Genomics|HuGENet|Workshops|Agenda|January 24-25, 2008

HuGENet™ Workshop, January 24-25, 2008, Atlanta, GA
Networks, Genome-Wide Association Studies, and the Knowledge Base on Genetic Variation and Human Health

Tom Harkin Global Communications Center
Building 19, Rooms 245/246

AGENDA & SLIDES

DAY 1
Session I:	The HuGENet™ Roadmap in the era of genome-wide association studies
Moderator:	Muin Khoury
8:30 - 8:50	Introductions, meeting objectives, and HuGENet™ roadmap progress review (1.2MB) Muin Khoury
8:50 - 9:10	Systematic review and meta-analysis: HuGENet™ Handbook update (403KB) Julian Higgins
9:10 - 9:30	Assessing cumulative evidence: “Venice criteria" update (4.1MB) John Ioannidis
9:30 - 9:50	GWAS: integrating the evidence into field synopses (5.8MB) Teri Manolio
9:50 - 10:10	Discussion
10:10 - 10:30	Break

Session II:	Field synopses: summarizing and assessing cumulative evidence
Moderator:	John Ioannidis
10:30 - 10:50	Schizophrenia (929KB) Lars Bertram
10:50 - 11:10	Bladder cancer (334KB) Nathaniel Rothman and Montserrat Garcia-Closas
11:10 - 11:30	DNA repair (2.2MB) Paolo Vineis, presented by John Ioannidis
11:30 - 11:50	Preterm birth (423KB) Siohban Dolan
11:50 - 12:10	Coronary heart disease (145KB) Adam Butterworth
12:10 - 12:30	Discussion

Session III:	Online databases and informatics tools
Moderator:	Marta Gwinn
1:30 - 1:50	dbGaP and other resources of the National Library of Medicine (6.0MB) Jim Ostell
1:50 - 2:10	HuGE Navigator (1.7MB) Marta Gwinn and Wei Yu
2:10 - 2:30	CGEMS- Displaying data from genome-wide studies of cancer (2.7MB) Stephen Chanock
2:30 - 2:50	Disease-specific databases: AlzGene, PDGene, SzGene (1.6MB) Lars Bertram
2:50 - 3:10	Discussion
3:10 - 3:30	Break

Session IV:	Methodologic issues and linking with data collection
Moderator:	Julian Little
3:30 - 3:50	Meta-analysis of published associations vs. pooled analysis by large consortia (815KB) Cecile Janssens
3:50 - 4:10	Integrating information on gene-environment interaction and biology: where do we go from here? (1.1MB) Tim Rebbeck
4:10 - 4:30	Linking field synopses with data collection through disease-specific networks and biobanks (HuGE networks and P3G) (4.8MB) Julian Little and Isabel Fortier (P3G Observatory)
4:30 - 5:00	General discussion

DAY 2
Session V:	Authoritative, updated and accessible encyclopedia on genetic variation and human health
Moderator:	Teri Manolio
8:30 - 8:50	Organizing principles and implementation issues for an online encyclopedia (495KB) Paolo Boffetta
8:50 - 9:10	The PharmGKB experience: an online knowledge base on pharmacogenomics (985KB) Ryan Owen
9:10 - 9:30	The GeneReviews model: a multi-authored, online book (454KB) Bonnie Pagon
9:30 - 10:00	Discussion
10:00 - 10:30	Break

Session VI:	Discussion and Next Steps
Moderator:	Muin Khoury
10:30 - 11:00	Introducing an online “encyclopedia” on genetic variation and human health (1.5MB) Muin Khoury
11:00 - 12:00	Moderated discussion and action items The online knowledge base: putting it together and keeping it up to date Action items for participating networks Building ties with other collaborations (GAIN, GEI, P3G, others) Linking to biologic evidence via NCBI databases Priorities for methods development Next steps for the “online encyclopedia”
12:00	Adjourn

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