Genomics and Health Disparities Lecture Series: Genomics in Mexico: Implications for Health Care and the Bioeconomy

Gerardo Jiménez-Sánchez MD, PhD is Professor of Genomic Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, and Program Director, Genomic Medicine and Bioeconomy, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He also Executive President of Global Biotech Consulting Group. He was the founding Director of the National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN) in Mexico, and director of the Mexican Genomic Diversity Project. The Genomics and Health Disparities Lecture Series was formed to enhance opportunities for dialogue about how innovations in genomics research and technology can impact health disparities. The lecture series is co-sponsored by institutes at the National Institutes of Health (National Human Genome Research Institute, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Insitute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities) and the Office of Minority Health at the Food and Drug Administration.For more information go to http://www.genome.gov/27561525Air date: 4/18/2016 3:00:00 PM
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