The 9th Annual Rare Disease Colloquium will be held on the 1 March 14:30 - 16:30 at De Paul Hall, San Anton and streamed on Zoom.

To create Rare disease awareness and research about RD around Rare Disease Day which is on the 29 February.

All official RD material is available for download.

The Registration link for this event is available online.

Abstracts may also be accessed online. 

For more information, please contact Dr Joanna Vella. 

Programme

14:30 - 14:45 Introductions

• Prof. Alex Felice, Opening remarks
• Hon. Dr Jo Etienne Abela, Minister for Health and Active Ageing
  
• Ms Michelle Muscat, National Alliance for Rare Diseases Support – Malta 
  
  

Presentations

14:45 - 15:00 – Global Collaborative Initiatives in Haemoglobinopathies - Dr Petros Kountouris, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING).

15:00 - 15:15 – The European Reference Networks (ERNs) and Rare Disease Management – Dr James Clark, MDH.

15:15 - 15:30 – Mitochondrial Diseases – Dr Joanna Vella, UM and Dr Doriette Soler, MDH.

15:30 - 15:45 – The RD Context of Europe’s One Million Genomes Initiative – Dr Miriam Dalmas, DH-Malta.

15:45 - 16:00 – GYNOCARE – International Network for Gynaecological Rare Cancer Research: From Concept to Cure – Prof. Jean Calleja Agius, UM.

16:00 - 16:15 – The Biobank of Cyprus and Opportunities for Next Generation Research Projects – Prof. Constantinos Deltas, University of Cyprus.

16:15 - 16:30 – Closing remarks

* Zoom details:

Meeting ID: 953 4588 3981; Passcode: 073841