Feb 04–07, 2024 | Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Scientific Organizers:
Paul W. Franks, Ewan Pearson, and Karin Conde-Knape

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Scientific Organizers: Paul W. Franks, Ewan Pearson, and Karin Conde-Knape
Paul W. Franks
Ewan Pearson
Karin Conde-Knape
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Sunday, February 4, 2024
Monday, February 5, 2024
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Leveraging Genetics to Understand Metabolic Disease
Optimising Precision Medicine Across Diverse Ethnicities
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Metabolic Disease in the Context of Genetic Diversity
Population Specific Precision Medicine for Metabolic Disease
Short Talk: Short Talk: Ectopic ASIP Expression as a Monogenic cause of Childhood Obesity through Possible Interaction with the MC4R Pathway
Short Talk: Short Talk: Obstructive Sleep Apnea is Associated with Increased Genetic Risk of Incident Diabetes Mellitus: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
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Identification of South-Asian Ancestry-Specific Genetic Risk Factors for Cardiometabolic Disease
Understanding Genetic Impact on Metformin Efficacy to Guide Clinical Treatment in Diabetes
Racial Differences in Metabolite Predictors of Type 2 Diabetes Risk
GLP1R locus: a Connection Between Mental Ill-Health and Cardiometabolic Disease?
Pharmacogenetics of the Response to GLP-1 in Mexican-Americans with Prediabetes: A Preliminary Analysis
Adiposity Phenotypes and Associated Cardiometabolic Risk Profile Among the Inuit Population of Nunavik
Development of Humanized Glp-1 Receptor Mouse to Investigate the Small Molecule Agonist Mechanism of Action
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Epigenetic Drivers of CMD in South Asians
How can we Ensure Precision Medicines are Efficacious and Safe Across Diverse Ethnicities?
Assessing the Genetic Contribution of Behaviors and Exposures Associated with Longitudinal Type 2 Diabetes Highlights the Adiposity and the Brain-metabolic Axis
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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Remote Presentation: Next-Generation Epidemiology, Ethnic Diversity and Cardiometabolic Disease
Ethnic Diversity and Cardiometabolic Disease in Young People
Ethnicity, Phenotype and Precision Diabetes Care
Short Talk: Short Talk: A Gene Variant in CALCRL, Encoding a G-Protein Coupled Receptor, is Highly Enriched in Individuals with Māori and Pacific Ancestry and Associates with a Higher Risk of Kidney Failure in Diabetes
Short Talk: Short Talk: Precision Remission of Prediabetes within High-Risk Prediabetes Clusters
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Optimising the Prevention and Treatment of CMD when Infectious Disease is Highly Prevalent
Parsimonious Strategies for Precision Medicine in Practice - Lessons from the TriMaster Trial
Barriers and Possibilities when Delivering Precision Medicine in Resource Constrained Settings: Indian Experience
Short Talk: Short Talk: Detecting Decoherent Gene Co-Expression Patterns Associated with a Rural-to-Urban Lifestyle Transition in Turkana
Short Talk: Short Talk: Proteins Associated with Self-Report Race/Ethnicity Partially Mediate the Association with Type 2 Diabetes. A Meta-Analysis of 2,339 Individuals From Two Multi-Ethnic Cohorts
Short Talk: Short Talk: Identification and Characterization of a Novel Variant in Neutral Ceramidase Associated with Diabetes and Kidney Failure in Tongan and Samoan Patients
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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Precision Obesity Medicine in Practice
The GLP1/GIP System in Obesity Management
Insights From Genetic and Observational Studies in South Asian Populations
Personalised Nutrition in Obesity Management
Short Talk: Short Talk: GABAergic GIPR-expressing Neurons are Required for the Body Weight Reduction caused by Dual Incretin Agonists
Physician-in-Chief, Chair, and Professor
Section Chief: Diabetes Molecular Genetics Section
VP & Distinguished Scientist
Reader & Associate Professor
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Artificial Intelligence for Precision Medicine and Drug Target Discovery
Understanding the Heritable basis of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Among Indigenous People Living in Southwestern United States
Short Talk: Short Talk: GWAS And Beyond: Cardiometabolic Variant Discovery For Māori And Pacific People
Thursday, February 8, 2024
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