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Please see the attached flier for the Coronavirus symposium “Understanding COVID-19 and Addressing Disparities in Care”. The symposium will be both virtual and in person, November 2 from 1 to 5PM ET. Topics to be covered will range from viral evolution and human variation to delivery of care and vaccine hesitancy.
The Fellows of the Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant would like to invite you to join us for our 2021 Chemistry-Biology Interface Summer Retreat on Thursday, July 29th from 9am-12pm, which will be held virtually over zoom. We are still accepting abstract submissions for short (15 min) oral presentations. Talks may cover any topic within Chemistry and Biology, you will also receive a CBI t-shirt if you participate! The deadline to be considered for a talk is approaching quickly on July 10th.
Our keynote speakers this year are David Van Valen (Caltech) and Virginia Cornish (Columbia).
Please register using the following link: https://forms.gle/uj3jJYpmnpXYJnEF9
You can visit our CBI website (https://www.med.upenn.edu/cbit32/) for information on past symposia. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
Best,
The CBI Planning Committee
Jean Etersque (Jean.Etersque@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)
Kollin Schultz (kollin.schultz@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)
Jennifer Ramirez (Jennifer.Ramirez@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)
Andrea Detlefsen (Andrea.Detlefsen@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)
Christopher Johnny (cjohnny@sas.upenn.edu)
Register: https://globalgenomics.med.upenn.edu/symposium.html
On behalf of Drs. Daniel Rader and Sarah Tishkoff, the Center for Global Genomics & Health Equity and the Department of Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are jointly hosting a virtual symposium entitled, “Importance and Challenges of Increasing Ethnic Diversity in Human Genomics Research”.
The two-day virtual symposium includes invited speakers of diverse backgrounds discussing their research and experiences in increasing diversity in human genomics and the ethical issues to be considered. The symposium will be held on Wednesday, February 24 and Thursday, February 25, 2021 from 12:00PM to 4:00PM(EST). The topics of discussion for the two-day virtual symposium are:
Day 1: “Importance and Value of Increasing Ethnic Diversity in Human Genomics Research”
Day 2: “Challenges with Conducting Genomic Studies in Minority Populations”
The symposium is free and faculty, postdocs, students, and staff are all welcome to attend.
January 6-8, 2021
Registration is open and free to all.
More information available: https://www.intersectionssciencefellows.com/
The Inscopix DECODE Summit 2020, The State of Mental Health: From Bench to Bedside to A Better World, will take place virtually on Monday, November 9.
The summit will bring together leaders from academia, biopharma, philanthropy, advocacy, and government to put the spotlight on the latest in research and treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders, and to discuss challenges faced by the mental health ecosystem.
You can learn more and register to attend the Summit here:
https://www.inscopix.com/decode-summit-2020
Confirmed speakers:
Joshua Gordon, Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
Brandon Staglin, President, One Mind
Kay Tye, Professor, Salk Institute
Kerry Ressler, CSO & Professor, McLean Hospital; Harvard Medical School
Sachin Patel, Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Leanne Williams, Professor, Stanford University
Husseini Manji, Global Head, Science for Minds, Johnson & Johnson
Ekaterina Malievskaia, Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer, COMPASS Pathways
Kafui Dzirasa, Associate Professor, Duke University School of Medicine
Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers, Filmmakers, “Hiding in Plain Sight: Our Mental Health Crisis”
JEWEL, Singer-Songwriter, Mental Health Advocate
Moderators:
Kunal Ghosh, CEO & Founder, Inscopix
Thomas Insel, Co-Founder & Chair, Humanest Care; Former Director, NIMH
Deadline to apply to give a 15-minute student/postdoc talk: October 27th
Symposium: Friday, November 13th, 9:00am – 1:30pm
Register: https://forms.gle/gNiWQozLovoMTSvt9
Zoom details will be sent out closer to the event.
The Fellows of the Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant would like to invite you to join us for our 2020 Chemistry-Biology Interface Fall Symposium on Friday, November 13th, which will be held virtually over zoom.The symposium will take place from 9:00am– 1:30pm.We will hear from 3 keynote speakers and six student speakers. The tentative schedule for the symposium is attached.
Our keynote speakers this year are Professor Sarah Slavoff (Yale), Professor Sidney Wilkerson-Hill (UNC Chapel Hill), and Professor Paramjit (Bobby) Arora (NYU). See flyer below.
You can visit our CBI website (https://www.med.upenn.edu/cbit32/) for information on past symposia. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
