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Keynote Speakers:
 
Aravinda Chakravarti, Ph.D.
Henry J. Knott Professor and Director
McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore , MD 21205
 
Owen M Rennert, M.D.
Scientific Director,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Heath,
Bethesda , MD 20892-2425
 
David L. Rimoin, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Human Genetics, and
Program Director, Intercampus Medical Genetics Training Program
David Geffen School of Medicine,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Director, Medical Genetics Institute
Steven Spielberg Family Chair,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA 90095
 
Richard Myers, Ph.D.
Director,
Hudson Alpha Institute of Biotechnologies,
Director,
Stanford Genome Center and
Department of Human Genetics
 
 
Invited Speakers:
 
Yidong Bai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
 
Esther H. Chang, Ph.D.
Member, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor, Departments of Oncology and Otolaryngology
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington , DC 20057
 
Kathryn S.E. Cheah, Ph.D.
Chair Professor of Biochemistry and Head,
Department of Biochemistry
Director, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth
LKS Faculty of Medicine
The University of Hong Kong

Jia Chen, Sc. D.
Professor, Departments of Community and Preventive Medicine,
Oncological Sciences, and Pediatrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
New York , NY 10029
 
Tian-Jian Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics,
Director, Diagnostic Molecular Genetics Laboratory

College of Medicine

University of South Alabama

Mobile, AL 36688
Yuan-Tsong Chen, Ph.D.
Director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences,
Academia Sinica,
Taipei, 115, Taiwan
 
Zhong Chen, M.D.
Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
 
Zi-jiang Chen, M.D.
Vice President,
Shang-Dong Provincial Hospital
ShangDong , China
 
Jiayou Chu, Ph.D.
Professor, Former Director
Institute of Medical Biology
Chinese Academy of Medical Science
 
Pu Dai, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Dean, Department of Otolaryngology
Director, Genetic Testing Center for Deafness
PLA General Hospital
Beijing 100853
China
 
Hong-Wen Deng, Ph.D.
Franklin D. Dickson/Missouri Endowed Chair
Director, Orthopedic Research
Professor, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Basic Medical Sciences
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, 64108-2792

Yao-Shan Fan, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory,
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
 
Dr. Baback Gharizadeh
Stanford Human Genome Technology Center
 
Xuefan Gu, M.D., Ph.D.,
Professor
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease
Xinhua Hospital,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research

Min-Xin Guan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division and Program in Human Genetics &
Center for Hearing and Deafness Research
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

Jian Han, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator,
Hudson Alpha Institute of Biotechnologies
Alabama
 
Shuk-mei Ho, Ph.D.
Jacob G. Schmidlapp Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Health
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056.
 
Shu-Zhen Huang, M.D.
Professor, Shanghai Institute of Medical Genetics
Shanghai Children's Hospital
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai 200040
China
 
Taosheng Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Developmental & Cell Biology
Department of Pathology
Robert R. Sprague Hall, Room 314 Zot 3950
College of Medicine
University California
Irvine, CA 92697

Chi-Chung Hui, Ph.D. Head and Senior Scientist, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute Professor, Molecular and Medical Genetics University of Toronto Canada  
Li Jin, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Life Science,
Fudan Univeristy
Director, Institute of Mathematic Biology,
Chinese Academy of Science
Shanghai 200433
China
 
Hiroyuki Ida, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
Jikei University School of Medicine
Tokyo , 105 Japan,
 
Peng Jin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics
Emory University
Atlanta , Georgia
 
Professor Hideki Kambara
Fellow, Hitachi Institute
 
Ui-Soon Khoo, M.B.B.S.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
 
Virginia Kimonis, M.D.
Professor, Division of Genetics and Metabolism
Department of Pediatrics
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Orange, CA 92686

Peter Koopman, Ph.D.
Professor of Developmental Biology
ARC Professorial Research Fellow
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072
Australia
 
Bruce T. Lahn, Ph.D.
Investigator,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor,
Department of Human Genetics,
University of Chicago
Chicago , IL, 60637
Founder & Chief Scientific Director,
Center for Stem Cell Research & Tissue Engineering,
Sun Yat-sen University ,
China
 
Stephen Tak-Sum Lam, M.D.
Consultant Clinical Geneticist and Head of Clinical Genetic Service,
Department of Health, Hong Kong
Clinical Genetic Service,
Cheung Sha Wan Jockey Club Clinic
Hong Kong
 
Yu-Lung Lau, M.D.
Associate Dean (Research), LKS Faculty of Medicine
Chair Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
 
Yun-Fai Chris Lau, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
VA Medical Center,
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco , CA 94121
 
Oscar K Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Director,
Stem Cell Research Center
National Yang-Ming University
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Veterans General Hospital ,
Taipei , 11157 Taiwan
 
Tin-Lap Lee, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
Section on Developmental Genomics
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda , MD 20892-4429
 
Suet-Yi Leung, M.B.B.S., M.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
 
Marilyn Li, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory
Director of Molecular Genegentics Laboratory
Hayward Genetics Center
Tulane University Medical School
Director of Genetics/Genomics Core Laboratory
Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium
New Orleans, LA 70112
 
Edison Liu, Ph.D.
Director,
Genome Institute,
Singapore
 
Cecilia Lo, Ph.D.
Chief and Principal Investigator
Laboratory of Developmental Biology,
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda , MD 20892-1583
 
Yuk-Lam Dennis Lo, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine,
Professor, Department of Chemical Pathology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
 
Gary Lu, MS, MD, FACMG
Associate Medical Director,
Cytogenetic Director, USLabs/LabCorp, USA
Adjunct Professor of Ob/Gyn,
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, USA
Adjunct Professor of Ob/Gyn,
Southern China Medical University, PRC
 
James R. Lupski, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chairman,
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics,
Cullen Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics,
Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston , Texas 77030
 
Calvin Chi-Pui Pang, D.Phil.
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Eye Hospital,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
 
Ming Qi, Ph.D. – Medical Genetics
Zhejiang University ,
Hangzhou , China and
University of Rochester ,
NY, USA
 
Dr. Joachim Schorr.
Global Director of R&D
Qiagen
 
Pak Sham, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Genome Research Centre
Faculty of Medicine
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Jin-Xiong She, Ph.D.
Professor and Director,
Center for Biotechnology & Genomic Medicine,
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Genomic Medicine,
Vice Chair, Department of Pathology
Medical College of Georgia,
Augusta , GA 30912
 
Song Shujuan,
Peking University Center of Medical Genetics,
Hai-Dian District, Beijing 100083
 
Joe Leigh Simpson, M.D.
Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Human and Molecular Genetics
Florida International University College of Medicine
Miami, Florida 33199

Constantine Stratakis, M.D., D.Sc.
Chief, SEGEN/DEB & HDB
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda , MD 20892
 
Yan A. Su, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Associate Director of Catherine Birch McCormick Genomics Center
George  Washington University
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Washington, DC  20037

Joseph J.Y. Sung, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean (General Affairs),
Chairman and Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics
Director, Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases
Director, Institute of Digestive Disease
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
 
Paul K.H. Tam, M.D.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Chair Professor of Paediatric Surgery
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
 
Eric Moon-shong Tang, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Medicine, Pathology, and Medicine
Department of Environmental Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Tuxedo Park , NY 10987
 
Nelson LS Tang, M.B., Ch.B., M.D.
Professor, Department of Chemical Pathology
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
 
Faye Suk Ying Tsang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
 
Stephen Tsang, M.D., Ph.D.
Joel Hoffman Scholar
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Columbia University
New York , NY 10032
 
Stephen Kwok Wing Tsui, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
 
Rocky Tuan, Ph.D.
Chief, Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch
National Institute of Arthritis, and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda , MD 20892-8022
 
Cong-Yi Wang, M.D.
Associate Professor,

Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA 30912

Savio L.C. Woo, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Gene and Cell Medicine
Professor, Departments of Oncological Sciences and Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York , NY 10029
 
Bai-Lin Wu, M. Med., Ph.D.
Director, Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory,
Children's Hospital Boston
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology,
Harvard Medical School
Boston , MA 02115
 
Hannah Hong Xue, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay ,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
 
Huanming Yang, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Beijing Genomics Institute
James D. Watson Institute of Genomic Sciences
Beijing 101300, China
 
Pauline Yen, Ph.D.
Deputy Director and Research Fellow,
Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Academia Sinica
Taipei , Taiwan 11592
Kwok-Yung Yuen, M.B.B.S., M.D.
Henry Fok Professor in Infectious Diseases
Chair and Head, Department of Microbiology
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
 
Professor Shizhong Zhang
President of the Chinese Association of Medical Genetics
Chairman, Department of Human Genetics
Western China Medical Center
Sichuan University
Chengdu, Sichuan
China
 
Xiaoying Zheng, Ph.D., M.D.
Director and Professor, Institute of Population Research
WHO Collaborating Center on Reproductive Health and Population Science
Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Yang Zi Professor, Ministry of Education, China
Member, National Middle-long Term Developmental Strategy Committee
Chief Scientist, National Key Program on Population and Health(973)
Chief Scientist, National  Health Baby Promotion Program
Vice Director, China Ageing Caring Foundation
Executive Director, Chinese Population Health and Development Center, PKU
Deputy Director, China Ageing Caring Foundation
 
Nanbert Zhong, M.D.
New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities
Staten Island , NY 10314
Professor and Director, Department of Medical Genetics
Peking University Health Science Center
Hai Dian District, Beijing, China