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Report on the 6th African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) Meeting, March 12–15, 2009, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Giorgio Sirugo Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Scott M. Williams Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Charmaine D. M. Royal Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Melanie J. Newport Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Branwen J. Hennig Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Renato Mariani-Costantini Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Franco M. Buonaguro Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Digna R. Velez Edwards Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Muntaser Ibrahim Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Himla Soodyall Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Ambroise Wonkam Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Raj Ramesar Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Charles N. Rotimi Medical Genetics Unit, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy; Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G.d'Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy; Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale,” Naples, Italy; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Khartoum, Sudan; School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé Cameroon; MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0208
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Volume 83: Issue 2
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226–229
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The African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG), founded in 2003 with its inaugural meeting in Accra, Ghana, has the stated missions of (1) disseminating information about human genetics research in Africa, (2) establishing a mentorship network providing educational resources, including the development of appropriate technology transfer, (3) providing advocacy for human genetic research in Africa, and (4) encouraging collaborative research. Despite its young age, the AfSHG has developed a strong cadre of active researchers, both within and outside of Africa, with more than 400 members (from 16 countries across Africa as well as 8 other countries), and has held six successful meetings, five in Africa and one in the United States.

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*Address correspondence to Giorgio Sirugo, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Unità di Genetica Medica, via Cassia 600, Rome 00189, Italy. E-mail: sirugo.giorgio@fbfrm.it

Authors' addresses: Giorgio Sirugo, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Unità di Genetica Medica, Via Cassia 600, 00189, Rome, Italy, E-mail: sirugo.giorgio@fbfrm.it. S. M. Williams, Center for Human Genetics Research, 519 Light Hall, Nashville, TN 37232-0700, E-mail: smwilliams@chgr.mc.vanderbilt.edu. C. D. M. Royal, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, 450 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708, E-mail: charmaine.royal@duke.edu. M. J. Newport, Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9PS, UK, E-mail: m.j.newport@bsms.ac.uk. B. J. Hennig, MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK, E-mail: Branwen.Hennig@lshtm.ac.uk. R. Mariani-Costantini, Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Via Colle dell'Ara, 66013 Chieti, Italy, E-mail: rmc@unich.it. F. M. Buonaguro, Molecular Biology and Viral Oncogenesis and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale” Cappella Cangiani, 80131, Naples, Italy, E-mail: irccsvir@unina.it. D. R. Velez Edwards, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Institute of Medicine and Public Health, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, TN 37232, E-mail: digna.r.velez@vanderbilt.edu. M. Ibrahim, Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Medical Campus, Qasser Street, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, E-mail: mibrahim@iend.org. H. Soodyall, School of Pathology, University of Witwatersrand, P.O. Box 1038, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa, E-mail: hxsood@global.co.za. A. Wonkam, R. Ramesar, Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, UCT Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa, E-mails: ambroise.wonkam@uct.ac.za and Raj.Ramesar@uct.ac.za. C. N. Rotimi, Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 12 South Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-5635, E-mail: rotimic@mail.nih.gov.

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Copyright © 2010 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2010
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09 Apr 2010
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09 Apr 2010
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Published Online:
05 Aug 2010
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1476-1645
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