2023 ASHG Invited Session Schedule

Invited Sessions: are developed and proposed around a particular topic. Panel/debate style sessions are encouraged. Submitting an invited proposal offers ASHG members the opportunity to directly participate in the development of the scientific program. Through a rigorous review process, the ASHG Program Committee assembles the best program possible on a diverse set of topics in human genetics.

Questions? Contact: programs@ashg.org

Friday, November 3

8:30 am – 10:00 am

Session Title: The ENCODE consortium: 2003 – 2023 (Panel)
Topic: Genetic, Genomic, and Epigenomic Resources and Databases
Track: Basic or Translational Research
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: Use of race, ethnicity, and ancestry as population descriptors in genetics and genomics research (Panel)
Topic: Genetic Counseling, ELSI, Education, and Health Services Research
Track: Basic or Translational Research; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: Can we promise precision medicine to all? (Panel)
Topic: Genetic Counseling, ELSI, Education, and Health Services Research
Track: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: Does size matter? Changing the rules of human genetics with miniproteins
Topic: Genetic, Genomic, and Epigenomic Resources and Databases
Track: Basic or Translational Research
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: Understanding human genetic variation through the lens of germ cell biology (Panel)
Topic: Evolutionary and Population Genetics
Track: Basic or Translational Research
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: The nature of nurture: The importance of modeling indirect genetic effects in large-scale genetic studies
Topic: Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology
Track: Basic or Translational Research
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: Finding NEMO: Novel Enhanced Model Organism/Organs-on-chips platforms for translational genomics research (Panel)
Topic: Genetic, Genomic, and Epigenomic Resources and Databases
Track: Basic or Translational Research
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: Genetic diagnosis of severe fetal and newborn conditions: Opportunities and challenges (Panel)
Topic: Prenatal, Perinatal, and Developmental Genetics
Track: Clinical Research
Audience: Clinicians

Session Title: RNA and nuclear structure: Perspective from the 4D nucleome program (Panel)
Topic: Epigenetics
Track: Basic or Translational Research
Audience: Researchers

Saturday, November 4

8:30 am – 10:00 am

Session Title: Wrestling with social and behavioral genomics: Risks, potential benefits, and ethical responsibility (Panel)
Topic: Genetic Counseling, ELSI, Education, and Health Services Research
Track: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: Equitable access to genomics research: Australian Aboriginal leadership, expertise, and experience (Panel)
Topic: Genetic, Genomic, and Epigenomic Resources and Databases
Track: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: Harnessing return of value: Progress in returning genomic results to individuals in diverse, large-scale programs (Panel)
Topic: Genetic, Genomic, and Epigenomic Resources and Databases
Track: Basic or Translational Research; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: Deploying hundreds of mammalian genomes to understand human disease (Panel)
Topic: Evolutionary and Population Genetics
Track: Basic or Translational Research
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: Male infertility – Mendelian traits with lifetime implications (Panel)
Topic: Mendelian Phenotypes
Track: Basic or Translational Research
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: AI and machine learning in Alzheimer’s disease genetics and genomics (Panel)
Topic: Genetic, Genomic, and Epigenomic Resources and Databases
Track: Basic or Translational Research
Audience: Researchers

Session Title: Multiplexed assays of variant effect (MAVE): Generating, evaluating, and exploiting for improved clinical genetic diagnosis (Panel)
Topic: Molecular Effects of Genetic Variation
Track: Basic or Translational Research; Clinical Research
Audience: Clinicians

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