Resources & Education

GGMC Educational Webinar and Expanding Skills Series

Upcoming Webinar:
June 26, 10:00am EST

Join Us Each Month

The GGMC Educational Webinar Series and our new Expanding Skills Series brings together leaders, educators, researchers, and professionals with all levels of expertise to share health sciences initiatives taking place in their respective fields and countries.

Each month’s webinar will feature new guest speakers offering novel insights into their fields. The virtual platform allows us to reach a global audience, particularly those in low-and middle income countries (LMICs) where our organization’s mission is heavily focused. This monthly series is free and open to anyone who wishes to participate.

Join us as we come together each month to share scientific ideas, best practices, challenges, lessons learned, funding opportunities, and more as we continue our mission of improving population health for all.

Upcoming Webinar (Expanding Skills Series)

"The Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen): A Community Resource Defining the Clinical Relevance of Genes and Variants for use in Precision Medicine and Research."

June 26nd, 11am EST.

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Dr. Courtney Thaxton

Dr. Courtney Thaxton is an Associate Professor and Director of the ClinGen- affiliated Biocuration and Coordination Core in the Department of Genetics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she leads a team of individuals in building framework(s), guidance, and specifications for assessing the strength of evidence for genes, and genetic
variants in disease. She also lead efforts within ClinGen to develop and improve frameworks for gene-disease validity and defining disease entities and engaging the broader community to contribute to ClinGen curation efforts.

About the Talk

Our health is greatly impacted by many factors in our environment, including
our genes. This presentation will give a broad overview of the Clinical Genome Resource
(ClinGen) and the curation efforts ocuring to help define the relevance of genes and genetic variants for diagnositics, precision medicine, and research.

Apply To Be a Speaker

Interested in speaking at an upcoming webinar? Use the form below to provide us with some information on your proposed topic and your availability to speak. 

Previous Webinars (2025)

January 30, 2025: “The GA4GH Phenopacket Schema, A Computable Representation of Clinical Data

Presented by Dr. Mónica Muñoz Torres and Dr. Peter Robinson

Previous Webinars (2024)

Presented by Dr. Richard L. Haspel

Presented by Dr. Vindya Subasinghe

Presented by Dr. Lyndon J. Mitnaul

Presented by Dr. Brian J. Carney

Presented by Kawmadi Gunawardena

May 28, 2024: “Integrating Genetics into Tanzanian Healthcare: An Overview”

Presented by Dr. Mohamed Zahir Alimohamed

March 28, 2024: “The All of Us Research Program”

Presented by Dr. Geoffrey S. Ginsburg

February 29, 2024: “A Case for Extracellular Vesicles”

Presented by Prof. Carlos Salomon Gallo

February 15, 2024: “Personalized Therapeutics: Clinical Reality and Future Challenges”

Presented by Prof. George P. Patrinos

Previous Webinars (2023)

December 21, 2023: “Personalized Risk Assessment for Early Detection of Cancer”

Presented by Prof. Nora Pashayan

October 30, 2023: “Challenges, Insights and Outcomes of RDNow”

Presented by Dr. Michelle de Silva

July 27, 2023: “Reflections of a Biomedical Scientist on Four Continents.”

Presented by Dr. Juergen Reichardt

June 27, 2023: “Utility of Broad Scale Proteomics in Population Cohort Studies”

Presented by Dr. Cindy Lawley

February 22, 2023: “Transforming Health in Singapore Through Precision Medicine”

Presented by Prof. Patrick Tan

Older Webinars

2022 WEBINARS

2021 WEBINARS

G2MC Grand Rounds

This series of lectures conducted by G2MC in 2016 showcases some of the primary initiatives in genomic medicine from around the globe during this time, and is a precursor to the journey of G2MC.

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For questions or feedback regarding the GGMC Educational Webinar Series, or to suggest a speaker for a future meeting, please contact us.