Center for Computational Biomedicine at University of Pennsylvania

 

The Center for Computational Biomedicine (CCB) s a partnership between the Penn Genetics and Institute of Biomedical Informatics.  Its associated faculty span several departments, and a broad range of computational, statistical, genomics and biomedical research areas – yet, the hallmark of CCB faculty and their laboratories is the commitment to quantitative reasoning and the development of statistical and computational methods often using latest genomic technologies.

CCB mission is to support quantitative and computational biosciences research, training and education. CCB foster research into the development of computational, statistical and mechanistic models as well as intra-institutional and international collaborations. CCB aims to leverage Penn institutional resources, such as Penn Medicine Biobank (PMBB), towards providing a bridge from basic towards translational research at Penn. CCB organizes internal and external research meetings, provides training and experti collaborative support via the postdoctoral fellowship program, and aims to be home for quantitative and statistical reasoning at interface of basic and translational genomic sciences.

 

Health Excellence Symposium

The Center for Computational Biomedicine is proud to co-organize the 2025 Intergrative Genomics Promotes Health Excellence at UPenn.  

Symposium details are provided in the text below

The Symposium will take place Wednesday, May 14, and Thursday, May 15, from 12:00PM-5:00PM(EST) in the Biomedical Research Building (BRB) Gaulton Auditorium, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104.  A virtual option will also be available for attendees globally. 

The Symposium is free.  Faculty, postdocs, students, and staff are all welcome to attend.  Registration is required.    

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The four Themes and Speakers for the two-day Symposium are:

Wednesday, May 14: (Day 1): Population Genomics and Health Risk

Theme 1: Leveraging Global Variation for Equitable Global Health

  • 12:15-12:45PM, Glennis Logsdon, PhD (University of Pennsylvania), “Genetic, epigenetic, and functional diversity of human centromeres”
  • 12:45-1:15PM, Charles Lee, FRSC (The Jackson Laboratory), “Genetic variation on the Y chromosome across 180,000 years of human evolution”
  • 1:15-1:45PM, Evan Eichler, PhD (University of Washington), “Complete human genomes and the complexity of genome structural diversity”

Theme 2: Impact of Demographic History and Natural Selection on Genomic Variation and Health Risk

  • 2:45-3:15PM, Mashaal Sohail, PhD (National Autonomous University of Mexico), “The multi-scale complexity of human genetic variation beyond continental groups”
  • 3:15-3:45PM, Omer Gokcumen, PhD (SUNY Buffalo), “From the Andes to the Lab Bench: Integrating Genomic, Evolutionary, and Functional Perspectives on amylase gene variation”
  • 3:45-4:15PM, Anna C. F. Lewis, DPhil (Harvard Medical School), “Equity and the development, validation, and implementation of polygenic risk scores”

4:45PM: Closing remarks followed by Reception/light refreshments

Thursday, May 15: (Day 2): Genomic Variation and Precision Medicine

Theme 3: Genomic Variation Enables Equitable Precision Medicine

  • 12:15-12:45PM, Eimear Kenny, PhD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), “Population Genetics in an era of Genomic Health”
  • 12:45-1:15PM, Amadou Gaye, PhD, MSc, BSc (Meharry Medical College), “The Role of Genomic Diversity in Reducing Disease Disparities”
  • 1:15-1:45PM, Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD (University of California, Los Angeles), “Building a diverse biobank in Los Angeles — The UCLA ATLAS Community Health Initiative”

Theme 4: Equity in Polygenic Prediction

  • 2:45-3:15PM, Jibril Hirbo (Vanderbilt University Medical School), “Inequities in clinical healthcare: what has lack of representation and models got to do with it?”
  • 3:15-3:45PM, Alicia R. Martin, PhD (Harvard Medical School), “Genomics for the world: a comprehensive framework for genetic studies in diverse populations”
  • 3:45-4:15PM, Elizabeth Atkinson, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine), “Empowering gene discovery and accelerating clinical translation for diverse admixed populations”

4:45PM: Closing remarks followed by Reception/light refreshments