Presidential Chair Lecture Series
May 5th – May 9th, 2014
Please join us for a week of lectures, seminars, and other events highlighting the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of translational genomics. Presidential Chair and Visiting Professor, Wylie Burke, MD, PhD (University of Washington) will be the keynote lecturer, with commentaries by Muin Khoury, MD, PhD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & National Cancer Institute) and Margaret Lock, PhD (McGill University).
Schedule of Events
Monday, May 5th
Part I Presidential Chair Lecture:“The Science of Genomic Translation: Which Outcomes? Whose Benefit?“
Lecture by Wylie Burke, M.D., Ph.D. and commentary by Muin Khoury, M.D., Ph.D.
Welcome and Introduction by Neil Risch, Ph.D and Robert Nussbaum, M.D.
4:00 – 5:00 PM at UCSF Parnassus Campus, Health Sciences West Building, Room HSW 300
Live-stream: Mission Bay Campus, Byers Auditorium or watch HERE
Co-Sponsored with Institute for HumanGenetics
Successful mapping of the human genome heralds a new understanding of human health and an unprecedented ability to predict an individual’s future health risks. But will genomic translation improve population health? The success of the translational process, “precision medicine,” requires us to ask which outcomes matter and how we value competing benefits.
Video Link
Wine & Cheese Reception
5:00 – 6:00 PM at UCSF Parnassus Campus, Health Sciences West, 3rd Floor Lobby
Co-hosted with the Institute for Human Genetics
Tuesday, May 6th
Discussion Seminar with Muin Khoury, M.D., Ph.D.
12:00 – 1:30 PM at UCSF Parnassus Campus, Kalmanovitz Library, Lange Room
Lunch will be provided
Wednesday, May 7th
Part II Presidential Chair Lecture: “Guiding Genomic Translation: Practical Wisdom for Clinical Care and Health Policy”
Lecture by Wylie Burke, M.D., Ph.D. and commentary by Margaret Lock, Ph.D.
Welcome and Introduction by David Vlahov, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN and Claire Brindis, Dr.P.H.
4:00 – 5:00 PM at UCSF Parnassus Campus, University Hall Building, Room U142 (Toland Hall)
Live-stream: UCSF Mission Bay Campus, HD-160 or watch HERE
Genomic translation promises molecular tools for improving health. To achieve that goal tools must not only address problems that matter, but must do so more effectively and cause less harm, than the tools and policies we already have. Guided by the Aristotelian notion of “practical wisdom,” can we take direction from the experience of clinicians and the voices of patients they serve?
Video Link
Thursday, May 8th
Culpeper Seminar Series: “The Alzheimer Enigma Amidst Global Aging” by Margaret Lock, Ph.D.
12:00 – 1:30 PM at UCSF Laurel Heights Campus, Room 263
Lunch will be provided
Co-Sponsored with the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine
Anthropology, History and Medicine Seminar: “The Lure of the Epigenome” Lecture and Discussion by Margaret Lock, Ph.D.
5:00 – 7:00 PM at UCSF Parnassus Campus, Nursing Building, Room 225
Dinner will be served
Co-Sponsored with the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine and the Office of the Vice Dean for Medical Education
Video Link
Friday, May 9th
Book Club Discussion with Margaret Lock, Ph.D. on her new book, The Alzheimer Conundrum: Entanglements of Dementia and Aging
12:00 – 1:30 PM at UCSF Laurel Heights Campus, Room 263
Lunch will be provided
Co-Sponsored with the Institute for Health and Aging
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Distinguished Speakers
UCSF Presidential Chair and Visiting Professor: Wylie Burke, MD, PhD
Wylie Burke is professor and former chair of the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington. She received a Ph.D. in Genetics and a M.D. from the University of Washington. Dr. Burke is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, past president of the American Society of Human Genetics, and former chair of the Institute of Medicine’s “Roundtable on the Translation of Genome-based Research for Health.” Dr. Burke is a Principal Investigator of the University of Washington Center for Genomics and Healthcare Equality, an NIH Center of Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research. Her research grapples with the ethical and policy implications of genomics in medicine and public health.
Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD
Muin J. Khoury is the founding director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Public Health Genomics, formed in 1997 to assess the impact of advances in human genetics and the Human Genome Project on public health and disease prevention. Dr. Khoury also serves as acting associate director of the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program in the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences. He received his M.D. from the American University of Beirut and a Ph.D. in Human Genetics/Genetic Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Khoury has developed successful national and international initiatives to translate advances in genomic technologies into improved health throughout the life course, such as the “Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention Network.”
Margaret Lock, PhD
Margaret Lock is Marjorie Bronfman Professor Emerita in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University. Dr. Lock received a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on an anthropology of the body, comparative epistemologies of medical knowledge, and the global impact of emerging biomedical technologies. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a gold medal from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Wellcome Medal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Great Britain, and the McGill Medal for Exceptional Academic Achievement.
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