Resources & Education
GGMC Educational Webinar Series
Upcoming Webinar: September 27, 2024 | 9:00 am EST / 2:00 PM UK
Join Us Each Month
The GGMC Educational Webinar Series, established and previously hosted by the International Health Cohorts Consortium (IHCC), has been expanded to include both consortiums within the GGMC organization. The 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
"Sickle Cell Trait and Inequality."
September 27, 2024 | 9:00 am EST | 2:00 PM UK
Dr. Brian Carney
Dr. Brian Carney is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts.
He also serves as Medical Director of Apheresis Services at BIDMC. In addition to the above roles, Dr. Carney is a clinical investigator with a particular interest in cancer-associated thrombosis and research relating to the safe and effective delivery of apheresis care.
He is currently the principal investigator for the SCT-Collect Study, a national multi-center cohort study seeking to determine the incidence of complications in patients with known and possible sickle cell trait undergoing stem cell mobilization and collection.
About the Talk
Sickle cell trait (SCT) is not a disease. Despite this, SCT status has been used as justification for unequal treatment in the military and college athletics, as cover for police misconduct, and as a rationale for inappropriate treatment of patients with SCT requiring stem cell collection.
This presentation will discuss current policies and review how many of them run contrary to the evidence.
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Previous Webinars (2024)
June 27, 2024: “Value of a Genomic Result in Rare Disease Patients”
Presented by Kawmadi Gunawardena
May 28, 2024: “Integrating Genetics into Tanzanian Healthcare: An Overview”
Presented by Dr. Mohamed Zahir Alimohamed
April 23, 2024: “Enabling Workforce Capability in Genomic Medicine: Evidence-Informed Education and Implementation”
Presented by Dr. Amy Nisselle & Bronwyn Terrill
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
September 2, 2023: “From Generations Past to Future Health: Exploring the Evolution of Familial Disease to Today’s Possibility for Hereditary Cancer Prevention”
Presented by Dr. Oscar Lao and Dr. Brian Shirts
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
May 23, 2023: “Multi-Cohort Mental Health Research and Analyst Training w/ Dementias Platform UK”
Presented by Dr. Sarah Bauermeister
April 26, 2023: “Leveraging Public Data to Understand Genetic Sensitivity to Air Pollution in Pediatric Asthma”
Presented by Dr. Jelte Kelchtermans
April 3, 2023: “Using the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health to Identify the Earliest Determinants of Disease Evolution and Aging”
Presented by Dr. Philip Awadalla
February 22, 2023: “Transforming Health in Singapore Through Precision Medicine”
Presented by Prof. Patrick Tan
Older Webinars
2022 WEBINARS
- December 15, 2022: “Nightingale Biomarker Profiling Across Large Biobanks” presented by Dr. Peter Wurtz and Dr. Jeffrey Barrett
- November 8, 2022: “Navigating Global Biobank Bias for Genomic Studies: What Can We Learn from Flourishing African Biobanks?” presented by Dr. Segun Fatumo
- October 3, 2022: IHCC Panel Discussion – “Genetics-Related COVID Cohorts”
- September 30, 2022: “Qatar Biobank: A Pillar in Precision Medicine Initiative” presented by Dr. Nahla Afifi
- July 28, 2022: “Creating a COVID-19 Cohort for Genomic and Proteomic Research” presented by Dr. Ricardo Verdugo
- June 28, 2022: “Using the IHCC to Prevent Premature Death Around the Globe” presented by Dr. Reza Malekzadeh
- May 23, 2022: “A Journey from Opium Research to the Opioid Cohort Consortium” presented by Dr. Mahdi Sheikh
- April 26, 2022: “Terra and the Biomedical Data Ecosystem” presented by Dr. Geraldine Van Der Auwera
- March 31, 2022: “Genomic Data Sharing for Global Health” presented by Dr. Peter Goodhand
- February 28, 2022: “Diversity in Africa or Novel COVID Host Susceptibility Study” presented by: Dr. Michèle Ramsay and Dr. Andrew May
January 31, 2022: “Global Mental Health Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic” presented by Dr. Sarah Bauermeister
2021 WEBINARS
- April 30, 2021: “Establishing and Managing Large Biobank Studies“ presented by Prof. Zhengming Chen
- June 24, 2021: “The MAUCO Project“ presented by Prof. Catterina Ferreccio
- July 22, 2021: “Longitudinal Population Cohorts” presented by Dr. Kobus Herbst
- August 23, 2021: “Update on Bio-specimen Collection in MVP“ presented by Dr. J. Michael Gaziano
- September 28, 2021: “What Do iTunes and Genetic Analyses Have In Common?” presented by Oriol Canela-Xandri
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.
- Session 01: University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) – Undiagnosed Disease Programme presented by Bruce Korf, MD, PhD
- Session 02: Pharmacogenomic Initiatives in Thailand presented by Prof. Wasun Chantratita
- Session 03: The BEST Network as a tool for sharing and delivery of online learning resources in genetics –
www.best.edu.au presented by Prof. Nicholas Hawkins - Session 04: Regeneron / Geisinger DiscovEHR Programme presented by David J Carey, PhD
- Session 05: Using Precision Medicine to Improve Risk Assessment presented by Dr. R. Ryanne Wu, MD, MHS and Dr. Lori Orlando, MD, MHS
- Session 06: Genetics/Genomics in Public Health – an Education Initiative presented by Kunai Sanghavi, MBBS, MS, CGC
- Session 07: Educational technologies and genetic counseling in population genetic screening presented by Prof. Sylvia Metcalfe
- Session 08: Genomic Medicine Programs of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) presented by Teri Manolio, MD, PhD
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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.