H3Africa Consortium Group Photo
La Palm Royal Beach Hotel
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8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Ethics and Regulatory Issues Working Group
Chairs: Jantina De Vries, University of Cape Town, R.S.A..
.Discussion Facilitators: Ebony Bookman, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Katherine Littler, Wellcome Trust, UK
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Biorepository Users Working Group
Chairs: Akin Abayomi, University of Stellenbosch, R.S.A. and Alan Christoffels, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, R.S.A.
Discussion Facilitator: Louise Wideroff, NIH/NEI, U.S.A.
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Data Sharing, Access, Release Working Group
Chairs: Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, R.S.A. and Bamidele Tayo, Loyola University, U.S.A.
Discussion Facilitators: Maria Giovanni, NIH/NIAID, U.S.A. and Audrey Duncanson, Wellcome Trust, U.K.
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Marker Paper and Publications Working Group
Chairs: Michele Ramsay, Wits Health Consortium, R.S.A., Charles Rotimi, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Enock Matovu, Makerere University, Uganda
Discussion Facilitator: Audrey Duncanson, Wellcome Trust, U.K.
4:30 – 5:15 p.m. Phenotype Harmonization Working Group
Coordinator: Alia Benkahla, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunisia
Discussion Facilitator: Jeff Struewing, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A.
5:15 – 6:00 p.m. Genome Analysis Working Group
Chairs: Debo Adeyemo, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Zane Lombard, Wits Health Consortium, R.S.A.
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Social Hour
7:00 p.m. Dinner
Friday May 17
Chair: Alash'le Abimiku, Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria
8:00 – 8:05 a.m. Alash'le Abimiku, Chair of H3Africa Steering Committee
8:05 – 8:15 a.m. Eric Green, Director of NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A.
8:15 – 8:25 a.m. Audrey Duncanson, Wellcome Trust, U.K.
8:25 – 8:45 a.m. Honorable Dr. Oteng-Adjei, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation, Ghana
Wellcome Trust Grantee Research Project Presentations
Katherine Littler, Wellcome Trust, U.K.
8:45 – 9:10 a.m. Burden, spectrum and aetiology of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
Albert Amoah, University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana
9:10 – 9:35 a.m. Genetics of rheumatic heart disease and molecular epidemiology of streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis
Gasnat Shaboodien, University of Cape Town, R.S.A.
9:10 – 9:35 a.m. TrypanoGEN: an integrated approach to the identification of genetic determinants of susceptibility to trypanosomiasis
Enock Matovu, Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Uganda
NIH Research Project Program Grantee Presentations
Chair: Jane Peterson, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A.
10:00 – 10:25 a.m. Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic disease in Africans
Michele Ramsay, Wits Health Consortium & NHLS, R.S.A.
10:25 – 10:50 a.m./wp-content/uploads/2018/10/7_Adu_Ojo.pdf H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network
Dwomoa Adu, University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana
Lolu Ojo, University of Michigan, U.S.A.
10:50 – 11:15 a.m. Contribution of genetic variation to pharmacokinetic variability and toxicity in patients undergoing multi-drug tuberculosis treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dissou Affolabi, National Hospital for Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Diseases, Benin
11:15 – 11:40 a.m. The Genomics of Schizophrenia in the South African Xhosa People
Adam Zac Baldinger, University of Cape Town, R.S.A.
Rajkumar Ramesar, University of Cape Town, R.S.A.
NIH Biorepository Pilot Project Program Grantee Presentations
Chair: Louise Wideroff, NIH/NEI, U.S.A.
11:40 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. IHVN H3Africa Biorepository (I-HAB) Initiative
Alash'le G. Abimiku, Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria
12:05 – 12:30 p.m. Development of H3 Africa Biorepositories to facilitate studies on Biodiversity, Disease & Pharmacogenomics of African Populations
Akin Abayomi, University of Stellenbosch & NHLS, R.S.A.
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and official photograph
NIH Bioinformatics Network Program (H3ABioNet) Grantee Presentation
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. H3BioNet
Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, R.S.A.
H3ABionet Bulletin – May 2013
Working Group Recommendations
Chair: Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, R.S.A. and Bamidele Tayo, Loyola University, U.S.A.
Discussion Facilitators: Rex Chisholm, Northwestern University, U.S.A. and Oduola Ayoade, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Data Sharing Working Group Handout
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Ethics and Regulatory Issues Working Group
Chair: Charmaine Royal, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, U.S.A. Ruth Chadwick, Cardiff University, U.K.
After-dinner speakers:Overcoming Infrastructural Challenges to Big Science in Africa David Ofori-Adjei, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons Population-based Systems Genomics Approaches for Studying Malaria and Sickle Cell Disease Philip Awadalla, Sainte Justine Hospital, Canada
7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Private Independent Expert Committee Breakfast
Chairs: Kay Davies, University of Oxford, U.K. and Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A.
Working Group Recommendations Continued
9:15 – 10:45 a.m. Biorepository Users Working Group Recommendations
Discussion Facilitators: Robert Hewitt, SFR/ESBB, France and Chana Rabiner, NIH/NCI, U.S.A.
Introductions from Working Group Chairs
Akin Abayomi, University of Stellenbosch & NHLS, R.S.A. and Alan Christoffels, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, R.S.A.
Biobanking Survey & Biospecimin Deposit
Tay Croxton, Beverly van Rooyen and Carmen Swanepoel
MTA & Biospecimin Release
Christine Beiswanger, Emilomo Ogbe and Beverley van Rooyen
H3Africa Consortium and H3ABioNet Standardization
Alan Christoffels and Judit Kumuthini
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Marker Paper and Publications Working Group
Discussion Facilitator: Kay Davies, University of Oxford, U.K.
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Phenotype Harmonization Working Group
Chair: Alia Benkahla, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunisia
Discussion Facilitator: Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Genome Analysis Working Group Recommendations
Chair: Debo Adeyemo, NIH/NHGRI, U.S.A. and Zane Lombard, Wits Health Consortium, R.S.A.
Discussion Facilitator: Philip Awadalla, Sainte Justine Hospital, Canada
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Lunch and Steering Committee Meeting
Closing Session
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Report back from the Independent Expert Committee
Discussion Facilitators: Kay Davies, University of Oxford, U.K. and Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, U.S.A.
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Report back from the Steering Committee
Chair: Alash'le Abimiku
4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Identification of meeting action items