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The Genomics Clinical Academic Group are pleased to host a virtual mini symposium on Pharmacogenomics.
Presenters from the NHS Genomic Medicine Service Alliances, St George’s NHS Foundation Trust, and King’s College London will highlight the developments in clinical practice within this area in the NHS, and some of the ethical issues surround the implementation of pharmacogenomic testing.
The mini-symposium is hybrid – F2F in Boardroom H2.5 Hunter Wing and online, taking place on MS Teams
Programme
- Welcome and Introduction: Lucy Galloway (Pharmacy Lead, NHS South East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance) and Charlotte Barker (NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow and SpR in Clinical Genetics, Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, King’s College London)
- Introduction to pharmacogenomics (PGx): Katie Feather (Teaching Fellow, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, City St George's, University of London, and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
- PGx in the NHS currently: NHS Genomic Medicine Service Alliances and the National Test Directory: Lucy Galloway (Pharmacy Lead, NHS South East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance)
- PALOH study (Point of Care PGx testing in the NICU): John McDermott (NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow and SpR in Clinical Genetics, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, University of Manchester)
- Implementation of DPYD testing at St George’s Hospital: Simon Smart Lead Pharmacist Oncology, St George’s
Hospital NHS Foundation trust - Ethnicity and PGx: Dharmisha Chauhan (Pharmacy Lead, NHS North Thames Genomic Medicine Service Alliance)
- PROGRESS study (Pharmacogenetics Roll-Out, Gauging Response to Service): John McDermott (NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow and SpR in Clinical Genetics, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, University of Manchester)
- Debate on Direct to Consumer PGx testing – pros: Lucy Galloway (Pharmacy Lead, NHS South East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance) and Charlotte Barker (NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow and SpR in Clinical Genetics, Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, King’s College London)
- Debate on Direct to Consumer PGx testing – cons (to include PGx limitations/challenges): Meriel McEntagart (Pharmacy Lead, NHS North Thames Genomic
Medicine Service Alliance) and Dharmisha Chauhan - Pharmacogenomics in Primary Care: The HAPPY project: Dr Imran Rafi (Reader , IMBE SGUL and PI for the HAPPY
Project) and Dr Jude Hayward (Hon Research fellow IMBE SGUL and PI for the HAPPY Project) - Closing comments
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