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The RSS Medical Section and Manchester local group are holding a joint meeting on UK Biobank as part of the National Science and Engineering Week, from 2 pm to 5 pm on Wednesday 14 March 2007 (tea and coffee will be served about mid-afternoon).
The speakers are Hilary Newiss (Ethics and Governance Committee, UK Biobank), Bill Ollier (Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, University of Manchester), and Elio Riboli (Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care, Imperial College, London). Their titles and abstracts are as follows:
HILARY NEWISS
Ethics and Governance of UK Biobank
I will discuss the approach to ethics and governance taken by the principal funders of the UK Biobank (the Medical Research Council, the Department of Health, the Wellcome Trust) - which will be one of the world's largest biological sample collections and databases for research into the genetic and environmental factors involved in common diseases of middle age. I will explore the decision to establish an oversight body, the development and principles of the public Ethics and Governance Framework developed for the resource, the creation of the UK Biobank Ethics and Governance Council, and its purpose, structure and practice. I will conclude by considering the features of the Intellectual Property and Access Policy of UK Biobank, including the role of the Ethics and Governance Council in the management of access.
BILL OLLIER
UK Biobank: a study of genes and environment
The history and progress of UK Biobank will be discussed.
ELIO RIBOLI
EPIC network bio-repositories for gene-environment interaction studies
The EPIC study was devised to investigate relationships between nutrition, obesity, lack of physical activity and related metabolic and hormonal factors, and cancer. To facilitate this investigation, a network of biorepositories with samples of DNA, plasma, serum and erythrocytes was established to store over 10 million samples from 420,000 volunteers.
The meeting will be held in room 2.10, Sandra Burslem Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Lower Ormond Street (building 2 on the webpage http://www.mmu.ac.uk/about/locations/allsaints.php).
All are most welcome to attend.
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Dr Stephan M Rudolfer
Honorary Research Fellow in Biostatistics & Mathematical Statistics, Chairman, Manchester Group, Royal Statistical Society, Biostatistics Group, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER M13 9PT
Tel: +44 161 275 5054 Fax: +44 161 275 5205
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