Practical Information

Schedule

Week 1
June 7th - Big Data, Genetics and Omics Analytics in Population Health, Hospital Care and the pathophysiology of ageing and disease

• Big Data Analytics applications to guide patient care in Brazil: examples from a tertiary-care Hospital and a National Primary Care program.
  By Dr. Edson Amaro (Albert Einstein Hospital)
• Molecular epidemiology, big data and the generation and use of predictors
  By Prof. Dr. Eline Slagboom (LUMC)
• Whole-genome sequencing of 1,171 elderly admixed individuals from the largest Latin American metropolis
  By Prof. Dr. Michel Satya Naslavsky (USP)
• From GWAS to functional genomics 
  By Dr. Rodrigo C. de Almeida (LUMC)

June 8th - Omics for Infectious diseases

• “Omics” for Infectious Diseases
  By Prof. Dr. Annemieke Geluk (LUMC)
• Genetics of Leprosy – expected and unexpected developments
  By Prof. Dr. Marcelo Tavora Mira (PUCPR)
• Applications of Metabolomics in leprosy and tuberculosis research
  By Dr. Cristiana Macedo (FIOCRUZ) 
• Translating Omics to the Field
  By Prof. Dr. Annemieke Geluk (LUMC)

June 9th - Data Science & Visualization

• The study of Tuberculosis from model systems to the clinic
  By Prof. Dr. Fons Verbeek and Prof. Dr. Herman Spaink (Leiden University)
• Tools for large scale readout and processing in the life sciences
  By Prof. Dr. Fons Verbeek (Leiden University)
• Modelling Tuberculosis, a computational approach
  By Dr. Rafael R. Carvalho (Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás)
• Natural Products as new drug candidates for tuberculosis treatment
  By Michelle Frazao Muzitano (UFRJ)

June 10th - Networking and matching event

Week 2
June 14th - Practical application - Big Data, Genetics and Omics Analytics in Population Health
June 15th - Practical application - Omics for Infectious diseases
June 16th - Practical application - Data Science & Visualization
June 17th - Closing remarks and certification ceremony