MJA members are invited to attend the online event Our Future Health, UK Biobank, Genomics England: Exploring the Impact — organised by the charity Progress Eduction Trust (PET) — which takes place on Wednesday 30 April from 5.30pm-7.30pm (BST).
The event will see representatives of Our Future Health, UK Biobank and Genomics England – together with the Chief Scientific Officer for England – discuss the different approaches of the UK’s largest genomics projects and the impact of these projects on healthcare, research and society.
Click here register for the event
Speakers will include:
Professor Dame Sue Hill
Chief Scientific Officer for England
Senior Responsible Officer for Genomics at NHS England, where she has led the establishment of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service
Dr Adam Lewandowski
Deputy Chief Scientist at UK Biobank
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Science at the University of Oxford’s Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit
Chris Schonewald
Chief of Staff, and Director of Strategy, at Genomics England
Previously a Private Secretary to two successive Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care
Dr Raghib Ali
Chief Executive, and Chief Medical Officer, at Our Future Health
Consultant in Acute Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals
Honorary Consultant at the UK Government’s Office for Health Disparities and Improvement
Chair: Sarah Norcross
Director of PET
Commissioning Editor of BioNews
Trustee at the British Fertility Society
Host of the Progress Educational Trust podcast
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