogenomics: recent advances and implementation
Public perception of genomics and individualized therapy
Microbiomics and metablomics in health and disease
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacometrics
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Epigenomics in health and disease
Infrastructure & support of genomics research in Africa
Big Data
Predictive genomics
Cancer genomics and stratification
African traditional medicine
Scientific Advisory & programme committee:
Professor Raj Ramesar
Professor Michele Ramsay
Associate Professor Ambroise Wonkam
Confirmed invited speakers
Munir Pirmohamed, UK Chair, Pharmacogenetics Research, Liverpool University, UNITED KINGDOM
Adrián LLerena, CICAB Clinical Research Center- [UICEC_SCReN_ISCIII], Extremadura University Hospital and Medical School, Badajoz, SPAIN
Eleni Aklillu, Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, SWEDEN
Collen Masimirembwa, African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (AiBST), ZIMBABWE
Ambroise Wonkam, Medical Geneticist & Senior consultant, University of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
Further information and a list of confirmed speakers will be available shortly
Conference Programme: TBA.
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Abstract submission deadline:
Open October 15th-Close 9th December 2015
Late breaking Abstracts, 31 January 2016
Registration & Accommodation
Registration Fees:
Registration fees for African-based delegates and international students will be R3000
Registration fees for International delegates will be R4000
Registration for students from Africa will be R2500
Late registration will attract an additional cost of R1200
Registration Deadline:
Early Registration Deadline 15th February 2016
Accommodation:
Protea Hotel Mowbray 021 442 5300; reservations1@phmowbray.co.za; www.proteahotels/mowbray. Delegates to the
Pharmacogenetics and Personalized Medicine Conference will get a special rate on accommodation.
Contact: Maggie Tafira
Reservations Agent
Protea Hotel Mowbray
Phone: +27 21 442 5300
Maggie.Tafira@proteahotels.com
www.proteahotels.com
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