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  • Alash'le G. Abimiku

    Alash'le G. Abimiku

    Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ezekiel Adebiyi, BSc, MSc, PhD

    Ezekiel Adebiyi, BSc, MSc, PhD

    Professor

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Olumide Ajibola, PhD

    Olumide Ajibola, PhD

    Postdoc, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Dominic Amuzu, MPHIL

    Dominic Amuzu, MPHIL

    PhD Research Fellow, WACCBIP, University of Ghana

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Amayoa Francis Anyaka, BS

    Amayoa Francis Anyaka, BS

    Master Student, Makerere University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Adeyinka Ashaye

    Adeyinka Ashaye

    University of Ibadan College of Medicine, Nigeria

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kidist Bobosha

    Kidist Bobosha


  • Nadia Carstens, PhD

    Nadia Carstens, PhD

    Principal Medical Scientist, Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and the University of the Witwatersrand

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cheickna Cisse, PhD

    Cheickna Cisse, PhD

    Assistant Professor at University of Sciences Techniques and Technologies (USTTB)

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Seydou Doumbia, MD, PhD

    Seydou Doumbia, MD, PhD

    Dean and Director

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Segun Fatumo, PhD

    Segun Fatumo, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Christian T. Happi, PhD

    Christian T. Happi, PhD

    Professor of Molecular Biology and Genomics; Director, African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Moses Joloba

    Moses Joloba

    Makarere University College of Health Sciences Kampala, Uganda

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Guillaume Lettre, PhD

    Guillaume Lettre, PhD

    Professor of Medicine

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Dan Masiga, PhD

    Dan Masiga, PhD

    Theme Leader

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Enock Matovu, BSc, MSc, PhD

    Enock Matovu, BSc, MSc, PhD

    Associate Professor

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Elizabeth Mayne, MBBCH, MMED FCPATH

    Elizabeth Mayne, MBBCH, MMED FCPATH

    Head of Department, University of Witwatersrand/NHLS

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Collins Misita Morang'a, Msc

    Collins Misita Morang'a, Msc

    PhD Research Fellow, WACCBIP, University of Ghana

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Nicola Mulder, PhD

    Nicola Mulder, PhD

    Professor, H3ABioNet PI

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Leon Mutesa

    Leon Mutesa


  • Erisa Mwaka Sabakaki, PhD

    Erisa Mwaka Sabakaki, PhD

    Senior Lecturer, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Florence Nameere Kivunike, PhD

    Florence Nameere Kivunike, PhD

    Lecturer, School of Computing and Informatics Technologies, Makerere Universit

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Solomon Ofori-Acquah

    Solomon Ofori-Acquah

    University of Ghana, Ghana

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Michele Ramsay, PhD

    Michele Ramsay, PhD

    Professor of Genetics, Director

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Simone Richardson, PhD

    Simone Richardson, PhD

    Postdoctoral fellow

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mahmoud Umar Sani, MBBS, PhD, FWACP

    Mahmoud Umar Sani, MBBS, PhD, FWACP

    Department of Medicine, Bayero University Kano and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano Niger

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jantina de Vries

    Jantina de Vries


  • Kaitlyn Flynn

    Kaitlyn Flynn

    MSc Student

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jeffrey N Weitzel, MD

    Jeffrey N Weitzel, MD

    Director, Clinical Cancer Genetics, Professor, Director, Cancer Screening; Prevention City of Hope

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Francis S Collins, M.D., Ph.D

    Francis S Collins, M.D., Ph.D

    Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mogomotsi Matshaba

    Mogomotsi Matshaba

    Principal Investigator for Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAfGEN) Group is Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine, and Executive Direct

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jeremy Farrar

    Jeremy Farrar

    Director of the Wellcome Trust

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Aython Meintjies

    Aython Meintjies

    Bioinformatics Software Engineer at CBIO

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Emma Wiener, BSc Hons, MBBCh

    Emma Wiener, BSc Hons, MBBCh

    PhD Student, University of Witwatersand

    BIOGRAPHY
  • John Nkengasong

    John Nkengasong

    Director Africa CDC

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mark J Daly, Ph. D.

    Mark J Daly, Ph. D.

    Chief, Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Co-Director, Medical Populations Genetics at the Broad Institute of

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Gavin Churchyard, MBBCh, FCP (SA), MMed, PhD

    Gavin Churchyard, MBBCh, FCP (SA), MMed, PhD

  • Heidi Rhem, PhD

    Heidi Rhem, PhD

    Chief Genomics Officer at Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School; Clinical Lab Medical Director at the Broad Institute

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Melissa Gymrek, PhD

    Melissa Gymrek, PhD

    Assistant Professor, University of California San Diego

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Julie Makani

    Julie Makani

    Senior Lecturer and Specialist Physician, Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ibrahim Guindo

    Ibrahim Guindo

    Faculty of medicine and dentistry of Mali

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Henrick Aduda

    Henrick Aduda

    MSc fellow

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Martha Luka

    Martha Luka

    MSc fellow

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Tafadzwa Machipisa

    Tafadzwa Machipisa

    RHDGen Fellow

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Alaine Marsden

    Alaine Marsden

    Masters Student

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Lakshmi Y Sujeeun

    Lakshmi Y Sujeeun

    PhD student

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Abdoulaye Yalcouyé

    Abdoulaye Yalcouyé

    Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Mali

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Magambo Phillip Kimuda, PhD

    Magambo Phillip Kimuda, PhD

    Postdoctoral fellow

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Olufemi Aromolaran

    Olufemi Aromolaran

    Ph.D. Scholar

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Caleb Kibet, PhD

    Caleb Kibet, PhD

    Mozilla Science Fellow

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Joseph Mulama

    Joseph Mulama

  • Elissa Prichep

    Elissa Prichep

    Project Lead Precision Medicine, World Economic Forum

    BIOGRAPHY
SEP 7 - 10 2020

16th H3Africa Consortium Meeting

We welcome you to the Sixteenth Meeting of the H3Africa Consortium. As you know we were due to meet in Tanzania this September with the African Society of Human Genetics. Unfortunately we have all been forced into detours which has created opportunities for creative engagement.  We hope that our virtual meeting experience will offer as many opportunities to share research findings and build upon them. We will dedicate time to explore research areas beyond the current scope of H3Africa to foster broader sustainable networks. Our early career scientists are always a key feature of H3Africa meetings, there will be several opportunities to engage young scientists during presentation and poster sessions. Our Principal Investigators and Scientists have also responded to the Covid-19 pandemic at various levels and are keen to share their experiences and findings with you. We appreciate your participation during this virtual meeting and look forward to meeting you in-person in time.


Speakers
  • Alash'le G. Abimiku

    Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ezekiel Adebiyi, BSc, MSc, PhD

    Professor
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Olumide Ajibola, PhD

    Postdoc, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Dominic Amuzu, MPHIL

    PhD Research Fellow, WACCBIP, University of Ghana
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Amayoa Francis Anyaka, BS

    Master Student, Makerere University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Adeyinka Ashaye

    University of Ibadan College of Medicine, Nigeria
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kidist Bobosha

  • Nadia Carstens, PhD

    Principal Medical Scientist, Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and the University of the Witwatersrand
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cheickna Cisse, PhD

    Assistant Professor at University of Sciences Techniques and Technologies (USTTB)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Seydou Doumbia, MD, PhD

    Dean and Director
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Segun Fatumo, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Christian T. Happi, PhD

    Professor of Molecular Biology and Genomics; Director, African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Moses Joloba

    Makarere University College of Health Sciences Kampala, Uganda
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Guillaume Lettre, PhD

    Professor of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Dan Masiga, PhD

    Theme Leader
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Enock Matovu, BSc, MSc, PhD

    Associate Professor
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Elizabeth Mayne, MBBCH, MMED FCPATH

    Head of Department, University of Witwatersrand/NHLS
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Collins Misita Morang'a, Msc

    PhD Research Fellow, WACCBIP, University of Ghana
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Nicola Mulder, PhD

    Professor, H3ABioNet PI
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Leon Mutesa

  • Erisa Mwaka Sabakaki, PhD

    Senior Lecturer, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Florence Nameere Kivunike, PhD

    Lecturer, School of Computing and Informatics Technologies, Makerere Universit
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Solomon Ofori-Acquah

    University of Ghana, Ghana
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Michele Ramsay, PhD

    Professor of Genetics, Director
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Simone Richardson, PhD

    Postdoctoral fellow
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mahmoud Umar Sani, MBBS, PhD, FWACP

    Department of Medicine, Bayero University Kano and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano Niger
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jantina de Vries

  • Kaitlyn Flynn

    MSc Student
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jeffrey N Weitzel, MD

    Director, Clinical Cancer Genetics, Professor, Director, Cancer Screening; Prevention City of Hope
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Francis S Collins, M.D., Ph.D

    Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mogomotsi Matshaba

    Principal Investigator for Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAfGEN) Group is Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine, and Executive Direct
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jeremy Farrar

    Director of the Wellcome Trust
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Aython Meintjies

    Bioinformatics Software Engineer at CBIO
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Emma Wiener, BSc Hons, MBBCh

    PhD Student, University of Witwatersand
    BIOGRAPHY
  • John Nkengasong

    Director Africa CDC
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mark J Daly, Ph. D.

    Chief, Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Co-Director, Medical Populations Genetics at the Broad Institute of
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Gavin Churchyard, MBBCh, FCP (SA), MMed, PhD

  • Heidi Rhem, PhD

    Chief Genomics Officer at Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School; Clinical Lab Medical Director at the Broad Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Melissa Gymrek, PhD

    Assistant Professor, University of California San Diego
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Julie Makani

    Senior Lecturer and Specialist Physician, Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ibrahim Guindo

    Faculty of medicine and dentistry of Mali
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Henrick Aduda

    MSc fellow
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Martha Luka

    MSc fellow
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Tafadzwa Machipisa

    RHDGen Fellow
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Alaine Marsden

    Masters Student
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Lakshmi Y Sujeeun

    PhD student
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Abdoulaye Yalcouyé

    Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Mali
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Magambo Phillip Kimuda, PhD

    Postdoctoral fellow
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Olufemi Aromolaran

    Ph.D. Scholar
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Caleb Kibet, PhD

    Mozilla Science Fellow
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Joseph Mulama

  • Elissa Prichep

    Project Lead Precision Medicine, World Economic Forum
    BIOGRAPHY

Agenda

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Opening Session: H3Africa Overview & Sickle Cell Disease

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Mogomotsi Matshaba, Francis Collins
Moderator: Ruth Chadwick
Presentation Time:4:30am PDT/7:30am EDT/11:30am GMT/1:30pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Solomon Ofori-Acquah, Mahmoud Sani, Julie Makani
Moderator: Ruth Chadwick
Presentation Time: 6:15am PDT/9:15am EDT/1:15pm GMT/3:15pm CAT

30 MIN BREAK

Session 1: H3Africa Projects Presentations

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Nicola Mulder, Ayton Meintjes
Moderator: Kay Davies
Presentation Time: 7:45am PDT/10:45am EDT/2:45pm GMT/4:45pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Nadia Carstens, Emma Weiner
Moderator: Kay Davies
Presentation Time:8:30am PDT/11:30am EDT/3:30pm GMT/5:30pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Adeyinka Ashaye, Jantina de Vries
Moderator: Kay Davies
Presentation Time:9:30am PDT/12:30pm EDT/4:30pm GMT/6:30pm CAT

Meetings
Principal Investigator Meeting
10:40am PDT/1:40pm EDT/5:40pm GMT/7:40pm CAT

Funder & IEC Meeting
10:40am PDT/1:40pm EDT/5:40pm GMT/7:40pm CAT

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Session 1: SARS-CoV 2 Covid-19 and Panel Discussion

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: John Nkengasong, Mark Daly
Moderator: Catherine Scheepers
Presentation Time:4:30am PDT/7:30am EDT/ 11:30am GMT/1:30pm CAT

Presentation
Presenter: Gavin Churchyard
Moderator: Catherine Scheepers
Presentation Time: 5:30am PDT/8:30am EDT/ 12:30pm GMT/2:30pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Michele Ramsay, Christian Happi, Alash'le Abimiku, Leon Mutesa, Elizabeth Mayne, Simone Richardson
Moderator: Catherine Scheepers
Presentation Time: 6:00am PDT/9:00am EDT/ 1:00pm GMT/3:00pm CAT

Live Panel Discussion: Why Africa needs to be actively engaged in the search for a COVID vaccine Panelists: Lynn Morris, John Nkengasong, Gavin Churchyard, Thomas Kariuki, Paul Ndebele, Morenike Upkong, Mark Daly
Moderator: Barry Bloom
Presentation Time: 8:00am PDT/11:00am EDT/ 3:00pm GMT/5:00pm CAT

30 MIN BREAK

Session 2: H3Africa Projects Presentations

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Kidist Bobosha, Dan Masiga, Caleb Kibit
Moderator: Charmaine Royal
Presentation Time:9:30am PDT/12:30pm EDT/ 4:30pm GMT/6:30pm CAT

Speed Presentations & Live Q&A
Presenters: Kaitlyn Flynn, Ibrahim Guindo, Henrick Kola, Martha Luka, Tafadzwa Machipisa, Alaine Marsden, Joseph Mulama, Lakshmi Sujeen, Abdoulaye Yalcouye, Diabate Oudou
Moderator: Charmaine Royal
Presentation Time:10:30am PDT/1:30pm EDT/ 5:30pm GMT/7:30pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Enock Matovu, Magambo Phillip Kimuda, Ezekiel Adebiyi, Olufemi Aromolaran
Moderator: Charmaine Royal
Presentation Time:11:30am PDT/2:30pm EDT/ 6:30pm GMT/8:30pm CAT

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Session 1: Guest Speakers & H3Africa Projects Presentations

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenter: Heidi Rehm
Moderator: Philip Awadalla
Presentation Time:5:00am PDT/8:00am EDT/ 12:00pm GMT/2:00pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Moses Joloba & Segun Fatumo
Moderator: Philip Awadalla
Presentation Time:5:30am PDT/8:30am EDT/ 12:30pm GMT/2:30pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Erisa Sabakaki & Francis Anyaka Amayoa
Moderator: Philip Awadalla
Presentation Time: 6:15am PDT/9:15am EDT/ 1:15pm GMT/3:15pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenter: Elissa Prichep
Moderator: Philip Awadalla
Presentation Time:7:00am PDT/10:00am EDT/ 2:00pm GMT/4:00pm CAT

30 MIN BREAK

Meetings
PI & IEC
Meeting Time: 8:00am PDT/11:00am EDT/ 3:00pm GMT/5:00pm CAT

Steering Committee (PI, IEC & Funders)
Meeting Time: 9:00am PDT/12:00pm EDT/4:00pm GMT/6:00pm CAT

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Session 1: Guest Speakers & H3Africa Projects Presentations

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenter: Melissa Gymrek
Moderator: Rex Chishol
Presentation Time:5:00am PDT/8:00am EDT/ 12:00pm GMT/2:00pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenter: Florence N. Kivunike
Moderator: Rex Chisholm
Presentation Time:5:45am PDT/8:45am EDT/ 12:45pm GMT/2:45pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Collins Moranga, Olu Ajibola, Dominic Amuzu
Moderator: Rex Chisholm
Presentation Time:6:30am PDT/9:30am EDT/ 1:30pm GMT/3:30pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenters: Seydou Doumbia, Cheickna Cisse
Moderator: Rex Chisholm
Presentation Time:7:30am PDT/10:30am EDT/ 2:30pm GMT/4:30pm CAT

Presentation & Live Q&A
Presenter: Guillaume Lettre
Moderator: Rex Chisholm
Presentation Time:8:15am PDT/11:15am EDT/ 3:15pm GMT/5:15pm CAT

20 MIN BREAK

Meetings
Working Group Report Back
Meeting Time:9:20am PDT/12:20pm EDT/ 4:20pm GMT/6:20pm CAT

30 MIN BREAK

Working Group Report Back & Closing
Meeting Time:
11:30am PDT/2:30pm EDT/ 6:30pm GMT/8:30pm CAT

Discussion & Closing
Meeting Time:
1:00pm PDT/4:00pm EDT/ 8:00pm GMT/10:0pm CAT

 

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