News – International HundredK+ Cohorts Consortium (IHCC)

NIH Virtual Workshop on Genetic Modifiers

Join us for NIH’s September Virtual Workshop Join us and our colleagues at the National Institute of health for their virtual workshop “Genetic Modifiers: Lessons from Nervous System Disorders” Co-Chaired by Huda Zoghbi, Susan Ackerman, Monica Justice, Marcy MacDonald, Trudy MacKay and Stephan Zuchner on Sept 21st-23rd. IHCC’s own Hakon Hakonarson will give a talk and highlight some recent IHCC data on Alzheimer’s Disease. Other speakers representing the IHCC will be announced in the coming weeks. Check out the link below for more information and register for this free workshop! Learn More & Register

IHCC Quarterly Newsletter – July 2021

Read about IHCC’s latest news, updates, events and more in the July 2021 quarterly newsletter.

Featured Cohort: Estonian Genome Project

IHCC Featured Cohort: The Estonian Biobank PI: Prof. Andres Metspalu, M.D., Ph.D. The Estonian Biobank (Est.BB) is an active member of the IHCC and has a current cohort size of more than 200,000 individuals. Est.BB is part of the international biobanking community and is a founding member of other consortia like international P3G and BBMRI-ERIC in the European Union. IHCC has a unique approach, which we like very much, covering research, education, and training; facilitating the exchange of information between biobanks; and extending the biobanking approach to new countries and continents. In addition to bringing cohorts together from across the

Seventeenth H3Africa Consortium Virtual Meeting

Seventeenth H3Africa Consortium Virtual Meeting w/ IHCC

IHCC Quarterly Newsletter – March 2021

Read about IHCC’s latest news, updates, events and more in the February 2021 quarterly newsletter.

Advancing Precision Medicine for All Populations

Tune in on March 11 for a talk given by Dr. Joshua Denny, Chief Executive Officer of the NIH’s “All of Us” Research Program.

NHGRI 2020 Strategic Vision and Implementation of Genomics in Clinical Care

Tune in on February 25 for a talk given by Dr. Teri A. Manolio, director of NHGRI’s Division of Genomic Medicine, G2MC NIH Liaison, and IHCC Co-Chair.

IHCC Co-Chair Gives Seminar on IHCC at University of Oxford

IHCC Co-Chair, Geoff Ginsburg, gave a Richard Doll Seminar this week on IHCC at the University of Oxford. The video of the talk can be viewed online.

Article authored by members of IHCC leadership published in The Lancet

Read all about the International Hundred Thousand Plus Cohort Consortium (IHCC) in an article, written by leaders of the IHCC, recently published in The Lancet.

2020 IHCC Virtual Working Group Meeting & Workshop

IHCC members and invited guests are invited to join us virtually for a midyear working group meeting and workshop scheduled for November 9 & 11, 2020. Registration for the event is now open.

Announcing Recipients of IHCC Pilot Project Awards

The International 100K+ Cohorts Consortium (IHCC) is pleased to announce the recipients of funding for the 2020 IHCC pilot project awards. A total of four projects will receive funding totaling $630,000 USD.

IHCC and Wellcome Trust Release COVID-19 Questionnaire

IHCC has partnered with Wellcome Trust to develop a COVID-19 Questionnaire that will allow countries to assess the impact of the pandemic on individuals and households. The survey is available for download and can be used by cohorts and organizations across the world, and particularly in low and middle income countries, to begin to provide insights into the impacts the pandemic.

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