Through her work, Alison helps ensure that scientific advances are understood not just in the lab, but in the real-world contexts where they matter most.

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #HealthExperienceResearch #GeneticCounselling #PublicEngagement #ScienceAndSociety #MRCWIMM

Through her work, Alison helps ensure that scientific advances are understood not just in the lab, but in the real-world contexts where they matter most.

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #HealthExperienceResearch #GeneticCounselling #PublicEngagement #ScienceAndSociety #MRCWIMM

Expanded Carrier Screening: How Is It Used? What Are the Ethical Implications? This episode of the https://www.spreaker.com/show/progress-educational-trust-podcast discusses the use of expanded carrier screening to test prospective parents, and/or donors of sperm or eggs, for gene variants that could potentially lead to ill health in future children This discussion – which originally took place at the PET Annual Conference – is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from: ⚫ Sara Levene (Consultant Genetic Counsellor and founder of Guided Genetics) ⚫ Professor Jackson Kirkman-Brown (Science Lead at the Birmingham Women's Fertility Centre) ⚫ Dr Heidi Mertes (Chair of Belgium's Federal Commission for Medical and Scientific Research on Embryos In Vitro) ⚫ Professor Cathy Herbrand (Principal Investigator at PRECAS) PET is grateful to Reproduction in the Age of Genomic Medicine: The Emergence, Commercialisation and Implications of PReconception Expanded CArrier Screening (PRECAS) – a project based at De Montfort University – for supporting this discussion. PET is also grateful to Jon Nicoll, who created the opening and closing music for its podcast. Register at https://www.progress.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/ for upcoming PET events.

📣 New Podcast! "Expanded Carrier Screening: How Is It Used? What Are the Ethical Implications?" on @Spreaker #expandedcarrierscreening #geneticcounselling #geneticcounsellor #petconf25 #preconception

As genetic testing becomes part of health care, one question remains: who helps patients make sense of it all?

Drs. Alison Elliott & @j9austin.bsky.social at @bcchresearch.bsky.social & UBC are a part of the GenCOUNSEL project changing how we experience #GeneticCounselling: https://bit.ly/48WtfMO

📢 !NEW TIME!
👉 Our free webinar with Maria Judit Molnar on #GeneticCounselling for #RareNeurologicalDiseases next week will be at 1pm CET instead of the usual time at 3 pm.
If you haven't registered yet, don't miss out and join us next Tuesday: t1p.de/d825h

Towards a patient-centred classification of genetic disease severity - European Journal of Human Genetics European Journal of Human Genetics - Towards a patient-centred classification of genetic disease severity

How do expectant parents define the “severity” of a genetic disorder, and how do their perspectives differ from those of healthcare professionals when it comes to pregnancy termination decisions? #Genetics #GeneticCounselling

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Comment: Dr Starr and Professor Smith discuss how IPA can be applied to perception of genetic risk and understanding genetic information. Read in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/what-can-int...

#GenomicMedicine #IPA #QualitativeResearch #Genetics #Genomics #GeneticCounselling #counselling

Age-Based Risk Estimates for C9orf72RE-related Diseases: Theoretical Developments and Added Value for Genetic Counselling
de Vienne, D., de Vienne, D. M.
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#C9orf72RE #GeneticCounselling #AgeBasedRiskEstimates

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

Genuine question: are all parents being offered genetic counselling before enrolling in these studies? Are there enough trained counsellors to do this well? If not, who is helping them interpret what these tests might mean—for now and for the future?
#clinicalethics #geneticcounselling

What an amazing event!

GCs doing (or considering) a PhD, this is for you!

✨ Life After a GC-PhD ✨

A stellar lineup of presenters + speed-dating style chats with experts in academia, industry & policy.

More info 👇
#genechat #phdlife #geneticcounselling

📢 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

Still time to apply! 🚨
@igmgroup.bsky.social is hiring two postdocs to join our team.

If you have a background in #geneticcounselling, #publichealth, or #implementationscience, check out the ad & our website for more info. Exciting projects ahead!

Congrats to @j9austin.bsky.social and the JoGC authors on this fantastic collection of “how-to” papers! A brilliant and much needed resource, sure to become essential reading for the research and GC community. 👏📚 #GeneticCounselling #JoGC #genechat

A #carrierscreening program targeting recessive disorders in a population with #foundereffect showed high acceptability and utility to support informed reproductive choices, highlighting potential for broader use. bit.ly/43HqCgl #GIMO #GeneticCounselling #SaguenayLacSaintJean

Research Academics – Health Translation Research in Genomics Frazer Institute Two full-time, fixed-term positions commencing ASAP Base salary will range from $80,448 – $107,104 (Academic Level A) or $112,572 - $133,381 (Academic Level B) + 17% Superannuation Ba...

IGM is hiring! 🎉

Join our team and work alongside @tatyanes.bsky.social and @amcinerney.bsky.social on impactful research focused on integrating genomics into medicine.

Learn more & apply 👇👇👇

#Genomics #GeneticCounselling #ResearchJobs #FrazerInstitute #TranslationalResearch

Really looking forward to this tomorrow! If you’d like to come follow the link below (in person, Oxford)

#genomics #geneticcounselling #denovo

Our chat with the Head of the Board of Genetic Counselling India, Dr. Qurratulain Hasan about Genetics and the importance of genetic counselling. Out on all major platforms!

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#genetics #genes #geneticcounselling #podcast #research

PhenoTips Speaker Series Presents: Genetic Counseling with PhenoTips' Pedigree Software. April 23rd 2025, 12-1 PM EST. With PhenoTips' in-house genetic counselor, Erica Peacock, CGC & genetic counseling student, Ariel Modeste. Hosted by DNA Today's Kira DIneen, CGC.

Last chance!

Join @dnatodaypodcast.bsky.social's Kira Dineen, PhenoTips' Erica Peacock & GC student Ariel Modeste for an interactive mock #GeneticCounselling session featuring live #PedigreeDrawing with PhenoTips software. #GeneChat

Register for tomorrow's #webinar: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🌀 It's that time again #NephMadness! These are my picks as a paediatric nephrologist with a career focus on genetics, blood pressure & prevention 💥🧬💉
Some tight matchups this year — but here's why #geneticcounselling got my vote 🧵 1/3

Learn about our new partner Genetic Experts.

#genetics #geneticstesting #genomics #RNA #DNA #prenataltesting #NIPS #NIPT #doctors #Trisomies #fetal #fetalabnormalities #chromosomes #laboratory #lab #irishlaboratory #ISO15189:2022 #geneticcounselling #geneticcounsellingireland #geneticexperts

Wellcome Connecting Science hybrid conference World Congress of Genetic Counselling Congress dates: 24-26 February 2025 Location: Hinxton Hall Conference Centre, Wellcome Genome Campus UK and online Bursary deadline: 19 November 2024 Abstract deadline: 3 December 2024 In-person registration deadline: 28 January 2025 Virtual registration deadline: 18 February 2025

Register for an in-person place to our 2025 World Congress on Genetic Counselling!
#WCGC2025

⏰ Deadline: 28 January 2025

Participate in a global gathering of specialists working across #GeneticCounselling education, research and clinical practice.

📎 Find out more: bit.ly/3Do0pbL

Who owns your genes? - ABC listen You might think that, if anybody owns your genes, it’s you, but if you know anything about your genes it will be because of professional gene testing. And in cases of a genetically transmitted disorde...

Who owns your genes?

Sun 20 May 2012

#ASPZE_May2012

#JustinOakley

#GeneticTesting
#PremaritalTesting
#GeneticCounselling
#ThirdPartyLiability #AbsoluteConfidentiality

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