From | 2004-10-03 |
To | 2004-10-03 |
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European School of Genetic Medicine
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND PUBLIC DEBATE: GENETICS AND ITS IMPACT ON MEDICAL PRACTICE OF MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES
3rd October, 2004
Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Alexandria (EGYPT)
Visibility Conference on genetics and other EUMEDIS projects aimed at the general public to be held in the Auditorium of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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Programme | Sunday, 3rd October
09:00
Registration
09:30
Opening Ceremony and formal presentations:
Salama Abdel-Moneim
Undersecretary Ministry of Health and Population
Camelia Hegaze
First Undersecretary Ministry of Education
Ibrahim El Nekhely
Egyptian Ministry of Health
Giovanni Romeo
Coordinator of the EUMEDIS Project on Medical Genetics
Michele Masellis
Coordinator of the Eumedis Project BURNET
Enrico Bertani
Eumedis Project PARADIGMA
10:30
1st Scientific Session (Moderators: G. Romeo/S. Abdel-Moneim/R. Kamal)
Francesco Cavalli-Sforza
The power of culture: Cultural evolution, versus biological evolution, as a tool of adaptation
Ibrahim El Nekhely
Efforts to prevent genetic diseases
Wagida Anwar
Gene-Environment Interactions
Suzan Roshdy
Genetic counselling in couples in Alexandria
12:00
Coffee Break
12:30
2nd Scientific Session (Moderators: S. Temtamy/C. Howson)
Habiba Chaabouni
Consanguinity in Tunisia
Alan Bittles
Consanguinity and medical practice
Christopher Howson
Vice President of the March of Dimes Foundation
Aamra Darr
Genetics in the Community
13:45
3rd Scientific Session (Moderators: S. Roshdy/M. Masellis/El Nekhely)
Samia Temtamy
Medical Effects of consanguinity
Michele Masellis
Coordinator of the EUMEDIS Project BURNET
M. El Sawy
Antenatal diagnosis of Genetic Diseases
Emilio Bertani
Outline of PARADIGMA Project ? Eumedis
O. El Sibai
The relevance of the Egyptian and Mediterranean Partners (PARADIGMA Project)
E. Abdel Salam
Consanguinity and Genetic Counselling
16:00
Closing Ceremony |