Previous Events
2024
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Precision Medicine Seminars
“Exploring Mammalian Evolution and Human Disease in the Zoonomia Project”
Elinor Karlsson, PhD
Professor of Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School;
Director, Vertebrate Genomics,
Broad Institute, MIT & Harvard
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
“Genome Structure and Function Across the Developmental Continuum”
Michael E. Talkowski, PhD
Director, Center for Genomic Medicine;
Professor, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital;
Institute Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
“Leveraging Preclinical SFTPC Models To Advance Precision Medicine For Pulmonary Fibrosis: Uncovering Emerging Cell Populations and Endophenotypes In The Fibrotic Niche”
Michael F. Beers, MD
Robert L. Mayock and David A. Cooper Professor in Pulmonary Medicine,
Perelman School of Medicine
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
“Genetic Nosology: Leveraging Genetic Variation to Resolve”
Noah A. Zaitlen, PhD
Professor of Neurology,
Deparatment of Neurology and Computational Medicine,
Professor of Human Genetics in Medicine, UCLA
Thursday, January 25, 2024
“Precision psychiatry: what will it take?”
Steven Hyman, MD
Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology,
Harvard University
Director,
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research,
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Internal Medicine Genetic Case Studies
“Utilization of Germline and Somatic Testing in the Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer”
Meghna Trivedi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Katherine A. Foudy, MS
Lecturer in Genetic Counseling
Monday, April 1st, 2024
“Utility of Clinical Genetics in the Outpatient Nephrology Clinic”
Josep Miquel Blasco Pelicano, MD, PhD
Visiting Associate Research Scientist,
Nephrology Division
This is a recorded event (CUIMC affiliates only).
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Thursday, February 1st, 2024
“Updates and Challenges in Hereditary GI Cancer Syndromes”
Sheila Rustgi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Kimberly Hillfrank, MS, MPH, CGC
Lecturer in Genetic Counseling
Monday, January 22, 2024
Ethics Seminars
“Who's Tool is it Anyway: Engaging Clinicians and Patients as Experts when Creating Novel Healthcare Technologies”
Megan Hofmann, PhD
Assistant Professor
Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Northeastern University
Monday, April 8th, 2024
This is a recorded event.
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“Understanding the Disability Community's Needs for Communicating with Social and Caregiving Networks”
Rupa S. Valdez, PhD, MS
Professor
Public Health Sciences & Systems and Information Engineering
University of Virginia
Monday, April 1st, 2024
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“On Being an Outlier in a World that Worships Optimization”
Rua Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor
User Experience Design
Purdue University
Monday, February 26th, 2024
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Other Events
“Population Screening for Hereditary Hemochromatosis More than a Quarter Century After Gene Discovery – Current Status and the Path Forward”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Health Genomics Branch in the Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics
Precision Public Health Network
Thursday, February 15th, 2024
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2023
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Precision Medicine Seminars
“Precision in Practice with Population Descriptors”
Rebecca Jordan-Young, PhD
Ann Whitney Olin Professor
Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Barnard College
Co-Director, Precision Medicine & Society Program, Columbia University
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD
Chief of Division of Ethics,
Professor of Medical Humanities and Ethics
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
“Swab-Seq: Detecting Pathogens Using Sequencing”
Eleazar Eskin, PhD
Professor and Chair,
Department of Computational Medicine
Professor, Computer Science
Human Genetics, UCLA
Thursday, November 16, 2023
“Precision Genome Surgery for Imprecision Medicine”
Stephen H. Tsang, MD, PhD
Laszlo T. Bito Associate Professor of Opthalmology
Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Thursday, October 26, 2023
“Deconstructing Rare Disease with Functional Genomics — A Middle Eastern Adventure”
Luís Saraiva, PhD
Principal Investigator —
Associate Level
Sidra Medicine, Qatar
Adjunct Associate Member
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
“Precision Ophthalmology: the Stargardt/ABCA4 Disease Example”
Rando Allikmets, PhD
William and Donna Acquavella Professor of Opthalmic Sciences in Ophthalmology, Pathology and Cell Biology
Research Director, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
“From Genetics to Precision Medicine in Autism”
Joseph Buxbaum, PhD
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment
Chief, Center of Excellence in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine and Mount Sinai
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
“Leveraging Sequencing at Scale to Understand the Etiology of Psychiatric Disorders"
Tarjinder Singh, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry,
Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute,
Columbia University,
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
“The Lung Epithelium in Pulmonary Fibrosis"
Jonathan Kropski, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Wednesday, January 11th, 2023
Internal Medicine Genetic Case Studies
“The Role of Cardiogenetics in Everyday Cardiology Practice: A Case Series”
Jessica Hennessey, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Natalie Vena, MS, CGC
Lecturer in Genetic Counseling
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Tuesday, December 12th, 2023
“The Complexities of R229Q in NPHS2-associated Nephrotic Syndrome”
Kelsie Bogyo, MS, CGC
Professor of Medicine, CUIMC
Genetic Counselor
Division of Nephrology
Natalie Vena, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
Division of Nephrology
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
“Precision Medicine for Cystic Fibrosis”
Emily DiMango, MD
Professor of Medicine, CUIMC
Director of the Gunnar Esiason Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program and the Asthma Research Program
Assistant Dean, VP&S
Thursday, May 25, 2023
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“A Novel Rare Pathogenic Variant in TLN1 in a Family with Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome”
Naama Elefant, MD, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Institute for Genomic Medicine
Thursday, May 11, 2023
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“The Great Mimicker”
Mingyao (Becky) Ma, MD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Department of Nephrology
Thursday, April 27, 2023
“Kidney Biopsy & Genetic Test Results: Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of the Parts?”
Kelsie Bogyo, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor,
Department of Nephrology
Dominick Santoriello, MD
Associate Professor of
Pathology and Cell Biology
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
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"Insidious Inborn Errors of Metabolism"
Hilda E. Fernandez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Pediatrics, Nephrology Division
Natalie Vena
Lecturer in Genetic Counseling in Medicine
Nephrology Division
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
"Dual Diagnosis or Just the Drugs?"
Mark Elliot, MD
Nephrology Division
Thursday, February 16th, 2023
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“Osteogenesis Imperfecta — Common and Atypical Presentations”
Jonathan Steinman, MD, PhD
Cara Tillotson, DO
Vidhu Thaker, MD
Adhi Muthukumar, BS
Thursday, January 19th, 2023
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Ethics Seminars
“Regarding the Revolution of AI and ML for Persons Who Are Blind”
Cary Supalo, PhD
The Educational Testing Service
Thursday, May 4, 2023
“Data Science For Everyone, By Everyone: Applying Universal Design to build a more inclusive data science community”
Andrew Hasley, PhD
NIH Office of Data Science Strategy
Thursday, April 20, 2023
"Disability Accessibility and Fairness in Artificial Intelligence (AI)"
Cynthia Bennett, PhD
Monday, February 6th, 2023
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“The Intersection of Diabetes and Blindness: Lessons about Healthcare Biases”
Allyson S. Hughes, PhD
University of Ohio
Nazanin Heydarian, PhD(c)
The University of Texas at El Paso
Thursday, January 26, 2023
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Other Events
National Family Health History Day!
You can learn more about family health history here!
Thursday, November 23, 2023
PKD Foundation: New York City Community Meet & Greet
Jai Radhakrishnan, MD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Kelsie Bogyo, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor,
Department of Nephrology
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
2022
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Seminars in Genomics, Genetics & Disease Modeling Sponsored by CPMG and IGM
“A Different Way of Thinking about Alzheimer’s Disease"
Eric A. Schon, PhD
Lewis P. Rowland Professor of Neurology,
Professor of Genetics and Development,
Columbia University
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022
“Neurological Disease: It’s not Just about Genes Anymore"
Vincenzo A. Gennarino, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development,
Pediatrics and Neurology,
Columbia University Medical Center
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
"Living close to the edge: Synaptic Autoregulation and Neurological Disorders"
Dr. Richard Tsien
Chair,
Department of Neuroscience and Physiology
Director,
Neuroscience Institute,
NYU Langone Medical Center
Wednesday, June 29th, 2022
“Maximizing the Value with Structured Genomic Data"
Travis Osterman, DO, MS, FAMIA
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biomedical Informatics,
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Director,
Cancer Clinical Informatics,
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
“The highs and lows of KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 in the genetic architecture of epilepsy”
Tristan T. Sands, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Division of Child Neurology
Institute for Genomic Medicine
Columbia University
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
“Genetic landscape of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and related motor neuron diseases”
Mathew Harms, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology,
Columbia University Medical Center
Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
“Monogenic atopic disorders informing common allergy genetics and pathogenesis”
Joshua Milner, MD
Professor of Pediatrics at IGM
Director,
Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
Chief,
Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Services, NYP,
Morgan Stanley Children Hospital
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
“The genetic causes of Hirschsprung aganglionosis”
Aravinda Chakravarti, PhD Director, Center for Human Genetics and Genomics Professor, Institute for Systems Genetics, Departments of Medicine, Neuroscience & Physiology, New York University School of Medicine
Wednesday, March 16th, 2022
“Therapeutic Development for STXBP1 Encephalopathy”
Michael Boland, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Director of Cellular Models of Disease,
IGM, Columbia University
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022
“Evolution and Biomedical Implications of Structual Variants in Human Populations”
PingHsun Hsieh, PhD
Senior Fellow
Department of Genome Sciences
University of Washington
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
“Metabolic reprogramming in polycystic kidney disease”
Alessandra Boletta, PhD
Head of Unit
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Milan, Italy
Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
“A topological data analysis perspective on coronavirus evolution”
Raul Rabadan, PhD
Gerald and Janet Carrus Professor,
Departments of Systems Biology,
Biomdical Informatics,
and Surgery, at Columbia University
Director,
Program for Mathematical Genomics and the Center for Topology of Cancer Evolution and Heterogeneity
Tuesday, February 1st, 2022
“Development of interictal neural networks: implications for epilepsy therapeutics”
Jennifer Gelinas, MD, PhD
Assistant professor
of Neurology at IGM and the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
“Elucidating variants and mutation that mechanistically contribute to cell state implementation”
Dr. Andrea Califano
Clyde and Helen Wu Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology,
Departments of Systems Biology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Biomedical Informatics, Medicine,
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chair, Columbia Department of Systems Biology
Director, JP Sulzberger Columbia Genome Center
Co-Leader, Precision Oncology and Systems Biology Program, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Tuesday, January 11th, 2022
Internal Medicine Genetic Case Studies
“Making Sense of a Dual Genetic Diagnosis in Kidney Disease"
Mariela Navarro-Torres, MD
Nephrology Division
Kelsie Bogyo, MS, CGC
Thursday, October 6th, 2022
“An atypical case of necrotizing pneumonia”
Alani Estrella
Pulmonology Division
Thursday, September 22nd, 2022
“Novel or old cause of a pediatric inflammatory immune disorder?”
Joshua Milner, MD
Professor of Pediatrics at IGM
Director,
Div. of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, CUIMC
NYP, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Thursday, May 5th, 2022
“Congenital hepatic fibrosis: learning from cases with hepatorenal puzzle”
Xiao-Fei Kong, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
(Medicine, Digestive & Liver Division)
Thursday, April 21st, 2022
“COL4A1: An underrecognized driver of pathology in cohorts across the lifespan”
Jessica L. Giordano, MS, CGC
Associate Professor
of Genetic Counseling (OBGYN)
Natalie Lippa, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor
in Genetic Counseling (Medicine and IGM)
Thursday, March 10th, 2022
“Research Exome Sequencing in a Cohort of Patients with Pregnancy and Lactation Associated Osteoporosis”
Adi Cohen, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Director of the Early-Onset Osteoporosis Center
(Metabolic Bone Diseases Program in the Division of Endocrinology)
Sulagna (Tina) Kushary, MMSc, CGC
Lecturer in Genetic Counseling
and Medicine at IGM
Anya Revah-Politi, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor
in Genetic Counseling and Pathology
at IGM
Thursday, February 24th, 2022
“ACMG Secondary Findings: What are they and how do I handle them?”
Sulagna (Tina) Kushary, MMSc, CGC
Lecturer in Genetic Counseling
and Medicine at IGM
Thursday, February 10th, 2022
“Cerebral Palsy Genetics”
Halie May, MS, CGC
Thursday, January 13th, 2022
2021
“How to Integrate Genetics into Internal Medicine Practice”
CME course on Medical Genetics for Internal Medicine
The goal of this one-day course is to update internists on the current state of genomic medicine and to guide the implementation of genomic medicine into everyday healthcare.
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
Internal Medicine Genetics Case Studies
“Genetics of Interstitial Lung Disease”
Claire McGroder, MD
Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow in the Department of Medicine
Kelsie Bogyo, MS, CGC
Thursday, September 30th, 2021
“Population genetics in an era of genomic health”
Eimear Kenny, PhD
Founding Director of the Institute for Genomic Health and Associate Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Mount Sinai
Tuesday, September 21st, 2021
Internal Medicine Genetics Case Studies
“The Utility of Genetic Testing in CKD of Unknown Etiology: A case example”
Natalie Vena, MS,CGC
Felicia Russo, BS
Thursday, September 16th, 2021
Internal Medicine Genetics Case Studies
“Embryo Testing for Single Gene Disorders”
Sinem Karipcin, MD
Director of the Pre-Pregnancy Genetics Program
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Thursday, June 10th, 2021
“Human genome integrity, gene dosage & genomic medicine”
James R. Lupski, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc
Cullen Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics
Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Friday, May 14th, 2021
Internal Medicine Genetics Case Studies
Farhana Latif
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
April 29th, 2021
“Genetics of IgA system and IgA nephropathy”
Krzysztof Kiryluk, MD, MS
Associate Professor,
Division of Nephrology, Columbia University,
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
“Complement and the Kidney: A Look at Genetic TMA and C3G”
Mark Elliot, MD, FRCPC
April 15, 2021
“Genetics Case Series -
Pathology Edition”
Dina Ahram, PhD
Fellow, ABMGG
April 1, 2021
“Drawing reproducible conclusions from observational clinical data with OHDSI”
George Hripcsak
Vivian Beaumont Allen Professor of Biomedical Informatics,
Chair Department of Biomedical Informatics Columbia University
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
“A Case of Familial Proteinuria”
Hilda Fernandez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (in Pediatrics)
Marissa Lipton, MD
Clinical Fellow, PGY-6
Thursday, March 18th, 2021
Internal Medicine Genetics Case Studies
“A Complex Case of Proteinuria and Painful Nodules”
Jordan Nestor, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology
Thursday, February 25th, 2021
Internal Medicine Genetics Case Studies
“Tailoring a genomics workup for transplant donors and recipients”
Ali Gharavi
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Director, Center for Precision Medicine and Genomics
Thursday, February 4th, 2021
“Genetics of autism”
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Yufeng Shen
Associate Professor of Systems Biology and Biomedical Informatics,
Department of Systems Biology Columbia University
"Genetic workup for a patient with hepatic adenoma: learning about MODY and liver."
January 21, 2021
Xiao-Fei Kong, MD, PhD
"Implementing Genomics into Clinical Care: Prospects and Challenges"
Columbia Genomics Seminar Series
Ali Gharavi
Jay Meltzer Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Director, Center for Precision Medicine and Genomics
January 14, 2021
Sponsored by:
The Irving Institute Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Resource
(BERD)
2020
"Functional variation in the human genome: Lessons from the transcriptome"
December 14, 2020
Tuuli Lappalainen, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University
Core Faculty Member, New York Genome Center
Internal Medicine Genetics Case Studies Series
November 12th, 2020
Severe cystic kidney disease in newborn with family history of ADPKD is presented by Thomas Hays, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics.
"Knockoff Statistics for Causal Gene Discovery in Complex Diseases?"
Iuliana Ionita-Laza, PhD
Nov 24, 2020
"Understanding the Role of Somatic Mutations in Adult-Onset Inflammatory Diseases."
Sept 29th, 2020
David Beck, MD, PhD
Clinical Genetics Fellow, Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency Program,
NIH
CME course on Medical Genetics for Internal Medicine
"How to Integrate Genetics into Internal Medicine Practice"
Oct 7th & 8th, 2020
The goal of this two-day course is to update internists on the current state of genomic medicine and techniques to integrate genetics into medical practice.
Renal Genetics Case Studies Series
"What to do when genetic testing is negative"
Sept 17th, 2020
Renal Genetics Case Studies Series
June 18th, 2020
"A Young Man with Proteinuria and Hearing Loss"
"What drives the dependence of human germline mutation rates on sex, age, and time?"
Jun 10, 2020
Dr. Molly Przeworski. Joining the CUIMC community in congratulation Dr. Przeworski on election to the National Academy of Sciences.
CME course on Medical Genetics for Internal Medicine
How to Integrate Genetics into Internal Medicine Practice
May 21st, 2020
The goal of this one-day course is to update internists on the current state of genomic medicine and to guide the implementation of genomic medicine into everyday healthcare at CUIMC.
Renal Genetics Case Studies Series
May 7th, 2020
“Beyond the Biopsy: Electrolyte Imbalances in Kidney Disease”
Renal Genetics Case Studies Series
April 9th, 2020
“Is IgA nephropathy with minimal change disease a genetic disorder?”
Renal Genetics Case Studies Series
“Hereditary Cystic Kidney Disease in Adults: Beyond ADPKD”
Renal Genetics Case Studies Series
“A (molecular) diagnosis or not a diagnosis? That is the real question.”
Robust mapping of enhancer-promoter interactions with low-input or single-cell Hi-C.
January 14, 2020
Fulai Jin, PhD
Departments of Genetics and Genome Sciences; Population and
Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
2019
"Causes and Consequences of Clonal Hematopoiesis in 150,000 Genomes"
Alexander Bick, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
Date: Dec 10, 2019
"Integrating Genomics into Clinical Care: Genomic Medicine Programs of the NHGRI"
Dr. Teri Manolio, Director
NHGRI Division of Genomic Medicine
Date: Dec 2, 2019
Time: 1:00 - 2:00
Location: Hammer 312
The Genetic Counselor Fair
Friday, November 15
"Where are the missing mutations? The Alport syndrome gene testing experience at the Necker center."
Tuesday, Nov 12th, 2019
Corinne Antignac, MD, PhD
Professor, University Paris Descartes,
Director, Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, UNSERM