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SUMMARY:Latinos\, Aging & Dementia Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Date: September 24-25\, 2026 – Location: Boston University\, Charles River Campus. Boston\, MA and Online \nAbout the Symposium: \nThe symposium is designed to strengthen research collaborations\, expand scientific capacity\, enhance community engagement\, and advance our shared commitment to health equity in aging and dementia. The event will also offer early-career investigators valuable opportunities to learn about current advances\, connect with peers and mentors\, and engage with a vibrant multidisciplinary community focused on improving dementia care for Latino populations. \nContent and Format: \nThe symposium will address a broad range of topics relevant to ADRD in Latino populations\, including cultural and linguistic influences on cognition\, novel approaches to caregiving and caregiver support\, ongoing clinical trials\, recruitment and retention of Latino participants\, and advances in biomarkers\, genomics\, and access to emerging therapies. \nTopic areas will include: \nBiomarkers and genomics | cognition and assessment | recruitment\, retention and clinical trials | ADRD care and psychosocial interventions | Drug development and therapeutics | Public health and population approaches | The implementation of AI in clinical practice and research \nInvited Speakers: \n\n\nDavid Aguillon MD PhD\, Universidad de Antioquia\, Colombia\nHugo Aparicio MD\, Boston University School of Medicine\nMiguel Arce Renteria PhD\, Columbia University\nSteven Arnold MD\, Massachusetts General Hospital\, Harvard Medical School\nMalaz Boustani MD MPH\, Indiana University School of Medicine\nTim Chang\, MD PhD\, UCLA California Alzheimer’s disease Center\nFelipe Jain MD\, Massachusetts General Hospital\, Harvard Medical School\nMaría Eugenia Martín PhD\, FLENI\, Argentina\nLuis Medina PhD\, University of Houston\nDoris Molina-Henry PhD\, University of Southern California (USC)\nMarcia Pescador Jimenez PhD\, Boston University\nMaria Quiñones-Cordero PhD\, University of Rochester School of Nursing\nDavid Salmon PhD\, University of California\, San Diego\n\n\nProgram Committee Members: \n\n\nYakeel T. Quiroz PhD (Chair)\nMirella Diaz-Santos PhD\nAveri Giudicessi\, MS\nJorge Llibre-Guerra MD\nJaime Perales-Puchalt PhD\nLiliana Ramirez Gomez MD\nMiriam Rodriguez PhD\nMonica Rosselli\, PhD\nSharon Sanz Simon PhD\nDaniel G. Saldana\, PhD \nIdaly Velez Uribe\, PhD \n\n\nRegister
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LOCATION:Boston University\, Charles River Campus\, Boston\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Intelligent Genome: Powered by AI
DESCRIPTION:A two-day online symposium from the American Society of Human Genetics on how artificial intelligence and machine learning are changing the way genetic and genomic discoveries get made. Thursday 24 and Friday 25 September 2026\, 14:30–20:00 UK time (9:30am–3:00pm ET). \nSixteen speakers from universities\, health systems and industry set out what AI is actually doing in human genetics right now: predicting gene expression\, interpreting non-coding variants\, classifying variants against ClinGen specifications\, and triaging RNA-seq outliers towards a diagnosis. Talks run to thirty minutes\, with a panel discussion closing each half-day\, so there is room to put questions to the speakers. \nA good deal of it will land for people working on neurodegeneration. AlphaGenome applied to rare non-coding variant discovery\, generative models forecasting individual risk across many diseases\, and AI-derived imaging phenotypes as a route to genetic discovery all sit close to problems the dementia field is working on\, from consortium-scale genomics to variant interpretation. If you have been following agentic AI and where it might take research\, or our earlier conversation on using AI and data to fight dementia\, this is a chance to see the tooling in the hands of the people building it. \nEvent details\n\nDates: Thursday 24 and Friday 25 September 2026\nTimes: 14:30–20:00 BST each day (9:30am–3:00pm ET)\nFormat: Live online\nContinuing education: attendees are eligible to claim 6 CE\nOrganiser: American Society of Human Genetics\n\nProgramme\nTimes below are US Eastern (ET)\, as published by ASHG. Each day runs 9:30am to 3:00pm ET\, with a break from 12:00 to 1:00pm. \nDay one – Thursday 24 September 2026\n\n9:30am From Data to Insight: The Strategic Potential of AI in Human Genetics and Genomics – Ankit Malhotra\, AWS Healthcare and Life Sciences\n10:00am Evaluation of a novel AI agent for statistical genetics and target discovery – Vincent Plagnol\, Genomics Ltd\n10:30am Beyond Sequence-Based Models: Deep Hurdle Network Improves Gene Expression Prediction – Devashish Tripathi\, BRIC-National Institute of Biomedical Genomics\n11:00am Genetic discovery via AI-derived imaging phenotypes – Degui Zhi\, Yale University\n11:30am Panel discussion with all speakers\n1:00pm Unsupervised graph learning on a large-scale paediatric EHR-linked biobank – Rasika Venkatesh\, University of Pennsylvania\n1:30pm AI-enabled DNAm classification of variants in neurodevelopmental disorders – Sanaa Choufani\, The Hospital for Sick Children\n2:00pm From Hundreds of Outliers to One Diagnosis: agentic AI for scalable RNA-seq triage – Shamika Ketkar\, Baylor College of Medicine\n2:30pm Panel discussion with all speakers\n\nDay two – Friday 25 September 2026\n\n9:30am Application of AlphaGenome to rare non-coding variant discovery and interpretation – Gareth Hawkes\, University of Exeter\n10:00am VCEPilot: agentic AI execution of ClinGen VCEP specifications for expert-aligned variant classification – Xun Song\, New Jersey Institute of Technology\n10:30am MARRVEL-MCP: an agentic interface for Mendelian disease discovery – Hyun-Hwan Jeong\, Baylor College of Medicine\n11:00am Supervised generative AI for holistic germline variant summarisation – Jose Reverol\, Saphetor SA\n11:30am Panel discussion with all speakers\n1:00pm AI-enhanced quality improvement to optimise germline genetic testing in advanced prostate cancer – Kenneth Nepple\, University of Iowa Health Care\n1:30pm A generative transformer trained with genetics for forecasting an individual’s risk across many diseases – Bertram Koelsch\, 23andMe Research Institute\n2:00pm Genelio: talking to your DNA through retrieval-grounded\, ACMG-aware plain-language interpretation – Vani Priyadarsini Ikkurti\, BioAro Inc\n2:30pm Panel discussion with all speakers\n\nRegistration and fees\nRegistration is through the ASHG learning portal and rates depend on membership type and career stage. Graduate students\, undergraduates\, postdoctoral fellows\, residents\, clinical fellows and trainee members pay $55. Early career members pay $75\, regular\, emeritus and life members $95\, and non-members $120. \nRegister for The Intelligent Genome: Powered by AI \n\nThe American Society of Human Genetics is the professional membership organisation for human genetics and genomics specialists worldwide\, with members in more than 80 countries. \n 
URL:https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/the-intelligent-genome-powered-by-ai/
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SUMMARY:Dementia Research & Brain Health
DESCRIPTION:Join the Thames Valley Alzheimer’s Research UK Network for an inspiring afternoon exploring the latest advances in dementia research and what they could mean for all of us. \n\n\n\n\nProgramme Highlights: \n\nKeynote speech from Hilary Evans-Newton\, CBE\, CEO of Alzheimer’s Research UK\nHear from leading Oxford experts on the latest dementia research progress\nLearn how to get involved in dementia research\nMingle with people with lived experience and scientific researchers over a cream tea\nPanel discussion: From Discovery to Delivery: Can our health system keep pace? Chaired by Tom Whipple\, Science editor for The Times\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/dementia-research-brain-health/
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