Upcoming events in genomics policy, law and science

16 March 2010 : Ethical Principles Relating to Consent for Use of Anonymised Samples - Roadshow of 1 day workshops across the UK

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

A roadshow of one-day workshops entitled Ethical Principles Relating to Consent for Use of Anonymised Samples in Research which will be held in a number of locations across the UK during 2010. The workshop programme has been developed as a collaboration between onCore UK and the National R ...

16 April 2010 : Epidemiology, Risk and Genomics: A series of 4 workshops in Cambridge

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Workshop 2: Risk, Probability and Harm16 April 2010, 10.30–17.30Registration is not yet open.There are at least two ways that risks demand our attention: by the probability of their materialising, and by how bad would be the harm if they did. But probability and harm are different kinds of con ...

26 April 2010 : P3G Annual Meeting

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Location: Montreal, CanadaREGISTRATION and HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE MARCH 22, 2010  Addressing the process, benefits and future of harmonization, the meeting will include a report on the first P3G harmonization process drawn on 50 studies from 18 countries. Challenges and opportunities in ach ...

01 July 2010 : Methods for Evaluating Medical Tests and Biomarkers: 2nd International Symposium

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The 2010 event is specifically aimed at bringing together researchers from the diverse reaches of test evaluation, from in vitro test developers, industry and regulatory representatives, through to methodologists, guideline developers and practising clinicians, in the hope of improving current under ...

24 September 2010 : Epidemiology Risk & Genomics: A Series of 4 Workshops in Cambridge

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Workshop 3: Explanation and Intervention24 September 2010, 10.30–17.30Registration is not yet open.The currency of contemporary epidemiology is the risk factor. But what is a risk factor? The term arises in part from the focus of epidemiology, unusually (but not uniquely) among sciences, on in ...

14 December 2010 : Epidemiology Genomics & Risk: A Series of 4 Workshops in Cambridge

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Workshop 4: Causation in Epidemiology14 December 2010, 10.30–17.30Registration is not yet open.There has been a rash of epidemiological literature on the traditionally philosophical topic of the nature of causation. Why is this? Epidemiologists often seek to infer causation, but then so do man ...