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Big Data and Precision Medicine [Tuesday, October 28, 2014]
Lecture Theatre 4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
8:00 |
Registration |
8:30 – 8:40 |
Opening Remarks / Framing Questions
Professor Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
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| Big Data in Population Health and Genomic Medicine |
| Chairpersons: |
Professor Arthur S Slutsky, University of Toronto, Canada
Professor YL Lau, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU |
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8:40 – 9:25 |
Big Data to Improve Population Health
Professor Prabhat Jha, University of Toronto, Canada
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| 9:25 – 10:10 |
Big Data in Genomic Medicine (via video-conferencing)
Professor John P Ioannidis, Stanford School of Medicine, USA |
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| 10:10 – 10:50 |
What can you do with big data?
Dr Mary Schooling, The University of Hong Kong |
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10:50 – 11:20 |
Coffee Break and e-Poster Exhibition |
| Big Data in Cancer |
| Chairpersons: |
Professor G Steven Martin, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Professor XY Guan, Department of Clinical Oncology, HKU
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11:20 – 12:05 |
A Systems Biology Approach for Understanding the Role of Differentiation in Cancer Progression
Professor Sylvia Plevritis, Stanford School of Medicine, USA |
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| 12:05 – 12:45 |
Whole-genome Sequencing and Comprehensive Molecular Profiling of Gastric Cancer
Professor Suet-yi Leung, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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12:45 – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| Big Data in Population Health and Health Records |
| Chairpersons: |
Professor Brian D Postl, University of Manitoba, Canada
Professor Herbert HM Pang, School of Public Health, HKU
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Big Data for Population Health
Dr Martin Landray, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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| 14:45 – 15:30 |
Big Data from Health Records
Professor Liam Smeeth, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
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| 15:30 – 16:15 |
Leveraging Big Data in Hospitals in the Era of Precision Medicine
Dr Muhammad Mamdani, University of Toronto, Canada |
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16:15 – 16:45 |
Coffee Break and e-Poster Exhibition |
| Big Data in Organ-specific Diseases |
| Chairpersons: |
Professor David Evans, University of Alberta, Canada
Professor Eric YH Chen, Department of Psychiatry, HKU |
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16:45 – 17:25 |
Unravelling the Complex Genetic Basis of Schizophrenia
Professor Pak C Sham, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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17:25 – 18:10 |
Personalized Medicine in Kidney Transplantation
Professor Peter Nickerson, University of Manitoba, Canada |
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18:10 – 18:25 |
Closing and Prize Presentation for Best e-Posters |
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