International Congress of Human Genetics 2022

国际人类遗传学会联合会(IFHGS)成立于1996年 提供透明的结构，以促进整个国际组织的沟通 人类遗传学家社区以及为有组织的专门团体提供论坛 人类遗传学的方方面面，包括研究、临床实践、专业和非专业 教育。“IFHGS的一项主要活动是监督 人类遗传学每五年举办一次。即将到来的一年(因新冠肺炎推迟一年) 第14届ICHG将在南非开普敦举行。这次会议将由非洲人共同主持 和南部非洲人类遗传学学会，并作为非洲的第一个ICHG将突出 需要增加人类遗传学研究的多样性，因为非洲拥有更多的基因 变化比世界其他地区的总和还要大。因此，本次会议将对填补 人类遗传学研究中包容性方面的一个重大差距。 作为首屈一指的国际人类遗传学会议，ICHG将促进 向广大与会者介绍最新的基因组和临床发现。该提案的一个主要焦点 是支持来自低收入和中等收入国家的初级研究人员参与，以便 培养他们的技能和知识，并促进合作的发展， 在全球范围内加强基因组研究。会议将包括研究和临床研究结果。 以及定义具有包容性并对本地和 不同的情况，目的是鼓励更多的人参与 作为研究者和受试者的遗传学研究。课程中将讨论的其他主题包括 包括复杂疾病遗传学、遗传服务、基因组信息疗法、全球化 遗传学和基因组学研究，包括人类种群遗传学，以及 基因组学，强调新的生物信息学和计算方法。尽管它是 预计所有演讲者都将到场，因此我们开发了混合授课模式 人们可以远程参加会议，扩大了会议的影响范围。 特邀主讲嘉宾包括来自瑞典的Carina Schlebusch、来自英国的Shomarka Keita 埃及，巴西的Mayana Zatz，沙特阿拉伯的Fowzan Alkuraya和Nicole Soranzo 来自英国。

The International Federation of Human Genetics Societies (IFHGS) was formed in 1996 “to provide a transparent structure to facilitate communication throughout the international community of human geneticists” as well as provide a “forum for organized groups dedicated to all aspects of human genetics, including research, clinical practice, and professional and lay education.” A major activity of the IFHGS has been to oversee the International Congress of Human Genetics every five years. This coming year (delayed one year due to COVID-19) the 14th ICHG will be held in Cape Town, South Africa. The meeting will be co-hosted by African and Southern African Societies of Human Genetics and as the first ICHG in Africa will highlight the need to increase diversity in human genetics studies, as Africa harbors more genetic variation than the rest of the world combined. This meeting will, therefore, be important in filling a major gap in inclusivity in human genetics research. As the premier international human genetics meeting the ICHG will promote the sharing of the latest genomic and clinical findings to a broad base of attendees. A major focus of the proposal is to support junior researchers from low- and middle-income countries to participate so as to develop their skills and knowledge and promote the development of collaborations that can enhance genomic research globally. Sessions will include both research and clinical findings as well as defining ethical research practices that are inclusive and sensitive to local and diverse circumstances, with the intent of encouraging more people to become involved in genetics research as investigators and subjects. Other topics to be covered in sessions will include complex disease genetics, genetic services, genomic informed therapies, globalization of genetics and genomics research including human population genetics, and the future of genomics with an emphasis on novel bioinformatic and computational methods. Although it is anticipated that all speakers will be in person, we have developed a hybrid delivery model so that people can attend talks remotely, increasing the reach of the meeting. Invited keynote speakers include Carina Schlebusch from Sweden, Shomarka Keita from the UK and Egypt, Mayana Zatz from Brazil, Fowzan Alkuraya from Saudi Arabia and Nicole Soranzo from the UK.