Announcing CHI's Health and Wellness Genomic Screening Symposium, Aug. 26, 2016, Washington, DC

NEEDHAM, Mass. - June 3, 2016 - PRLog -- Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI) released today the agenda for its inaugural Health and Wellness Genomic Screening symposium scheduled for August 26, 2016 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC-as part of the Next Generation Dx Summit. The symposium brings together all the stakeholders of this exciting healthcare overhaul including sequencing experts and companies, nutritionists, wellness experts, physicians, patients, regulators and other interested parties.

Agenda at-a-Glance:

GENOMIC HEALTH SCREENING

Genomic Sequencing in the Clinic: Today & Tomorrow
David Bick, M.D., CMO & Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Founder & CMO, Envision Genomics

Personalized Genomics: Beyond Precision Medicine and Ancestry
Jamie Platt, Ph.D., MB(ASCP), Managing Director, BRIDGenomics, LLC.

Genomic Health Screening: The Hype, Hope, and Reality
Wendy Chung, M.D., Ph.D., Kennedy Family Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Director of Clinical Genetics, Columbia University

Emerging Aspects of Genetic Studies in Humans and Implications for Informing Dietary Recommendations
Hooman Allayee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine

$1000 Genome, Implications for Future of Preventive and Precision Medicine
Mirza Cifric, CEO, Veritas Genetics

PANEL DISCUSSION: Harnessing the Power of Genomics

Moderator:
Keith Batchelder, M.D., CEO & Founder, Genomic Healthcare Strategies

WELLNESS AND PREDISPOSITION TESTING

Implementing Genomic Testing into a Wellness Program
Karen L. Huyck, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College

It's Not You, It's Your Tumor: Navigating the journey from somatic tumor testing to the genetics clinic
Dana Farengo Clark, MS, MS, LCGC, Genetic Counselor, Oncology Program, University of Pennsylvania

NUTRITIONAL GENOMICS

Using Genetic Information for Adapting Nutrition Plans to Individual Needs
Martin Kohlmeier, M.D., Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Nutrition, UNC Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Chapel Hill, and Nutrigenetics Laboratory, UNC Nutrition Research Institute

Nutritional Problems and Solutions for the Modern Health Epidemic: The Impact of Genetics and Genomics
Jing X. Kang, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Laboratory for Lipid Medicine and Technology

Nutritional Genomics: Opportunities for Captivating and Engaging Wider Audiences
Ron L. Martin, Founder and President, Nutrigenetics Unlimited, Inc.

Writers and editors are invited to attend. To request a press pass, email Lisa Scimemi,lscimemi@healthtech.com.

For more details and to register, visit
http://www.nextgenerationdx.com/health-genomic-screening.

About Cambridge Healthtech Institute (http://www.healthtech.com)
Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI), a division of Cambridge Innovation Institute, is the preeminent life science network for leading researchers and business experts from top pharmaceutical, biotech, CROs, academia, and niche service providers. CHI is renowned for its vast conference portfolio held worldwide including PepTalk, Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference, SCOPE Summit, Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, PEGS Summit, Drug Discovery Chemistry, Biomarker World Congress, World Preclinical Congress, Next Generation Dx Summit and Discovery on Target. CHI's portfolio of products include Cambridge Healthtech Institute Conferences, Barnett International, Insight Pharma Reports, Cambridge Marketing Consultants, Cambridge Meeting Planners, Knowledge Foundation, Bio-IT World, Clinical Informatics News and Diagnostics World.

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Cambridge Healthtech Institute
781-972-5400
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