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Harnessing African Genomic Variations to Improve Health and Equity Globally

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Air date:	Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 2:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 473 (282 Live, 191 On-demand)
Category:	WALS - Wednesday Afternoon Lectures
Runtime:	01:02:10
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Description:	NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series Prof Ambroise Wonkam is a professor of Genetic Medicine, and Director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute, and Department of Genetic Medicine. After an MD training from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I (Cameroon), he completed a thesis in Medical Sciences, University of Geneva (Switzerland) and a Ph.D. in Human Genetics (University of Cape Town, South Africa). Other salient aspects of Prof Wonkam’s background include his education as a medical geneticist at a highly reputable genetics department in Geneva (Switzerland). He subsequently practices medical genetics in both European and African contexts. African genomes harbor millions of uncaptured variants accumulated over 300,000 years of modern humans' evolutionary history, with successive waves of admixture, migration, and natural selection combining with extensive ecological diversity to create a broad and exceptional genomic complexity. Therefore to embrace the prospects of accurately diagnosing thousands of monogenic conditions, predicting disease risks for complex traits or diseases, tailoring treatment to individuals' pharmacogenetic profiles, and potentially curing some diseases, research into African genomic variation is a scientific imperative. For more information go to https://oir.nih.gov/wals

NLM Title:	Harnessing African genomic variations to improve health and equity globally / Ambroise Wonkam.
Author:	Wonkam, Ambroise. National Institutes of Health (U.S.),
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Abstract:	(CIT): NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series Prof Ambroise Wonkam is a professor of Genetic Medicine, and Director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute, and Department of Genetic Medicine. After an MD training from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I (Cameroon), he completed a thesis in Medical Sciences, University of Geneva (Switzerland) and a Ph.D. in Human Genetics (University of Cape Town, South Africa). Other salient aspects of Prof Wonkam's background include his education as a medical geneticist at a highly reputable genetics department in Geneva (Switzerland). He subsequently practices medical genetics in both European and African contexts. African genomes harbor millions of uncaptured variants accumulated over 300,000 years of modern humans" evolutionary history, with successive waves of admixture, migration, and natural selection combining with extensive ecological diversity to create a broad and exceptional genomic complexity. Therefore to embrace the prospects of accurately diagnosing thousands of monogenic conditions, predicting disease risks for complex traits or diseases, tailoring treatment to individuals" pharmacogenetic profiles, and potentially curing some diseases, research into African genomic variation is a scientific imperative.
Subjects:	Africa--ethnology African People--genetics Genetic Predisposition to Disease--ethnology Genetic Variation--genetics Health Equity Risk Factors
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	QU 477
NLM ID:	9918503181506676
CIT Live ID:	45982
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=45982

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