Making science work for health from genomic foundations to policy futures
Programme and videos
Chair: Dr Philippa Brice - Deputy Director of the PHG Foundation
10:00 - 10:20 Dr Mark Kroese - Director, PHG Foundation
10:20 - 10:50 Prof Dennis Lo - Director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong
11:20 - 11:50 Refreshments
Chair: Prof Anneke Lucassen - Director, Centre for Personalised Medicine, University of Oxford
11:50 - 12:10 Dame June Raine - Chief Executive, MHRA
12:10 - 12:30 Prof Dame Sue Hill - Chief Scientific Officer, NHS England
12:30 - 12:50 Questions and discussion
Chair: Dr Eric Meslin - President & CEO, Council of Canadian Academies
13:50 - 14:05 Prof Gil McVean - Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Genomics plc
14:05 - 14:20 Dr Sarah Byron - Programme Director for Devices, Diagnostics and Digital, NICE Centre for Health Technology Evaluation
14:20 - 14:35 Dr Richard Scott - Chief Medical Officer, Genomics England
14:35 - 15:10 Panel discussion and questions
15:10 - 15:40 Refreshments
Chair: Prof Patrick Maxwell - Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge
15:40 - 15:55 Prof Sally Sheard - Head of the Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool
15:55 - 16:10 Prof Clare Turnbull - Professor of Translational Cancer Genetics, Institute of Cancer Research
16:10 - 16:25 Prof Sir John Burn - Professor of Clinical Genetics, Newcastle University; Chair, Newcastle Hospitals; Vice President, HUGO
16:25 - 16:55 Questions and discussion
Making science work for health: from genomic foundations to policy futures was an invitation-only policy summit, bringing together senior professionals working at the interface of science, policy and healthcare to discuss past experiences, current opportunities and future directions.
