Joel Hirschhorn MD, PhD
Chief of Endocrinology and Concordia Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital
Learning Objectives:
1. Appraise the value of different genetic and computational approaches used to identify genes, variants and pathways contributing to polygenic endocrine diseases and quantitative traits
2. Distinguish between the long-term impact of genetic discoveries on biological understanding and short-term impact of genetic discovery and diagnosis for individual patients
3. Appreciate the opportunities and challenges of identifying and diagnosing patients with Mendelian disorders and the potential impact of polygenic risk scores in patients with short stature
Location:
In person at the Oberndorf Auditorium - UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
Add to Calendar2022-10-13 12:00:002022-10-13 13:00:00Inaugural Walter L. Miller Lectureship
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Presented by:
Joel Hirschhorn MD, PhD
Chief of Endocrinology and Concordia Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital
Learning Objectives:
1. Appraise the value of different genetic and computational approaches used to identify genes, variants and pathways contributing to polygenic endocrine diseases and quantitative traits
2. Distinguish between the long-term impact of genetic discoveries on biological understanding and short-term impact of genetic discovery and diagnosis for individual patients
3. Appreciate the opportunities and challenges of identifying and diagnosing patients with Mendelian disorders and the potential impact of polygenic risk scores in patients with short stature
Location:
In person at the Oberndorf Auditorium - UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
Zoom Link: https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/95315738250?pwd=OTJRbUZoQ2Nra25oSWZnUzdtajQ1UT09
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