The invitational AMED-GA4GH GEM Japan workshop will be held in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, from March 18th through 21st, 2019.
AMED Program for an Integrated Database of Clinical and Genomic Information organize this workshop, mainly focusing on data sharing for promotion of genome based medicine with GA4GH (Global Alliance for Genomics & Health) supported by the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University. Our Driver Projects GEM Japan will commit on piloting and developing standards and policy frameworks with the GA4GH Work Streams; Genomic Knowledge Standards, Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capturing, Cloud, and Data Use & Researcher Identities.
To work on these topics, we will host the workshop in Sendai, where the Tohoku Medical Megabank project is on going, which is the one of the largest biobank storing genome/omics , health and clinical data for 150,000 participants of prospective genome cohort.
Announcements to all and to domestic participants.
Symposium program and workshop schedule.
Summary of discussions during the workshop.
List of confirmed participants and their profiles.
Contact
Contact to organizers of this workshop by email.
Funded by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
With Global Alliance for Genomics & Helath (GA4GH)
Supported by Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku Univ
