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What I specifically like about the SingHealth Duke-NUS Scientific Congress is how it is separated into many streams and catered to various groups of people. Whether you are a doctor, nurse, allied health professional or researcher, there is
something to gain for you.
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~ Dr Dirk de Korne
Deputy Director, Medical Innovation and Care Transformation,
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
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Programme >
Keynote Lecture II
Genetic Models for Precision Medicine in a Learning Healthcare System
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Track type: Keynote |
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Duration: 30 minutes |
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Location: Academia, Auditorium |
 Speaker: Dr Edison Liu
Genomic
medicine involves the provision of medical care that uses the power of genomic
knowledge and technologies to resolve complex problems. The fundamental
difference between this and older strategies in medicine is the
comprehensiveness and the precision afforded by new genomic technologies such
as in sequencing, cloning, and genotyping. The complex gene-gene
interactions and the differential impact of the diverse mutations found
associated with any disease are not truly decipherable currently, making sequence
data not really predictive. To this end, computational, cell-based, and in-vivo
animal models are needed to test the functional impact of these genetic
variations.
Making Precision Medicine a reality requires enabling systems other than
those in the scientific laboratory. Traditionally, research and delivery
of care were considered distinct entities, conceptually and in practice. This
older paradigm of disseminating research through publications is haphazard and
slow. What is needed is the integration of innovation, research, and the
delivery of care into a Learning Healthcare System. The requirements are
that investigators and practitioners work towards the same goals, and that
implementation becomes an iterative experimental process.
Singapore, by virtue of its
organisation, its funding in biomedical sciences, and its advanced medical
systems is a perfect venue to test this
concept.
*Information is correct at time of update
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