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Program for March 8, 2004

8:00 Registration

Introductory Comments

8:30 Dr. Gerald Levey
Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine; Vice Chancellor, UCLA
  Peter Whybrow
Director, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute

Invited Presentations - Focus on Study Design and Analysis

8:40 Pharmacogenomics: Is it More than Pharmacogenetics? Urs Meyer
University of Basel
9:25 Family-based Approaches in Pharmacogenetics Richard Spielman
University of Pennsylvania
10:10 Break  
10:30 Pharmacogenetics: Key to the Treatment of Common Diseases Kari Stefansson
deCode Genetics Iceland

Presentations from PGRN Network Members

11:15 Pharmacogenetics, cSNPs and Function Richard Weinshilboum
Mayo Clinic
12:00 Poster Session and Lunch Break  
1:30 Pharmacogenetics of Lipoprotein Therapy Ronald Krauss
CHORI
2:10 Pharmacogenetics of Asthma Treatment Scott Weiss
Harvard University
2:50 Pharmacogenomics of Antidepressant Treatment Response in Mexican-Americans: Phenotype to Genotype Studies Julio Licinio
UCLA
3:30 Break  
3:50 Autonomic Pharmacodynamic Pharmacogenomics: How Genes Influence Human Autonomic Nervous System Responses Daniel O'Connor
UC San Diego
4:30 Pharmacogenetics of Antiarrhythmic Therapy Dan Roden
Vanderbilt University
5:10 Closing Comments Richard Weinshilboum
Mayo Clinic
6:30 Cocktail Hour (Cash Bar)  
7:00 Dinner