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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Last but not least, Dr Catalina Lopez-Correa live from Canada gives a talk on the state of omics in North America

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Moving over to Europe, Prof Mait Metspalu from Estonia gives an overview of the state of omics in the Estonian Biobank

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Up next is Prof Andres Moreno-Estrada joining live from Mexico to continue the discussion on the global state of omics with a focus on Latin America

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Prof Bratati Kahali, joining live from India, is up next giving the state of omics in South Asia using the #GenomeIndia project as a case study

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The second talk in this session is by Prof Koichi Matsuda live from Japan who is giving a talk on the state of omics in East Asia with Biobank Japan (BBJ) as a case study

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The 3rd and last session of the day; “The State of Omics Around the World” kicks off with a recording of a talk by Dr Ananyo Choudhury on Multi-omics in Africa giving evidence of initiatives from the AWI-GEN study

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The final talk in this session is by Dr Daniela Robles-Espinoza, joining us live from Mexico. She will highlight the underrepresentation of Latin American samples in genomic studies, explore the roots of the problem, and discuss actionable solutions.

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Dr Ben Johnson takes the stage to give a journal (Nature Health) Editor’s perspective on the importance of genomic diversity

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The next talk in this session is brought by Prof Patricia Monroe on how Genomic Diversity matters to the Big Global consortia, with evidence from cardiovascular disease research

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

First talk in session 2 is by Prof Andrew Morris talking on how method development can enhance Genomic diversity and discovery for all populations

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

In the last talk of this session, Prof Manuel Corpus presents a talk titled “Clinical Genome Interpretation of Inca Empire Descendants (Amazon/Andes)”

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Next up is Prof. Alex Brown, joining us live from #Australia to speak on the Australian Alliance for Indigenous Genomics. His talk offers a powerful glimpse into what equity in genomics looks like through work with Aboriginal communities

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Prof @sarahfiner.bsky.social gives the second talk of this session. In her talk she walks us through the successful community-based #GenesAndHealth genomics study which focuses on British Bangladeshis and British Pakistanis

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Prof Raghib Ali of #OutFutureHealth kicks off session 1 titled “The Persistent Underrepresention of Non-European Populations: Causes and Context” giving an overview of what is becoming the largest diverse cohort in Europe

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Next up is Prof Paul Franks of @lunduniversity.bsky.social giving a talk on how bridging the diversity gap in genomics can improve precision medicine and health equity on a global scale

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The symposium kicks off with a keynote by Prof Karoline Kuchenbecker of @ucl.ac.uk, exploring the state of global genomic representation and why it matters for our health #GenomicDiversity

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Attending the Genomic Diversity Symposium at @qmullibrary.bsky.social Looking forward to a day of thought-provoking discussions on driving actionable solutions for inclusive genomics.

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

A highlight from me was listening to the Mendel lecture given by #NobelLaureate Katalin Karikó. In her presentation she gave an autobiography of her research work, including incredible life lessons she has learnt throughout her career 4/4

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Pleased to have presented a poster on our work aimed at disentangling the genetics of perinatal depression from MDD at the just concluded #ESHG2025 in beautiful Milan 1/4

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

At #ESHG2025 I’ll be presenting our work on perinatal depression GWAS meta-analyses. Come meet me at poster P018.085D and discuss more how we can tease apart Perinatal depression from MDD through genetics 4/4

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Jared Gichohi, PhD @jaredgm.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

In Milan, Italy, for a visit to the San Siro stadium, Duomo of Milan, Leonardo’s Last Supper….and importantly the @eshg.bsky.social #ESHG2025 🥳 1/4

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