How Genetic Medicine Can Lead to Better Understanding and Treatment of Disease

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REGISTER to join the livestream on November 8th at 7:00 PM ET

Johns Hopkins Medicine’s A Woman’s Journey will host a special webcast Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 from 7-8 p.m. The hour-long presentation with live questions from viewers is free and open to the public.

Genetic medicine is unlike any other specialty. It plays a role in virtually everything, because genetics — the blueprints that lay the foundation for who we are, what we look like and the health conditions we inherit — are the fundamental links in nearly every human condition.

Learn about the genetic medicine field and how it can lead to better understanding and treatment of disease with Ambroise Wonkam, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins professor of genetic medicine and director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine and the Department of Genetic Medicine. Required registration is easy at hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney. Registrants will receive a confirmation email that includes their link to the Zoom program.

After an MD training from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I (Cameroon), he completed a thesis in Medical Sciences, University of Geneva (Switzerland) and a Ph.D. in Human Genetics (University of Cape Town, South Africa).  Other salient aspects of Prof Wonkam’s background include his education as a medical geneticist at a highly reputable genetics department in Geneva (Switzerland). He subsequently practices medical genetics in both European and African contexts.

His research interests are reflected in more than 180 peer-reviewed publications, which are in molecular, clinical, educational, and ethical aspects of medical and human genetics. His research focuses on 1) Genomics modifiers of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD); 2) Genetics of hearing loss, and 3) Ethical and educational Issues in human genetics.

The Nov 8th webcast, is part of the Johns Hopkins Medicine’s A Woman’s Journey series, Conversations That Matter, that airs the second Tuesday of each month. Conversations feature one or more Johns Hopkins faculty physician[s] in an engaging presentation and discussion with host Kelly Geer Ripken, national chair of A Woman’s Journey. Past presentations may be viewed on the website hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney

For additional information or questions, please visit the website hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney and email: awomansjourney@jhmi.edu.