Closing the Diversity Gap in Global Genomics, Medicine & Population Health

Apr 27–30, 2026 | Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany
Scientific Organizers: Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Michèle Ramsay, Lyndon Mitnaul and Naomi Allen

  In Person
  On Demand

Apr 27–30, 2026 | Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany
Scientific Organizers: Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Michèle Ramsay, Lyndon Mitnaul and Naomi Allen

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Monday, April 27, 2026
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM
Poster Setup
8:30–9:00 AM
Poster Viewing
8:45–5:00 PM
Welcome and Keynote Address
9:00–10:00 AM
Jeremy Farrar, World Health Organization
Talk Title to be Announced
Global Insights and Diversity of Longitudinal Cohort Research: The Americas, Europe, Australia
10:00–12:15 PM
Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, National Institutes of Health
NIH All of Us Research Program: Opportunities to Advance Science and Public Health
Naomi Allen, University of Oxford / UK Biobank
UK Biobank: Opportunities to Advance Science and Public Health
Martin McNamara †, Sax Institute
45 and Up: Opportunities to Advance Science and Public Health
Pablo Kuri-morales †, Mexico City Prospective Study
MCPS: Opportunities and Advance Science and Public Health
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
10:30–10:50 AM
Lunch
12:15–1:15 PM
Poster Session 1
12:30–2:30 PM
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-Breaking Accomplishments in Precision Medicine Research (Emerging from Population Health Studies in both Northern and Southern Hemispheres)
2:30–4:30 PM
* Michèle Ramsay, University of Witwatersrand
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Global Insights and Diversity of Longitudinal Cohort Research: Asia, the Middle East, and Africa
5:00–7:00 PM
Amelia C. Crampin †, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
MEIRU: Opportunities to Advance Science and Public Health
Said Ismail, Qatar Genome Programme
Qatar Biobank: Opportunities to Advance Science and Public Health
Patrick Boon Ooi Tan, PRECISE
PRECISE: Opportunities to Advance Science and Public Health
Masayuki Yamamoto †, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
ToMMo: Precision Health and Medicine in Japan
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM
Poster Setup
8:30–9:00 AM
Poster Viewing
8:45–5:00 PM
Keynote Address
9:00–9:45 AM
Michèle Ramsay, University of Witwatersrand
African Genomes and Global Health / Regulatory Variant Data (eQTLs from Transcriptome Data) and Microbiome
Beyond the Genome: Celebrating Diversity in Genomics Research
9:45–12:00 PM
Speaker to be Announced
Genevieve Wojcik †, Johns Hopkins University
Genetic Analyses in Diverse Populations and Complex Traits
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
10:00–10:20 AM
Lunch
12:00–1:00 PM
Poster Session 2
12:30–2:45 PM
Workshop: Data Analysis Tools for Research Studies
2:45–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Deep and Latent Phenotyping
5:00–7:00 PM
Aiden Doherty, University of Oxford
Value of Wearables in Large-Scale Population Studies
Madeleine Cule †, Calico Life Sciences
Value of Multi-Modal MRI Scans to Identify Systemic Phenotypes
Speaker to be Announced
Melissa A. Haendel †, University of North Carolina
Data Linkages, EMR Analyses
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM
Keynote Address
9:00–9:45 AM
Catherine Kyobutungi †, African Population And Health Research Center
Talk Title to be Announced
Optimizing Strategies for Multidimensional, Longitudinal and Cross-Cohort Analysis
9:45–12:00 PM
Nicola Mulder †, University of Cape Town
Analysis of Cohort Data from Africa
Loic Yengo, University of Queensland
Integrative Approaches for Accelerating Genomic Discovery in Understudied Populations
Lucila Ohno-Machado †, Yale School of Medicine
Combining Data Sets for Analyses
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
10:00–10:20 AM
Roundtable Discussion: Innovative Approaches to Capacity Strengthening and Skills Retention to Promote and Implement Precision Medicine in Resourced Challenged Environments (or in underserved communities)
12:00–1:00 PM
* Michèle Ramsay, University of Witwatersrand
Lunch
1:00–2:00 PM
Career Roundtable
2:00–3:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Application of AI/ML to Large Longitudinal Cohorts
3:00–4:45 PM
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:45–5:00 PM
Translation to Public Health Impact
5:00–6:45 PM
Lyndon Mitnaul, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
The Role of Pharma in Enabling Global Health using Population Health Studies
Mark I. McCarthy, Genentech
Using Diverse Populations to Deliver Better Medicines
Dame Sue Hill, National Health Service England
Using Diverse Populations to Deliver Better Medicines
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Friday, May 1, 2026
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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