Predictive Health Symposium 2009
The 5th Annual National Symposium:
Predictive Health
December 14-15, 2009
Emory Conference Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Sponsored by:
The Emory/Georgia Tech
Predictive Health Institute
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Agenda
Complete agenda for the annual symposium. Note that schedule is subject to change.
Monday- December 14, 2009
7:30am Registration Desk Open and Continental Breakfast
8:30am Opening
Ken Brigham, MD, Associate Vice President for Predictive Health, Emory University
Welcome from Georgia Institute of Technology
Bud Peterson, PhD, President, Georgia Institute of Technology
Welcome from Emory University
James Wagner, PhD, President, Emory University
Woodruff Health Science Center Welcome
Fred Sanfilipp, MD, PhD, CEO Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University, Chariman of the Board, Emory Healthcare
9:05am Keynote
Penny Pilgram George, PsyD, President, The George Family Foundation, Co-Founder, The Bravewell Collaborative
Introduced by: Don Giddens, PhD, Dean, College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:00am Break
10:15am SESSION I: The Promise and Challenge of Personal Genomics
The scientific foundation for personal genomics
Muin Khoury Director, Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Public Health Genomics
Clinician and consumer educational needs in personal genomics
W. Andrew Faucett, MS, CGC, Assistant Professor, Director Genomics & Public Health Program, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University
How can we measure the personal utility of personal genomics?
Scott Grosse, PhD, Health Economist, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Roundtable and Discussion
12:00pm Break - Lunch in Salon I, II, III
1:15pm Keynote II: Menopause and Healthy Aging
Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Family and Child Nursing and Dean Emeritus, University of Washington School of Nursing
Introduced by Sue Donaldson, PhD, Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, Emory University
2:15pm Break
2:30pm Session II: High Tech Health Care: Ethics and Pragmatics
The Paradoxical Case for Universal Access to High Technology
Ani Satz, PhD, JD, Associate Professor, School of Law, Emory University
Title TBA
Kenneth Thorpe, PhD, Woodruff Professor and Chair, Health Policy & Management, Emory University
Title TBA
Paul Wolpe, PhD, Director, Center for Ethics
Roundtable and Discussion
4:00pm Concluding Session: Title TBA
Santiago Schnell, DPhil (Oxon), Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Research, Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Brehm Scientist, Brehm Center for Type 1 Diabetes Research and Analysis, University of Michigan Medical School
Introduced by: Dean Jones, PhD, Professor, School of Medicine, Emory University
5:00pm Welcoming Reception & Networking
Tuesday- December 15, 2009
8:00am Registration Desk Open and Continental Breakfast
8:30am Opening
Ken Brigham, MD, Associate Vice President for Predictive Health, Emory University
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Welcome
Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD, CEO, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University, Chairman of the Board, Emory Healthcare
8:45am KEYNOTE III: Title TBA
Eric E. Schadt, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Pacific Biosciences
Introduced by: R. Wayne Alexander, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Internal Medicine, Emory University
9:45am Break
10:00am Session III: Size Matters
Title TBA
R. Wayne Alexander, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, Emory University
Title TBA
Greg Gibson, PhD, Professor and Director of the Center for Integrative Genomics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Lecture TBA
Roundtable and Discussion
12:00pm Break - Lunch in Salon I, II, III
1:15pm Session IV: Nature vs Nuture
Session Chair: Michelle Lampl, PhD, MD, Associate Director of Predictive Health and Samuel C Dobbs Professor of Anthropology, Emory University
Title TBA
Victor Corces, PhD, Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, Emory University
Antenatal Origins of Adult Disease and the Role of Maternal Health
Sarah L. Berga, MD, James Robert McCord Professor and Chairman, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University
Roundtable and Discussion
2:30pm Break
2:45pm Session V: Zip Codes/Genetic Codes
Session Chair: Lydia Ogden, MA, MPP, Chief of Staff, Health Policy, Emory University
Viral Zip Codes: Novel Influenza A H1N1: what have we learned in the last 6 months?
Carlos del Rio, MD, Hubert Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health, Emory University
Title TBA
David A. Schwartz, MD, Head, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Director, Center for Genetics and Therapeutics, National Jewish Health
Roundtable and Discussion
4:00pm Concluding Session: The Whole Picture of Health - Mind Over Matter and Vice Versa
Charles L. Raison, MD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University
Introduced by: Ken Brigham, MD, Associate Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University
Video (When Available)
Streaming video of all the speakers and discussions.
Past Symposia
Video for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 events are available.
For more information, contact:
Jennifer Vazquez at 404-686-6194 or jennifer.vazquez@emory.edu.
Last Update: 02/10/2009
