Grant: Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

By combining the data from multiple 'omics sources, genomic medicine can be used for individual disease risk assessment, early disease detection, accurate and timely diagnoses, prognosis, and tailored treatments and has enormous potential to impact health outcomes in rare diseases. Blending data from multiple next generation sequencing methods is not a trivial task and acquiring the bioinformatics skills to do it effectively is challenging as comprehensive training programs are scarce and the field is rapidly advancing. The Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops (CBW) proposal herein seeks to develop and deliver a new advanced topic workshop focused on translating informatics knowledge, tools, and resources in genomic medicine for researchers and clinicians. Specifically, the proposal seeks to support trainee attendance at this critical workshop. The Bioinformatics of Genomic Medicine workshop is an intensive 2-day, hands-on workshop that explores fundamental aspects of genomic medicine. The workshop provides researchers with the bioinformatics skills they require to use high-throughput sequencing methods in projects focused on genetic disorders and identifying patient clusters to improve the selection of treatment therapies. By providing a comprehensive program in the bioinformatics skills used in genomic medicine, the workshop will enable researchers to combine data from different 'omics approaches and incorporate leading edge high-throughput sequencing technologies into their research to advance health research in Canada.