Spots are still available for the 7th Annual Pediatric Genomic Medicine Conference – Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Genetics, Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine. The conference will be held April 5 – 7 at The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center.
The conference focuses on Neurodevelopmental Disorders such as intellectual disability, Tourette Syndrome, autism and neuromuscular diseases affect more than 10 percent of children. Recent advances in genomic medicine are unraveling the etiology of these disorders and providing answers to more patients and families. These discoveries, along with advances in pharmacogenomics are the foundation of Precision Medicine. Leading experts from across North America will come together to share and exchange information about the impact of genomics on diagnosis and treatment of both common and rare neurodevelopmental disorders.
This event is targeted to physicians, psychologists, therapists, and genetic counselors who care for patients with neurodevelopmental disorders; genome scientists, laboratory directors, biotechnology professionals, researchers and other health care providers interested in neurodevelopmental and genomic medicine.
Children’s Mercy Hospital is accredited by the Missouri State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Children’s Mercy Hospital designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 9.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Two pre-conference workshops will begin the afternoon of April 5 with the full conference beginning the next morning. David Amaral, PhD—Distinguished Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Director of Research, UC Davis MIND Institute, will deliver the keynote address on Wednesday morning. On Thursday morning, Stephen Scherer, PhD, FRSC—Director, The Centre for Applied Genomics at Sick Kids; Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto, will present Grand Rounds.
Call for abstracts: The conference committee is requesting abstracts for the conference Poster Session to be held on Wednesday, April 6. If you are interested in participating, please submit your one-page abstract to genomicsconference@cmh.edu by Monday, Feb. 29. Notifications of acceptance will go out in early March.
To see the complete conference agenda and speakers and to register, please go to childrensmercy.org/genomicsconference.
