CIFAR presents:

Personalized medicine: Are we ready?

The age of personalized medicine tailored to our individual genetic makeup is upon us. But are we ready?

This October 16th, the world research and industry leaders who are shaping this age will gather in Toronto for an unprecedented conversation.

Panelists include:

• David Cox, Senior Vice President and CSO, Biotherapeutics and Innovation
  Center, Pfizer Inc.
• Linda Avey, Co-Founder, 23andMe
• Tim Caulfield, Director, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta
• Cheryl Shuman, Director, Genetic Counselling, The Hospital for Sick
  Children, University of Toronto
• Harry Ostrer, Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology and Medicine, New York
  University Langone Medical Center
• Peter Ray, Head, Molecular Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children,
  University of Toronto

Moderated by Stephen Scherer, The Hospital for Sick Children/Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

Details

Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: The Isabel Bader Theatre,
93 Charles Street Wes
Admission is free, but seating is limited.

This event is part of the 10th Annual Human Genome Variation Meeting.

Organizing committee:

• Stephen Scherer, Chair, The Hospital for Sick Children/Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
• Goncalo Abecasis, University of Michigan
• Anthony Brookes, University of Leicester
• Stephen Chanock, National Cancer Institute
• Thomas Hudson, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto
• Pui-Yan Kwok, University of California San Francisco
• Leena Peltonen, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

CIFAR does not endorse the opinions of the participants in this event. CIFAR supports public debate about issues emerging from advanced research.

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