This past event was cancelled
Genomic Medicine - Moving Beyond the Sequence
Satellite Meeting: Genomic Medicine - Health Economics
(University of Edinburgh, Lecture Theatre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Edinburgh.)
“It might have benefit but is it worth it?" - Health Economic perspectives on Genomic Medicine.
This is a satellite workshop of the main meeting Genomic Medicine – Moving Beyond the Sequence (June 30th).
A limited healthcare budget coupled with increasing demands raises questions concerning whether a health care system should fund developments in genomic medicine over competing priorities and services, such as public health interventions to reduce inequalities in healthcare, health and social care infrastructure, or introduction of new and often expensive therapies.
Health economics, a discipline concerned with the allocation of precious health care resources, can help inform this debate and provide policy advice. The Genomic Medicine - Health Economics satellite workshop (1st July) will bring together health economists addressing such issues, to present their work on the health economics of genomic medicine. Presentations and discussions will be informative for geneticists, policy makers, clinicians and health economists.
Organised jointly by the Scottish Genomes Partnership, Genomics England and the British Society for Genetic Medicine, with an outstanding faculty of national and international speakers, Genomic Medicine – Moving Beyond the Sequence will address these questions and discuss the state of the art in Genomic Medicine. The main meeting is held on June 30th at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. The first satellite meeting, entitled Genetics, Genomics and the Law workshop (June 29th), will provide further context and discussion.
Registration for the satellites and main meeting is now open!
Speakers at the Genomic Medicine - Health Economics satellite workshop:
- Professor Mandy Ryan (HERU)
- Professor Olivia Wu (Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment, University of Glasgow)
- Professor Stephen Palmer (Centre for Health Economics, University of York)
- Fiona Murphy Director (National Services Division, NHS Scotland)
- Professor Sarah Wordsworth (University of Oxford)
- Professor Deborah Marshall (University of Calgary)
Local Organisers: Professor Mandy Ryan, University of Aberdeen, Dr Peter Hall, University of Edinburgh, Professor Tim Aitman, University of Edinburgh.
- Venue
- University of Edinburgh, Lecture Theatre Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine Edinburgh EH4 2XU