Precision Medicine in Africa
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The Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience Short Course in Precision Medicine in Africa
Precision medicine is an emerging approach for treatment and prevention of diseases, which couples established approaches with molecular profiling to create diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic strategies precisely tailored to each patient's requirements. It takes into consideration the individual variability of each patient, but can also be applied in a Precision Public Health setting. Given this new wave of innovation in medicine, we have a vital role to play in enabling precision medicine in Africa through promoting and conducting research on the people of this continent. Building capacity and resources in this area is critical. It is therefore our objective to create awareness and to support and strengthen local and regional capacity development.
The course intends to introduce health professionals including clinicians, academic clinicians, dieticians, as well as research investigators, postgraduate students, health related counsellors, and people working in the Health Industry, to the concept of precision medicine and some of the issues related to developing a precision medicine agenda in Africa. It will highlight how an enhanced understanding of the human genome and its function could have an impact on modern clinical practice in an African context.
Time: 08h00 to 17h00 daily
Venue: SBIMB Seminar Room, 9 Jubilee Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
Application closing date extended to: Monday, 07 August 2017
Register online: http://wits-enterprise.co.za/c/precision-medicine-in-africa
Cost: R3000 internal (Wits members), R3500 external
CPD points: 21 points (including 5 ethics points)
Wits Certificate of Attendance will be issued
Course lecturers include Michele Ramsay, Amanda Krause, Zane Lombard, Shelley Macaulay, Noelene Kinsley, Nadia Carstens and more.
The course outline is available online at the link above.
For more information about the course contact:
Ms Jocelyne Gayenga – email: jocelyn.gayenga@wits.ac.za ; Tel: 011 717 6631