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LOCATION:Embassy Suites San Antonio Riverwalk (125 E Houston St\, San Antonio\, TX 78205)
DESCRIPTION:<em>This event is open to health care professionals and students.</em>The Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium was formed to facilitate genome-wide association study meta-analyses and replication opportunities among multiple large and well-phenotyped longitudinal cohort studies.These cohorts have an extensive collection of genomic data as well as repeated measures of risk factors, subclinical disease indicators, and cardiovascular events on over 50,000 multi-ethnic participants.<h3></h3><h3>Schedule of events</h3>October 10: Afternoon pre-conference workshop and CHARGE Seminar for Junior InvestigatorsOctober 11 and 12: Main congress session and working group meetings*All sessions are open to all registered attendees.<h3>Featured speakers</h3><strong>Rufus Akinyemi, PhD, MSc, MWACP, FMCP,</strong> Deputy Director of the Centre for Genomics and Precision Medicine at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria<strong>John Blangero, PhD,</strong> Director of the San Antonio Family Heart Study and Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley<strong>Myriam Fornage, PhD,</strong> Professor at the University of Texas Health Houston<strong>Gladys Maestre, MD,</strong> Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley<strong>Ana Navas- Acien,MD, PHD, MPH,</strong> Professor and Vice-chair of Research in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University<strong>Guillaume Paré, MD, MSc, FRCPC,</strong> Professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University<strong>Joe Petrosino, PhD,</strong> Chief Scientific Innovation Officer at Baylor College of Medicine<strong>Agustín Ruiz Laza, MD, PhD,</strong> Chief Scientific Officer of Fundació ACE (Barcelona, Spain)<h3>Registration</h3>Full conference registration: $420*After September 16: $500One-day registration:  $250*After September 16: $300Registration includes lunch, snacks and coffee on the selected day(s), as well as a welcome reception and the October 10 evening poster reception.Meeting Registration is managed by the University of Washington conference services.Registration is expected to open by mid-July.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<em>This event is open to health care professionals and students.</em><br /><br />The Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium was formed to facilitate genome-wide association study meta-analyses and replication opportunities among multiple large and well-phenotyped longitudinal cohort studies.<br /><br />These cohorts have an extensive collection of genomic data as well as repeated measures of risk factors, subclinical disease indicators, and cardiovascular events on over 50,000 multi-ethnic participants.<br /><h3></h3><br /><h3>Schedule of events</h3><br />October 10: Afternoon pre-conference workshop and CHARGE Seminar for Junior Investigators<br /><br />October 11 and 12: Main congress session and working group meetings<br /><br />*All sessions are open to all registered attendees.<br /><h3>Featured speakers</h3><br /><strong>Rufus Akinyemi, PhD, MSc, MWACP, FMCP,</strong> Deputy Director of the Centre for Genomics and Precision Medicine at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria<br /><br /><strong>John Blangero, PhD,</strong> Director of the San Antonio Family Heart Study and Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley<br /><br /><strong>Myriam Fornage, PhD,</strong> Professor at the University of Texas Health Houston<br /><br /><strong>Gladys Maestre, MD,</strong> Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley<br /><br /><strong>Ana Navas- Acien,MD, PHD, MPH,</strong> Professor and Vice-chair of Research in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University<br /><br /><strong>Guillaume Paré, MD, MSc, FRCPC,</strong> Professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University<br /><br /><strong>Joe Petrosino, PhD,</strong> Chief Scientific Innovation Officer at Baylor College of Medicine<br /><br /><strong>Agustín Ruiz Laza, MD, PhD,</strong> Chief Scientific Officer of Fundació ACE (Barcelona, Spain)<br /><h3>Registration</h3><br />Full conference registration: $420<br />*After September 16: $500<br /><br />One-day registration:  $250<br />*After September 16: $300<br /><br />Registration includes lunch, snacks and coffee on the selected day(s), as well as a welcome reception and the October 10 evening poster reception.<br /><br />Meeting Registration is managed by the University of Washington conference services.<br /><br />Registration is expected to open by mid-July.
SUMMARY:CHARGE San Antonio
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