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Kirsten Boggs

@kirnigc.bsky.social

Senior Genetic Counsellor for Australian Genomics with special interest in Reproductive Carrier Screening and genomic NBS. Co-Chair of GCR Connect. Gadigal land. She/her. Views are my own

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Title: Genetic counsellors: facilitating the integration of genomics into healthcare

Title: Genetic counsellors: facilitating the integration of genomics into healthcare

Read our new perspective piece published in @mja.com.au. We explore the role of GCs in genomic medicine and current professional challenges. What started as passionate conference discussions has turned into a great perspective piece!

To read the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...

06.01.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ“ฃAnd out now in Genetics in Medicine:

How do we best support choices when offering #genomic screening? @ausgenomics.bsky.social

Check out our 2-step model๐Ÿ‘‡
doi.org/10.1016/j.gi...

Terrific collab @yvonnebombard.bsky.social & GeneticsAdviser! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ @genetic-fi.bsky.social @stephaniebest.bsky.social

16.12.2024 06:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Genomics Education Network Australasia (GENA): December 2024 Join the Genomics Education Network Australasia (GENA) meet-up and hear about genomics education projects underway in Australasia.

Interested in or practicing #genomics #education? There's still time to join the next Genomics Education Network Australasia (GENA) meet-up this Friday 6 December at 12pm (AEDT).

More info and registration page below โฌ‡๏ธ www.eventbrite.com.au/e/genomics-e...

#GENA @bronwynterrill.bsky.social

04.12.2024 05:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thereโ€™s still time to register for the GCR Connect End of Year Showcase happening tomorrow!

03.12.2024 05:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Assessing the unmet needs of genomic testing in Australia: a geospatial exploration - European Journal of Human Genetics European Journal of Human Genetics - Assessing the unmet needs of genomic testing in Australia: a geospatial exploration

Thrilled to announce that #research conducted with @stephaniebest.bsky.social, @ausgenomics.bsky.social and other amazing colleagues is now published!

We explored the geographic distribution of rare disease #genomic testing across Australia ๐Ÿงฌ. Take a peak!

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

27.11.2024 06:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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WHO releases new principles for ethical human genomic data collection and sharing The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a set of principles for the ethical collection, access, use and sharing of human genomic data. Created with guidance from the WHO Technical Advisory Grou...

๐Ÿ“ฃ Today the World Health Organization's #Genomics Program launched its new principles for the ethical human genome data collection, access, use and sharing. ๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿงฌ

Read more & access the full document here ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.who.int/news/item/20...

#WHO#globalhealth #data #equity
#collaboration #research

21.11.2024 06:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would love to be added into this group please! ๐Ÿ’œ

21.11.2024 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An honour to be part of such transformative research, and making a real difference to peopleโ€™s lives. Mackenzieโ€™s Mission key outcomes paper published today in NEJM

Link ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

21.11.2024 02:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Interested in hearing more about what Genetic Counsellors get up to in research? Join us for the GCR Connect End of Year Showcase on Wednesday 4th December and hear from 4 amazing GCs! @ausgenomics.bsky.social

Link to register ๐Ÿ‘‰ mcri.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

18.11.2024 09:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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