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2007 Conference Programme
Conference 2007 Programme
| Day One | Thursday 1st November | |
| Advances in Science Delivering Diagnosis and Therapy | ||
| 8:00 | Registration & Coffee | |
| 8:45 | Opening Address | Hon. Pete Hodgson Minister of Health – invited |
| 9:00 | Xenotransplantation, from pigs to people | Paul Tan Living Cell Technologies |
| 9:30 | The relevance of animal models to human health | David Palmer Lincoln University |
| 10:00 | Whole genome scanning to identify genetic disease | Rod Lea ESR |
| 10:30 | Morning break | |
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| 11:00 | Novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of Huntington’s disease | Bronwen Connor University of Auckland |
| 11:30 | Reducing sudden cardiac death | Jon Skinner Cardiac Inherited Diseases Group |
| 12:00 | Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, 18 months on | Andrew Murray Fertility Associates |
| 12:30 | Lunch break | |
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| 1:30 | Gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease | Debbie Young University of Auckland |
| 2:00 | Researching and treating a rare stomach cancer | Parry Guilford University of Otago |
| 2:30 | Diagnosing and treating metabolic diseases | Callum Wilson Specialist Metabolic Services |
| 3:00 | Afternoon break | |
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| 3:30 | Karyotyping in the digital era – whole genome arrays to detect chromosomal imbalance | Stephen Robertson University of Otago |
| 4:00 | The research scientist as patient | Jeanette Crossley Addison’s Disease Network |
| The NZORD report | ||
| 4:30 | Influencing policy and supporting support groups | John Forman Executive Director NZORD |
| 5:00 | Plenary discussion of the day’s agenda | |
| 5:30 | Close of session | |
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| 6:30 | Pre dinner mixer | |
| 7:30 | Conference dinner | |
| Day Two | Friday 2nd November | |
| Capturing Opportunities in Newborn Screening – Technical, Social, Ethical and Policy Issues | ||
| 8:30 | Registration & Coffee | |
| 8:45 | Opening Address | Tony Ryall National Party Spokesperson for Health – invited |
| 9:00 | An Introduction and overview of newborn screening | Dianne Webster Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme |
| 9:15 | Newborn screening for Fragile X | Louise Gane MIND Institute, UC Davis, California |
| 10:00 | Decision frameworks for newborn screening | Brendon Gray National Screening Unit |
| 10:30 | Morning break | |
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| 11:00 | Family perspectives on newborn screening | Anita Nicholls Chairperson Fragile X Trust NZ |
| 11:30 | Advocating for newborn hearing screening | Janet Digby Project Hiedi |
| 12:00 | (1) Newborn metabolic screening - a foundation to build on? (2) Newborn screening for Lysosomal diseases |
Dianne Webster Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme |
| 12:40 | Lunch break | |
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| 1:40 | Family perspectives on newborn screening | Jenny Noble, John Forman Lysosomal Diseases NZ |
| 2:00 | Newborn screening for Muscular Dystrophy | Miriam Rodrigues Muscular Dystrophy Association NZ |
| 2:30 | Clinical geneticist perspectives on newborn screening | Alexa Kidd Central & Southern Genetic Services |
| 3:00 | Afternoon break | |
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| 3:30 | Plenary discussion of the day’s agenda | |
| 4:10 | Policy issues and responses | Karen Mitchell Group Manager National Screening Unit |
| 4:30 | Close of session | |
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| Networking drinks | ||