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 February 10, 2005

African Society of Human Genetics

These are presentations made during the 2003 Accra meeting. They are made available for download in pdf (Adobe Acrobat) and ppt (Microsoft Powerpoint) formats. The copyright for each presentation and its contents belongs to the author unless otherwise stated. Note that some of these files are big (up to 4 MB) and may take a while to download if your internet connection is slow.

Ethical Challenges in Genetic Research in Africa: Informed Consent and IRBs
Patricia Marshall, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

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Ethics in the curriculum of biomedical & related programs in Africa: past, present and future
Olayemi Omotade, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan

pdf      ppt

Genomic science and cardiovascular disease research in Africa and the Diaspora
Scott M. Williams, Center for Human Genetics Research, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

pdf      ppt

Infection and the New Genetics
Melanie Newport, Wellcome Trust Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge

pdf      ppt

The African Diaspora: An opportunity to study gene-environment interaction
Charles N. Rotimi, Director, Genetic Epidemiology, National Human Genome Center, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Howard University

pdf      ppt

Bio-banking in Africa: The Gambia National DNA Collections. Giorgio Sirugo, Head, Laboratory of Human Genetics, Medical Research Council, The Gambia

pdf      ppt