Title: Knowledgebase Resources Aiding the Assessment of the Clinical Impact of Somatic Variants Found in Cancer: In-Depth Looks at CIViC and OncoKB
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
11:00am-12:00pm ET
www.acmgeducation.net
Course Description
This course reviews CIViC and OncoKB, two prominent precision oncology knowledgebases available to the public, that contain clinical interpretations of somatic variants found in cancer. Tutorials on how to navigate each knowledgebase will be given along with details of how to use and apply the information to aid precision medicine.
Target Audience
All medical and healthcare professionals and researchers interested in understanding cancer genomic testing and somatic and germline variant interpretation methods. This series is presented as a collaboration between ClinGen Somatic, VICC, and ACMG consortia.
Agenda
Presentations followed by live Q&A.
Moderator:
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Manuela Benary, PhD
Bioinformatician
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Presenters:
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Malachi Griffith, PhD
Professor - Department of Medicine (Oncology) & Department of Genetics
Assistant Director, The McDonnell Genome Institute
Washington University School of Medicine - St. Louis, MO, USA
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Debyani Chakravarty, PhD
Associate Member - Department of Pathology
Lead Scientist OncoKB
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - New York, NY, USA
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Planning Committee:
Beth Pitel, MS, CG (ASCP)
Gordana Raca, MD, PhD, FACMG
Manuela Benary, PhD
Jason Saliba, PhD
Jane Radford, MHA, CHCP
Claudia Barnett
Accredited Continuing Education Information
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM & CME Other)
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