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Personalised medicine: the promise, the hype and the pitfalls

September 9th 2016, 9am-5pm
Richard Doll Building, Oxford, OX3 7LF
University of Oxford, Healthcare Values Partnership. Supported by the Wellcome Trust.
Speakers include:

  • Tim Maughan (Professor of Clinical Oncology, University of Oxford)
  • Joshua Hordern (Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, University of Oxford)
  • Steve Sturdy (Professor of the Sociology of Medical Knowledge, University of Edinburgh)
  • Sian Rees (Director, Oxford Health Experiences Institute, University of Oxford; Oxford Academic Health Science Network)
  • Mark Lawler (Professor of Genetics, Queens University Belfast)
  • Anna Middleton (Principal Social Scientist, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
  • Muir Gray (Better Value Healthcare)
  • Alastair Kent (Genetic Alliance UK)

For more details and free registration click here

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