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From Double Helix to Human Sequence - and Beyond

Lecture Webcasts

April 15, 2003

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Implications of Genomics for Human Disease
Session Chair: Caroline A. Kovac
IBM Life Sciences

From Genome to Successful Treatment in Leukemia
Janet Rowley
University of Chicago

Genetic and Genomic Insights into Cardiovascular Disease
Richard Lifton
Yale University School of Medicine

Paradigms for the Genetic Component of Diabetes
Nancy Cox
University of Chicago

Gene Identification for Infectious Disease Resistence: The First 50 Years
Adrian Hill
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics

Questions and Discussion

Implications of Genomics for Human Disease
Session Chair: Michael Gottesman
NIH

Genetics of Speech, Language and Reading Disorders
Anthony Monaco
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics

Hereditary Hearing Disorders in the Genomics Era
Thomas Friedman
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
NIH

Impact of the Human Genome Project on Hereditary Blindness, Simple and Complex
Val Sheffield
University of Iowa

Genetic Analysis Reveals Unexpected Connections Between Neurodegenerative Diseases
John Hardy
National Institute on Aging
NIH

Genomic Views of Psychiatric Illness
Aravinda Chakravarti
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Questions and Discussion

Implications of Genomics for Healthcare
Session Chair: Raynard Kington
NIH

Genomic Health Care
Wylie Burke
University of Washington

Genes, Genomes and Drugs
Peter Goodfellow
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals

Questions and Discussion

Implications of Genomics for Society
Session Chair: Ellen Wright Clayton
Vanderbilt University

Race, Science and Society
Harold Freeman
Columbia University and Harlem Hospital Center

Intellectual Property: A Boon or a Barrier to Genomics?
Maria Freire
The Global Alliance for Tuberculosis Drug Development

The Genetic Revolution and its Impact in the Workplace
Paul Miller
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Forensic DNA Testing and Human Identification
Robert Shaler
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner New York City

Questions and Discussion

Genomics and Global Health
Sir David Weatherall
University of Oxford

Closing Remarks
Elias Zerhouni
Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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