The Primary Care Genetics Laboratory and Translational Research Center
at Brown Medical School & Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island

presents

GENETICS IN PRIMARY CARE

A Brown-Oxford Transatlantic Videoconference
April 10, 2003

held simultaneously at two locations
(Click on site for printable directions)

George Auditorium, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI, 02905, USA*
8 am - 2 pm EST

and

Cancer Research UK Video Conference Facility, 6-10 Cambridge Terrace, London, NW14JL, UK**
1 pm - 7 pm GMT


THEME: Application of pharmacogenetics to chronic illness care to enable individually-tailored therapies

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. David Hunter (Harvard School of Public Health)
"How will the new genetics make an impact on primary care?"

PLENARY SPEAKER: Dr. Jon Emery (University of Cambridge)
"Improving the quality of primary health care through evidence-based genetic medicine."
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:

Attendees will:

1. Gain a broad understanding of the emerging role of the new genetics in primary care
2. Develop a skill set to identify, screen, and counsel patients with heritable risk of cancer and other illnesses
3. Address key policy and ethical implications of genetics for primary care
4. Identify strategies for organizing primary care office systems to promote the use of genetic technology
5. Envisage the new frontier of primary care genetics research from "bench to bedside to policy"

REGISTRATION FEE: $25.00 (US)
(Registration Fee is waived for medical students)

REGISTRANTS MAY ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AT EITHER OF THE VENUES LISTED ABOVE


For a printable Conference Program, select a format (Adobe Acrobat PDF / Microsoft Word)

For a printable Conference Registration Form, select a format (Adobe Acrobat PDF / Microsoft Word)


This conference is funded by National Cancer Institute grant #1 R13 CA101634-01,
The Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention,
The Brown University Centers for Behavioral & Preventive Medicine,
and by Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island.


*Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island is accredited by the Rhode Island Medical Society to sponsor intrastate continuing medical education for physicians. Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island designates this educational activity for a maximum of six (6) Category I credits towards the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award.  Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational experience.

**PGEA Approved