10th Annual Open Meeting UK Pharmacogenetics and Stratified Medicine Network

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EVENT PROGRAMME

09.00-10.40  SESSION 1: Emerging concepts

Welcome:  Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed

• Mitochondrial genome and precision medicine: Prof Patrick Chinnery
• Epigenomic profiling in rheumatic diseases: Prof Carl Goodyear
• Modelling Alzheimer's Disease for Drug Discovery: Prof. Julie Williams

11.20-12.40 SESSION 2: Pharmacogenomics Implementation in the 4 nations

• England: Dr Vicky Chaplin
• Scotland: Prof Sandosh Padmanabhan
• Wales: Sian Morgan
• Northern Ireland: Prof Ian Young

13.40-15.15 SESSION 3: Neurodegenerative diseases

• Standards of care for spinal muscular atrophy: The Patient’s Perspective: Portia Thorman
• Novel therapies in spinal muscular atrophy: Dr Vasantha Gowda
• Precision medicine approaches to motor neuron disease: Prof Dame Pamela Shaw
• Neurofilaments and neurodegeneration: Dr Axel Petzold

15.40-17.10 SESSION 4: Complex diseases

• Cellular genetics as a driver for precision medicine
• Genomics of inflammatory bowel disease: Prof Holm Uhlig
• Omics approaches in adrenal disease: Prof Wiebke Arlt

17.10 Close: Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed