Predictive Health Symposium 2009

The 5th Annual National Symposium:

Predictive Health

December 14-15, 2009

Emory Conference Center
Atlanta, Georgia

Sponsored by:
The Emory/Georgia Tech
Predictive Health Institute

Register Now: https://www.acteva.com/go/predictivehealth

Agenda
Complete agenda for the annual symposium. Note that schedule is subject to change.

Monday- December 14, 2009

7:30am Registration Desk Open and Continental Breakfast

8:30am Opening

Ken Brigham, MD, Associate Vice President for Predictive Health, Emory University

Welcome from Georgia Institute of Technology

Bud Peterson, PhD, President, Georgia Institute of Technology

Welcome from Emory University

James Wagner, PhD, President, Emory University

Woodruff Health Science Center Welcome

Fred Sanfilipp, MD, PhD, CEO Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University, Chariman of the Board, Emory Healthcare

9:05am Keynote

Penny Pilgram George, PsyD, President, The George Family Foundation, Co-Founder, The Bravewell Collaborative

Introduced by: Don Giddens, PhD, Dean, College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

10:00am Break

10:15am SESSION I: The Promise and Challenge of Personal Genomics

The scientific foundation for personal genomics

Muin Khoury Director, Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Public Health Genomics

Clinician and consumer educational needs in personal genomics

W. Andrew Faucett, MS, CGC, Assistant Professor, Director Genomics & Public Health Program, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University

How can we measure the personal utility of personal genomics?

Scott Grosse, PhD, Health Economist, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Roundtable and Discussion

12:00pm Break - Lunch in Salon I, II, III

1:15pm Keynote II: Menopause and Healthy Aging

Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Family and Child Nursing and Dean Emeritus, University of Washington School of Nursing

Introduced by Sue Donaldson, PhD, Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, Emory University

2:15pm Break

2:30pm Session II: High Tech Health Care: Ethics and Pragmatics

The Paradoxical Case for Universal Access to High Technology

Ani Satz, PhD, JD, Associate Professor, School of Law, Emory University

Rising Rates of Obesity-Associated Chronic Diseases threaten Health, Access to Care, and Fiscal Wellbeing

Kenneth Thorpe, PhD, Woodruff Professor and Chair, Health Policy & Management, Emory University

High Technology Health Care, Biomedicalization, and Ethics

Paul Wolpe, PhD, Director, Center for Ethics

Roundtable and Discussion

4:00pm Concluding Session: Metabolism and personalize Medicine: Can Computational Systems Biology Make all the Difference?

Santiago Schnell, DPhil (Oxon), Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Research, Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Brehm Scientist, Brehm Center for Type 1 Diabetes Research and Analysis, University of Michigan Medical School

Introduced by: Dean Jones, PhD, Professor, School of Medicine, Emory University

5:00pm Welcoming Reception & Networking - Garden Overlook

Tuesday- December 15, 2009

8:00am Registration Desk Open and Continental Breakfast

8:30am Opening

Ken Brigham, MD, Associate Vice President for Predictive Health, Emory University

Woodruff Health Sciences Center Welcome

Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD, CEO, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University, Chairman of the Board, Emory Healthcare

8:45am KEYNOTE III: Challenges in Complex Disease Research with Integrative Genomics Solutions

Eric E. Schadt, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Pacific Biosciences

Introduced by: R. Wayne Alexander, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Internal Medicine, Emory University

9:45am Break

10:00am Session III: Size Matters

New Insights on Obesity: the Inflammatory Disease that Increases the Risk for Multiple Different Diseases

R. Wayne Alexander, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, Emory University

Georgraphical Genomics of Humna Gene Expression Variation

Greg Gibson, PhD, Professor and Director of the Center for Integrative Genomics, Georgia Institute of Technology

Trends in Obesity and Health Spending in the U.S.

Lydia Ogdent, MA, MPP, Chief of Staff, Health Policy & Management, Emory University

Roundtable and Discussion

12:00pm Break - Lunch in Salon I, II, III

1:15pm Session IV: Nature vs Nuture

Session Chair: Michelle Lampl, PhD, MD, Associate Director of Predictive Health and Samuel C Dobbs Professor of Anthropology, Emory University

DNA is not Destiny

Victor Corces, PhD, Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, Emory University

Molecules to Motherhood: Stress, Epigenetics, and Reproduction

Sarah L. Berga, MD, James Robert McCord Professor and Chairman, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University

Roundtable and Discussion

2:30pm Break

2:45pm Session V: Zip Codes/Genetic Codes

Session Chair: Lydia Ogden, MA, MPP, Chief of Staff, Health Policy, Emory University

Viral Zip Codes: Novel Influenza A H1N1: what have we learned in the last 6 months?

Carlos del Rio, MD, Hubert Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health, Emory University

Genetics, Epigenetics, and Personalized Medicine

David A. Schwartz, MD, Head, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Director, Center for Genetics and Therapeutics, National Jewish Health

Roundtable and Discussion

4:00pm Concluding Session: The Whole Picture of Health - Mind Over Matter and Vice Versa

Charles L. Raison, MD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University

Introduced by: Ken Brigham, MD, Associate Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University

4:45 pm Symposium Closing

Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD, CEO, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University, Chairman of the Board, Emory Healthcare

Video (When Available)
Streaming video of all the speakers and discussions.

Past Symposia
Video for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 events are available.