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