Featured Symposia, formerly known as Invited Sessions, are member-proposed sessions addressing the state of the science on a specific topic of interest. Each 90-minute session is comprised of four talks typically followed by Q&A or panel discussion. Featured Symposia are open to all scientific attendees at the Annual Meeting.

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Thursday, November 7 8:00 am – 9:30 am
Session Title	Topic
Contributions of tandem repeats to human variation, traits, and disease	Genetic, Genomic, and Epigenomic Resources and Databases
The Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP): A paradigm for identifying genetically driven therapeutics for a global complex disease	Complex Traits
Human genetic mosaicism: Diversity within individuals	Molecular Effects of Genetic Variation
AJHG at 75: Looking to the future of human genetics research	Basic or Translational Research
TOPMed 10-year anniversary: Ongoing success and future directions	Complex Traits
Balancing open science and patient privacy in the era of precision medicine	Genetic Counseling, ELSI, Education, and Health Services Research
Advances in artificial intelligence tools to improve clinical diagnoses and medical genetics education with an emphasis on diverse datasets	Mendelian Phenotypes
Unveiling genetic mysteries: RNA editing’s breakthrough in disease and gene therapy	Basic or Translational Research

 

Friday, November 8 8:00 am – 9:30 am
Session Title	Topic
Face the facts: The impact of advances in data science on translational research	Genetic, Genomic, and Epigenomic Resources and Databases
How do we describe and ascribe clinical significance to the non-coding genome?	Molecular Effects of Genetic Variation
Cross-examining the rare and common variant architecture of psychiatric conditions, brain structure, and function	Complex Traits
Model organisms to the rescue: Next generation animal models for precise phenotyping of complex and undiagnosed diseases	Molecular Effects of Genetic Variation
Not only transcription intermediates: The roles of R-loops in genome stability and brain disease	Epigenetics
Improving health equity in genomics: Interventions and implementation efforts to address disparities in genetic services research	Genetic Counseling, ELSI, Education, and Health Services Research
Aging, clonal hematopoiesis, and our health	Evolutionary and Population Genetics
For the children: Genomics to improve the health of pediatric patients and their families	Omics Technologies