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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
"The All of Us Research Program."
MAR. 28th, 2024 / 9:00am EST / 2:00pm UTC
Dr. Geoff Ginsburg
Geoffrey Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical & Scientific Officer of NIH’s All of Us Research Program, where he leads the scientific vision and strategy for the program. Previously, he was founding director, Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine and held senior leadership roles at Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. He has influenced precision medicine U.S. and internationally, serving as co-chair of the National Academies’ Roundtable on Genomic and Precision Health, a founding co-chair of the International HundredK+ Cohorts Consortium, and founder and president of the Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC).
About the Talk
The All of Us Research Program from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an historic effort to gather data from 1 million or more people in the US to accelerate research and improve health. The program focuses on engaging communities historically underrepresented in biomedical research. Since national launch in 2018, >750,000 participants have enrolled. Diverse participant partners (about 80% from underrepresented backgrounds including racial/ethnic minority groups, sexual/gender minority groups, disability status, access to healthcare, education, geographic location, and age, among others) are sharing health-related data and biospecimens. All of Us data are housed in the cloud-based Researcher Workbench, which includes tools, support resources, sample data workbooks and more.
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 (2023)
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
Previous Webinars (2022)
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
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
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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.