OSU to Host National Personalized Health Care Conference
Posted on: Thursday, 9 October 2008, 09:00 CDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ohio State University Medical Center has invited experts from across the country to discuss translating scientific breakthroughs in the laboratory to clinical health care practice during the national Personalized Health Care Conference on Oct. 16-17 at the Ohio State University's Biomedical Research Tower.
Reporters are invited to attend all sessions. Complete information about the conference program, registration, keynote speakers and personalized medicine are available at http://www.cphc.osu.edu/ .
During the conference, health care leaders, government policy makers, health care providers, researchers, industry experts, academic leaders, and consumer and patient advocacy groups will discuss breakthroughs in gene-based information that help individuals prevent disease, tailor therapies and maintain health.
Personalized health care utilizes gene-based information to understand each person's individual requirements for maintaining their health, preventing disease and tailoring therapies. It is predictive and preventive, while also incorporating knowledge of an individual's environment, health-related behaviors, culture and values.
Ohio State University Medical Center
CONTACT: Doug Flowers of Medical Center Communications, +1-614-293-3737,doug.flowers@osumc.edu; Kristin Mack Deuber of Paul Werth Associates,+1-614-224-8224, kmack@paulwerth.com, both for Ohio State University MedicalCenter
Web site: http://www.cphc.osu.edu/
Source: PRNewswire
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