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Resources & Education

GGMC Educational Webinar Series

Upcoming Webinar: June 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

"Value of a Genomic Result in Rare Disease Patients - The Sri Lankan Experience."

June 27, 2024 | 9:00 am EST / 2:00 PM UK

Kawmadi Gunawardena

Having graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and already completing her post graduate studies in internal medicine, obtaining an MD in Medicine and MRCP(UK), Kawmadi Gunawardena is already making strides.

She’s wrapped her post-MD training in clinical genetics and will soon start working as an acting consultant clinical geneticist at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka.

She currently works in a clinical setting, where she sees patients with a wide range of genetic diseases. Her research interests include neurogenetics and cancer genetics. Furthermore, she has received several national level awards for her research work, including involvement with G2MC as an early career investigator co-lead, with goals of supporting the implementation of GGMC’s Workforce and Training Core Committee initiatives.

About the Talk

Rare diseases are individually rare but collectively common. Genetics account for aetiopathogenesis in eighty percent of them. Therefore, collectively they account for high morbidity and mortality. Getting the right diagnosis is considered the topmost challenge in rare diseases by patients as well as health care professionals.

However, the value of a genomic test result spans beyond provision of the mere diagnosis. Further it has a long-lasting impact not only on the patient but on his/her entire family. In this webinar, we’ll be discussing the impact of genomic results in rare disease patients by illustrating interesting case scenarios of Sri Lankan patients.

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 (2024)

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.

We Want to Hear From You!

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