The Program in Quantitative Genomics at the Harvard School of Public Health, jointly with the HSPH Department of Biostatistics and the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will host its 5th two-day conference on November 17-18, 2011 at the Joseph B. Martin Conference at Harvard Medical School.
The conference will be entitled "Quantitative Issues in Genomic Medicine" and will engage an interdisciplinary group of scientists including biostatisticians, computational biologists, clinicians, genetic epidemiologists, and molecular biologists in a discussion centered on three important topics:
- Quantitative issues in personalized medicine, in particular design, analysis and regulatory issues in genetic-based clinical trials
- Reproducibility and validation of genomic signatures in translational medicine, in particular how to assure the quality of genomic discovery science for clinical applications
- Genetic risk prediction, including values and strategies to incorporate genetic information to improve disease risk prediction.
The conference schedule includes time for scientific presentations, as well as time for more informal panel and round-table discussions. A poster session will also be held to display selected abstracts relating to this year's theme. Top abstracts will also either be selected for short talks to be presented at the conference, or for the Stellar Abstract Awards, which provide up to $500 in travel assistance. We hope the conference will spur discussions and future developments in the field and generate a white-paper report.
THE 2011 PQG CONFERENCE IS SPONSORED BY:
*Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by a Grant from the National Cancer Institute. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
For any questions regarding the conference or the website, please contact Shaina Andelman.
