African Society of Human Genetics Conference

非洲人类遗传学会（AfSHG）成立于2003年，旨在确保非洲不会被排除在基因组革命之外。为了实现这一目标，学会为科学家提供了一个论坛，以便在遗传学和基因组学领域进行互动和交流信息。 这一点已通过先前在以下地点举行的会议成功实现：2003年加纳阿克拉、2004年哥伦比亚特区华盛顿、2005年南非约翰内斯堡、2006年埃塞俄比亚阿迪斯阿巴、2007年埃及开罗和2009年喀麦隆雅温得。 来自15个以上非洲国家、几个欧洲国家和美洲的科学家和医生参加了这些会议。 这些会议推进了社会的基本目标，包括教育，网络，能力建设和研究发展。 此外，本学会通过以前的会议，在非洲基因组项目的发展中发挥了重要作用。 我们认识到，随着基因组革命的发展，必须认真解决基因研究和转化为临床实践的公平问题。 以前的会议已经处理了其中的一些问题，但2011年3月在南非开普敦举行的第七届AfSHG会议将直接处理这些问题，会议包括以下主题：公共卫生基因组学，微生物组与健康，人类历史和人口遗传学，基因组医学，网络/资源建设和发展合作，以及生物伦理学和利益分享。 受邀演讲者包括弗朗西斯柯林斯（主任，美国国立卫生研究院），克莱尔弗雷泽-利格特（马里兰州大学），詹姆斯卢普斯基（贝勒医学院），阿卜杜拉达尔（多伦多大学），多米尼克Kwiatkowski（牛津大学），阿诺德L。Christianson（威特沃特斯兰德大学）和Edison Liu（HUGO主任），其中几人曾参加过AfSHG的前几次会议。 最后，为了更好地整合非洲遗传研究的发展，将与南部非洲人类遗传学会联合在开普敦举行AfSHG会议。 这是一项在以前的会议上成功使用的战略，以使现有的非洲科学组织参与基因组学。 公共卫生相关性：非洲人类遗传学会是一个相对较新的学会，其使命是传播非洲人类遗传学研究信息，建立导师网络，倡导非洲人类遗传学研究，并鼓励合作研究。 这些任务在很大程度上是通过会议推动的。 目前的提案将支持在南非开普敦举行的学会第七次会议，预计将对如何将遗传知识转化为非洲临床医学的想法至关重要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) was formed in 2003 to ensure that Africa is not left out of the genomic revolution. To meet this objective, the society has provided a forum for scientists to interact and exchange information in the field of genetics and genomics. This has been successfully achieved through earlier meetings held in Accra, Ghana - 2003, Washington DC - 2004, Johannesburg, South Africa -2005, Addis Abba, Ethiopia - 2006, Cairo, Egypt - 2007, and Yaounde, Cameroon - 2009. Scientists and physicians from over 15 African countries, several European countries and the Americas attended these meetings. These meetings have advanced the fundamental goals of the society including education, networking, capacity building, and research development. In addition, this Society through previous meetings has been instrumental in the development of the African Genome Project. We recognize that as the genomic revolution develops it is important that the issue of equity in genetic research and translation into clinical practice needs to be seriously addressed. Previous meetings have dealt with some of these issues, but the 7th AfSHG meeting in March 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa will deal with these issues directly by having sessions that include the following topics: Public Health Genomics, The Microbiome and Health, Human History and Population Genetics, Genomic Medicine, Networking/Resource Building and Developing Collaborations, and Bioethics and Benefit Sharing. Invited speakers include Francis Collins (Director, NIH), Claire Fraser-Liggett (University of Maryland), James Lupski (Baylor College of Medicine), Abdallah Daar (University of Toronto), Dominic Kwiatkowski (Oxford University), Arnold L. Christianson (University of Witwatersrand) and Edison Liu, (Director, HUGO), several of whom have attended previous meetings of the AfSHG. Finally, in an attempt to better integrate the development of genetic research in Africa, the AfSHG meeting in Cape Town will be held jointly with Southern African Society for Human Genetics. This is a strategy that has been used successfully in previous meetings to engage existing African scientific organizations in genomics. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The African Society of Human Genetics is a relatively new society formed with the mission of disseminating information about human genetics research in Africa, establishing a mentorship network, providing advocacy for human genetic research in Africa, and encouraging collaborative research. These missions have been promoted to a large extent through meetings. The current proposal will support the 7th meeting of the Society in Cape Town, South Africa, and is expected to be critical in developing ideas of how to translate genetic knowledge into clinical medicine on Africa.