DNA dialogue September 2023 - Segun Fatumo

This month's seminar "Unlocking the African genomes for precision medicine”, featuring A/Prof Segun Fatumo from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK.
Populations of European ancestry make up about 86 per cent of genomic studies, while samples from underrepresented groups remain stagnant or are in decline. New genomic initiatives are emerging from Indigenous African populations to address this imbalance and discover novel disease susceptibility genetic loci, refine association signals at new and existing loci, develop and test polygenic scores, assess causal relationships in disease, and develop capacity for genomics research in Africa.
DNA dialogue seminars are held live via zoom on the last Thursday of each month. Registration is open to anyone working in, or impacted by, medical genomics.
You can find details on upcoming DNA dialogue seminars, and all Australian Genomics events, via the Australian Genomics website: www.australiangenomics.org.au/category/events/