EPIGENomics and Health Care Policy: Challenges and Opportunities

.The conference aims at providing a timely first opportunity to assess the impact of epigenomic science in the context of health care delivery and policy. In order to do so, the event will bring together leading figures in the field with policy makers, clinician representatives, patient organizations and ELSI scholars, and will pursue the identification of the critical challenges and opportunities ahead of us in the translation of epigenomics into healthcare practice.   Speakers who have confirmed their participation include: 

• Geneviève Almouzni - Institut Curie, Paris 
• Bruno Amati - Italian Institute of Technology, Milan 
• Ruth Chadwick - Cardiff University, Cardiff 
• Davide Gabellini - San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 
• Alex Gutteridge - Neusentis Cambridge 
• Nils Hoppe - University of Hannover, Hannover 
• Yann Joly - McGill University, Montreal 
• Hannah Landecker - University of California, Los Angeles 
• Giuseppe Macino - Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 
• Maurizio Meloni - Princeton and University of Sheffield 
• Karin Michels - Harvard University, Boston 
• Saverio Minucci - IEO, Milan 
• Gioacchino Natoli - IEO, Milan 
• Udo Oppermann - University of Oxford, Oxford 
• Massimiliano Pagani - Foundation INGM, Milan 
• Barbara Prainsack - King's College, London 
• Silvia Stringhini - Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne 
• Henk Stunnenberg - University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen 
• Jörn Walter - Saarland University, Saarbrücken

The registration deadline is October 1, 2014. Additional information on the event can be found here: http://www.semm.it/epigenconference2014/. Should you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact our conference manager, Sabrina Frata ([email protected]).