12:00 - 1:30

Telemedicine: Remote Health Challenges

Introduction

Nathaniel H. Robin, MD, FACMG
Medical Director, Genetics
UAB Medicine
Professor, Department of Genetics

12:00 - 12:30

Keynote: Building Virtual Models in Genetics – the Dream Home 

Natasha Shur, MD
Geneticist,
Children’s National Health System
Washington, DC

12:30 - 1:00

Telemedicine Clinic Challenges

Eric Wallace, MD, FASN
Associate Professor of Medicine
UAB eMedicine, Medical Director
Rare Genetic Kidney Disease Clinic\Division of Nephrology Department of Medicine

1:00 - 1:30

Telemedicine Panel

Moderator: Anna C. E. Hurst, MD, MS, FACMG 
Eric Wallace, MD, FASN 
Nathaniel H. Robin, MD, FACMG 
Bruce Korf, MD, PhD 
Natasha Shur, MD 
Asiah Borden, BS

1:45 - 3:15

Novel Therapeutics

Introduction

Matt Might, PhD
Director, Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute
Hugh Kaul Endowed Chair in Personalized Medicine

1:45 - 2:15

Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapeutics for Rare Neurological Diseases 

Frank Bennett, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer and Neurology
Franchise Leader
Ionis Pharmaceuticals

2:15 - 2:45

Using CRISPR to Create Precision Animal Models of Rare Diseases

Laura Lambert, PhD
Assistant Professor 
Co-Director of UAB Transgenic & Genetically Engineered Models Core 
Department of Genetics, UAB

2:45 - 3:15

Therapeutics Panel

Moderator: Matt Might, PhD 
Q & A Moderator: Emily K. Johnson, BS 
Deeann Wallis, PhD 
Brittany Lasseigne, PhD Camerron Crowder, PhD 
Renie Moss, BS

3:30 - 4:30

Patient and Parent Advocate Panel: Finding Your Voice through Vulnerability

Moderator: Swapna Kakani 
Q & A Moderator: Brooke Thomas 
Morgan Cheek 
Effie Parks 
Seth Rotberg 
Ashley Valentine