MSH: CWMGR: “Science in Medicine: Connecting Genomics Research to New Understanding of Autoimmune Disease Cause & Management”

City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 12:00 - 1:00 pm (host site: MSH)

“Science in Medicine:  Connecting Genomics Research to New Understanding of Autoimmune Disease Cause & Management”

Speaker:           Dr. Katherine A. Siminovitch –

Sherman Family Chair in Genomic Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

Director, Fred A. Litwin Family Centre of Genetic Medicine, MSH & UHN

Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this presentation – using autoimmune disease as an example – participants should be able to:

1.      Identify the most current methods used to define genes for risk and/or outcome of common disease;

2.      Describe the methods used to define the molecular pathway connecting a rheumatoid arthritis risk variant to development of disease; and

3.      Explain why this new molecular knowledge will impact on patient care.