The African Society of Human Genetics successfully launches global data science workshops

Victoria Nembaware; Declan Bennett; Emile R Chimusa; Tinashe Chikowore; Richard Daodu; Valential Ngo Bitoungui; Scott M Williams; Segun Fatumo; Sandra Healy; Cathal Seoighe; Ambroise Wonkam; African Society of Human Genetics

doi:10.1016/j.tig.2023.06.004

The African Society of Human Genetics successfully launches global data science workshops

Trends Genet. 2023 Nov;39(11):803-807. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.06.004. Epub 2023 Sep 14.

Collaborators

Affiliations

¹ Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, 1 Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: victoria.nembaware@uct.ac.za.
² School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Galway, Galway H91 H3CY, Ireland.
³ Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.
⁴ Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Redeemer's University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria; African center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Redeemer's University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria.
⁶ Department of Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Université de Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon; National Public Health Laboratory, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁷ Departments of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Institute of Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁸ The African Computational Genomics (TACG) Research Group, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda.
⁹ McKusick-Nathans Institute and Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 37714735
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.06.004

Abstract

To accelerate the impact of African genomics on human health, data science skills and awareness of Africa's rich genetic diversity must be strengthened globally. We describe the first African genomics data science workshop, implemented by the African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) and international partners, providing a framework for future workshops.

Keywords: African Society of Human Genetics; African genomics; data analysis skills; data science; workshop.

MeSH terms

Data Science*
Genomics*
Human Genetics
Humans

Grants and funding

MC_UU_00033/3/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom