Please take a look at our article just published in molecularpsychiatry ! nature.com/articles/s4138…. We describe a great opportunity for conducting psychiatric genetics research in Uganda Segun Fatumo Dr Cathryn Lewis @KKuchenbaecker Andrew McIntosh Jared 'Yared' Gichohi MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit PGC Africa

Submit your abstract to the 15th African Society of Human Genetics Conference and the 1st Ugandan Society of Human Genetics and Bioinformatics to take place on 3-7 February 2025 in Uganda 🇺🇬 Link: afshg2025.org #Genetics #Bioinformatics #Africa

Itunuoluwa Isewon introduced the new PGC Africa Psychiatric Genomic Portal #PsychGenAfrica 🎉💃🏽👏🏽@ #WCPG2024 🇸🇬 Interactive portal will provide a gateway to view Africa's Psych. Gen. research. Check it out and share your thoughts 👇🏽 Fogarty at NIH Wellcome psychgenafrica.org

Today I presented preliminary findings from the Neuropsychiatric Genetics in African populations study (NeuroGAP) - the largest study of psychosis in continental Africans. 🧬 #WCPG2024 #PGCAfrica@WCPG24 #PsychGen

PGC Africa is running a post #AFSHG2025 workshop on AI and ML … participants having an introduction to the tools that will shape their future research. #Africa #genetics African Society of Human Genetics

🚨 PGC Africa Monthly Meeting Alert! We are delighted to have Prof Leon Mutesa from University of Rwanda join this month's virtual PGC Africa meeting 📅 27th Feb 2025 ⏲️ 2PM GMT | 3PM WAT | 4PM CAT | 5PM EAT 📢 More details on the flyer below #Genetics #Africa #PTSD

Elizabeth Atkins, Co-leader of the Latin American Genomics Consortium and post-doctoral candidate Ofure Okoh from the PGC Outreach committee shared some of the challenges they have faced balancing work, travel and being a new mother. #WomenInSTEM #IWD25

PGC Africa joins with PGC Consortium to celebrate the great women managing Psychiatric Genetic Research on the African continent. We are honored by your service 💪🏽🎉👩‍🏫👩‍⚕️ We welcome Dr. Susan Kanjira to the team👏🏽 #InternationalWomensDay2025 #WomenSupportingWomen #WomenInScience

🚨 PGC Africa Monthly Meeting Alert! We are delighted to have Dr Nadine Parker from Norment join the 2nd virtual PGC Africa meeting of 2025 📆27th March 2025 ⏲️1PM GMT | 2PM WAT | 3PM CAT | 4PM EAT 📢More details on the flyer below #Africa #Genetics #DrugTreatments

Please join our fantastic Winter School at UQ in Brisbane. A great opportunity to acquire foundational knowledge in statistical genetics (incl. polygenic score methods), genetic epidemiology, cell-based transcriptomics and pharmacogenomics.

🚨 Training materials now open! Missed the #PGCAfricaAI2025 workshop? No problem-you can now access: Introductory slides on AI/ML in genomics Hands-on Python & R tutorials Hands-on tasks on Generative AI models like ChatGPT Ethical reflections in African genomic science 5/6

📂 Everything is free & open-access: 🔗 bit.ly/PGCAfricaAI_20… #PGCAfricaAI2025 #AIinAfrica #OpenScience #PsychGenAfrica 6/6

Another #WCPG2024 conference highlight was the launch of the new #PsychGenAfrica web portal by Itunuoluwa Isewon which we're proud to introduce!🎉; a hub for African-led research advancing psychiatric genomics across the continent 4/10

To access the portal; 🔗 Visit: psychgenafrica.org 💡 Join the movement: #PsychGenAfrica #AfricanGenomics #MentalHealthAfrica #PGCAfrica #OpenScience 5/10