Programme for Wednesday 5 November

8.30 - 9.15 Arrival Refreshments and Networking (Kempe and Newton Rooms)

9.15 - 9.30 Welcome and introduction (The Grand Hall)

Session 5: Interstitial Lung Disease Mechanisms and Modelling

(Chair: Professor Louise Wain, University of Leicester and Co-chair: Dr Rachel Clifford, University of Nottingham) (The Grand Hall)

• 9.30 - 10.05 Studying mechanisms in familial pulmonary fibrosis using organoid models - Dr Jennifer Dickens, University of Cambridge) 
• 10.05 - 10.20 Polygenic risk scores improve patient prioritization for genetic testing in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - Dr Aitana Alonso González, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria
• 10.20 - 10.35 Genome-wide association studies of fibrosis to identify shared mechanisms of fibrosis across 12 organ systems - Dr Ebrima Joof, University of Leicester 
• 10.35 - 10.50 Lung tissue metabolite quantitative trait loci in COPD and IPF - Dr Junsun Yu, Harvard Medical School

10.50 - 11.20 Refreshments, Networking and Poster Viewing (Kempe and Newton Rooms)

Session 6: Multi-Omics and Disease Pathogenesis

(Chair: Dr Joo-Hyeon Lee, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Co-chair: Medb Wills, University of Cambridge) (The Grand Hall)

• 11.20 - 11.55 Integration of multi-omics to dissect COPD pathogenesis - Professor Francesca Polverino, 
  Baylor College of Medicine
• 11.55 - 12.10 Multi-ancestry Polygenic Risk Scores for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease improve transferability across diverse populations - Dr Jing Chen, University of Leicester 
• 12.10 - 12.25 Genetic determinants in the development of severe asthma among Finnish patients – Professor Tarja Laitinen, University of Helsinki
• 12.25 - 12.40 Genome-wide association study of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Dr Alex Williams, University of Leicester 

12.40 - 13.40 Lunch (The Grand Hall) 

Kempe and Newton rooms are open and available if you’d like a space to enjoy your lunch

Session 7: Global Perspectives and Translational Genomics

(Chair: Professor Martin Tobin, University of Leicester and Co-chair: Hayley Power, University of Leicester) (The Grand Hall)

• 13.40 - 14.15 - LMIC Nepal - Professor Om Kurmi, Coventry University and Professor Ian Hall, University of Nottingham 
• 14.15 – 14.30 Improving representation of African-ancestry populations in genetic association studies of lung function traits - Dr Emmanuel Adonyo, University of Leicester
• 14.30 - 15.05 Harnessing Genomic Diversity to Advance Health Equity - Professor Amadou Gaye, Meharry Medical College

15.05 - 15.35 Refreshments and Networking (Kempe and Newton Rooms)

15.35 - 16.00 Award of Conference Prizes 

16.00 - 16.15 Summary and Conference Close