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SUMMARY:Global Harmonisation of Health Data for Research: pipe dream or po
 ssible? - Professot Bartha Knoppers\, Centre for Genomics and Policy\, McG
 ill University
DTSTART:20181130T123000Z
DTEND:20181130T140000Z
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CONTACT:Mr Matt Jordan
DESCRIPTION:On Friday 30 November\, Prof. Bartha Knoppers will present hig
 hlights from from a special issue of Human Genetics on international Genom
 ic Data Sharing (published in August 2018). Led by the Centre for Genomics
  and Policy at McGill University\, the special issue on Genomic Data Shari
 ng points to the great potential for genomic data in revolutionising healt
 hcare. Utilising critical insights from seven jurisdictions on questions o
 f international data linkage and harmonisation\, Prof. Knoppers will refle
 ct on whether harmonisation is an impossible dream.\n\nAn alumnus of Trini
 ty College\, University of Cambridge\, Prof. Knoppers is an international 
 authority on the legal and ethical issues surrounding genomic technology. 
 A list of Professor Knoppers’ publications can be found here. Amongst ot
 her distinctions\, she is the Director of the Centre of Genomics and Polic
 y\, McGill University\; the Canada Research Chair in Law and Medicine 2001
 \; and the holder of Chaire d’excellence Pierre Fermat (France) (2006-20
 08).\n\nThe talk will take place in the Moot Court Room at the Faculty of 
 Law\, from 12.30 - 14.00. Please register at https://genomicdatasharing.ev
 entbrite.co.uk. Registration is free but required\, as spaces are limited.
LOCATION:Faculty of Law\, 10 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9DZ
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