🎉 Join us this Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day for the GCR Connect End of Year Showcase!
Hosted by ASGC & GCR Connect, this event is dedicated to highlighting the incredible research being led by GCs.
📅 Thursday, 13 November 2025
🕑 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM AEDT
📍 Online (registration required)
Abstract submission closes TODAY for GCR Connect showcase!!
🔹Top 3 abstracts invited to present in November
🔹 Best presentation takes home $100 prize 🏆
📩 Send your abstract (max. 250 words) to Kirsten Boggs
✨ Save the date! Registration details soon - we can’t wait to see you there
🚨 Reminder: Abstracts due soon! 🚨
Submit by 5pm Fri 10 Oct for the chance to present at the GCR Connect End of Year Showcase 🎤 (Thurs 13 Nov).
Top abstract wins $100 prize 🏆
📩 Send your abstract (≤250 words) to Kirsten Boggs
For more information see the ASGC newsletter
Two genetic counseling legends - plenary speaker @hz103.bsky.social and session chair @laurayeates1.bsky.social at #hgsa2025 🇦🇺 #genechat
Fantastic 1st session at #IMPAHC2025 highlights incl
✨Uncle Frank: Welcome to the Country & sharing stories about country
✨Steph Archer: developing a CanRisk user interface
✨Laura Forest: implementing personalised #Breastcancer risk in primary care
✨Paul James: w/early & exciting data from the PRiMo
A wonderful first session on Genetic Counselling research led by Dr Heather Zierhut and interactive activity using the FOCUS framework to address our goals. What a way to kick off the ASGC SIG day and 48th HGSA ASM!
Day one of #HGSA2025 and #asgc2025. Very excited for this jam packed program, catching up with friends, and lots of learning.
Thanks to @laurayeates1.bsky.social and the committee for organising such a great program! 🤗
Other speakers include:
✨ Dr Elvira Zilliacus, Exc account manager, Blueprint
✨ Prof Clara Gaff, exc director MGHA
✨Dr Jane Tiller, ethical, legal and social adviser, public health genomics researcher
✨Dr Gabrielle Reid, lead genomics co-ordinator MsGC UoM
✨Gillian Blue, head of genet research CHW
Packed room today for the @gcr-connect.bsky.social Life After PhD event. I love seeing so many GCs interested in research!!! How lucky are we to have so many brilliant GCs sharing their career stories.
First up Melody Menezes, executive director of clinical genetics services at VCGS.
New paper by Mackley & co presents a framework to support genetic testing mainstreaming across specialities, with 4 models differentiated by when service delivery shifts to clinical genetic services.
🔗 Mainstreaming of clinical genetic testing: A conceptual framework; DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2025.101465
New paper! 🚨
"The case for integrating genetic counselors into primary care" makes the case for a game-changing shift in how we deliver genetic healthcare.
💡 GCs + Primary Care = Access, Equity, Prevention, Continuity.
#GeneticCounselling #PrimaryCare #GenomicMedicine #HealthEquity
🎉 The provisional program for the International Meeting of the Psychosocial Aspects of Hereditary Cancer (IMPAHC) is now live!
🗓 25–26 August
📍 Kingscliff, NSW
Keynote speakers: A/Prof Stephanie Archer (University of Cambridge) & Dr Katianne Sharp (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)
Short talks + speed networking focused on research careers, mentoring & professional growth.
🎤 Confirmed speakers: Dr Gillian Blue, A/Prof Lisa S. Schwartz, Dr Elvira Zilliacus & Prof Clara Gaff.
Learn from GC leaders shaping research, education & translational genomics. #GCPhD #CareerDevelopment
📢 Are you a genetic counsellor doing a PhD—or thinking about one?
The GC-PhD peer support group (of the GCR Connect Committee) is hosting a professional development workshop on Thurs 14 Aug, 2–4pm, at the Garvan Institute, Sydney. 🧬 #GeneticCounselling #PhD
EOI: forms.office.com/r/0v5r1uaZrP
🧬 What does the public think about genomic newborn screening (gNBS)?
A study by Peters and colleagues used discrete choice surveys to explore the Australian public preferences, values, and priorities of the Australian public about the value and implementation of genomic NBS.
While the move has been welcomed by many, it also raises important questions about consent, privacy, and how to manage information about adult-onset conditions.
Genomics is going mainstream—what do you think about sequencing at birth?
#Genomics #PublicHealth #NHS #NewbornScreening #HealthPolicy
Building on the Generation Study, the NHS announced plans to offer whole-genome sequencing to all babies born in England within the 10 years. With a £650 million investment, the initiative aims to identify hundreds of rare genetic conditions at birth, enabling earlier diagnoses & tailored treatment.
Well done Emily on a fantastic publication highlighting the diverse roles of genetic counsellors - we look forward to seeing more great work as you continue through your PhD journey!
Why does 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙒𝙖𝙮 matter? Hear directly from Professor Alex Brown as he shares why this course is a game-changer.
Source: Australian Alliance for Indigenous Genomics
What does the Australian public think about the value and implementation of genomic NBS? 🧬👶⚖️
@ajhgnews.bsky.social
@iliasgoranitis.bsky.social @stephaniebest.bsky.social @genomeseb.bsky.social @genetic-fi.bsky.social
#raredisease #genomics #healtheconomics
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Huge congrats to Prof Daniel MacArthur on receiving the prestigious ESHG award for his outstanding work in human genetics.
He leads the Centre for Population Genomics, a joint initiative of Garvan & @MCRI_for_kids
#ESHG2025
Read more: ow.ly/p8vi50W3Oee
Very excited to see this finally announced! Huge congratulations to @amcinerney.bsky.social on being appointed Deputy Associate Dean of Research at UQ Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences.
I’m so proud of Aideen and all her amazing achievements! 🍾👏🥳
#womeninstem #genechat #superstar
Very excited by @zoefehlberg.bsky.social poster on #impsci and #genomics at the European Implementation Event 2025.
doi: 10.1186/s43058-024
Important for us to continue critiquing how we consider research outcomes.
@Zornitza and Marlena Klaic
Indigenous Data Sovereignty (#IDSoV) is deeply rooted and growing. At ANU NCIG we walk with First Nations leaders and stand in solidarity with global communities advancing data justice, self-determination, and community-led governance. #DataSovereignty @ncig2013.bsky.social
Indigenous postgrads—interested in immunology and genomics? Apply now for the Indigenous Visiting Research Fellowship! Build skills, support rare disease diagnosis, and join a genomics alliance led by and for Indigenous Australians. @azurehermes.bsky.social @wehi-research.bsky.social
