Genetic counsellor (CCGC, FHGSA) in Australia. All views expressed are my own.
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📣 📣 📣 Our new paper out today in @GIMJournal on Genetic Counselling in rapid genomic testing
Link 👉 gimopen.org/article/S2949-77…
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🔥Hot off the press:
@HGSAAustralasia position statement on rapid #genomic testing in critically ill patients 🇦🇺
Out now @ejhg_journal
#AcuteCare @AusGenomics @DanyaVears @genetic_Fi @SamRoseA @BERG_MCRI 👏
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Hooray👏Research Thursday is back!! Today's featured article is "Australian healthcare professionals' perspectives on the ethical and practical issues associated with genomic newborn screening" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
@michellecao20, @SamRoseA, @DanyaVears @GCRConnect #GeneChat
Proud supervisor this morning! Fabulous work @michellecao20 @DanyaVears and team! #genomics #newbornscreening #GeneChat
Check out this new publication by our previous Master of Genetic Counselling student @michellecao20 Lauren Notini @SamRoseA and @DanyaVears exploring health professionals' views on implementing genomic newborn screening in Australia doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1645 @MCRI_for_kids @UniMelb
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We currently have an application in to MRAC for an MBS provide number for professional genetic counselling by HGSA registered #GeneticCounsellors. Public consultation is open to all and we need your support! For details hgsa.org.au/hgsanews/public-…
#genechat @GCAustralasia
Sam Ayres (she/her) retweeted
Breaking news! HGSA has released a new Position Statement on Genetic Carrier Testing for Recessive Conditions. Many thanks to our Education, Ethics and Social Issues Committee and all who contributed to its creation. Accessible to all at hgsa.org.au/documents/item/1…
Family communication of genetic information. Who? Why? How? Check out our new Wiley eLS article with illustrative cases. #GeneChat protect-au.mimecast.com/s/oK…
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HGSA Education Ethics and Social Issues Committee, ASGC and AACG have released a joint position statement following the recent overturning of the Roe v Wade ruling by the US Supreme Court.
hgsa.org.au/hgsanews/joint-s…
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‘I don’t like the word diversity. It ‘others’ people.’
Wow. So powerful. Thank you for this wonderful talk @JacyntaKrakouer 🙏🙏
Feeling incredibly grateful to be listening and learning from brave, inspiring women at the Who’s Holding Your Ladder? seminar this afternoon. Doing some serious reflecting on my own 🪜 and how I can more consciously contribute to holding and making room for others’ 🪜s. #WHYL22
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Kirsten Allan is a genetic counsellor with RDNow. Her role provides support to families accessing genomic testing and enables them to make informed decisions. #rarediseaseday
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Rare opportunity: We are looking for a senior scientist / clinical genomics expert! If you have a passion for helping children with rare disease and extensive experience with exome and genome analysis, join our awesome @TeamVCGS in beautiful Oz! career10.successfactors.com/…
New HGSA position statement: Use of human #genetic #genomics info in healthcare settings. Drafted by @juliamansour13 @jacquie_savard @biomedethics & J. Boyle and myself on behalf of the Ethics, Education & Social Issues committee. protect-au.mimecast.com/s/p8…
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When health experts announced that the majority of patients in hospital are unvaccinated — but not all — some wrongly felt this supported the theory that vaccination wasn’t effective. Actually, it once again shows how INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE vaccines are. It’s all about proportions.
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A virus isn't endemic just cos a govt minister says it is and just cos people want it to be.
The current pattern of waning vax, new immune evasive variants, and minimal public health response seem set to doom us to massive surges once or twice a year. 1\5
This! --> The Questions We Should Really Be Asking After Reading the NY Times Article About Prenatal cfDNA Screening For Microdeletions thednaexchange.com/2022/01/0…
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Sam Ayres (she/her) retweeted
The inability of our leaders to understand very simple, basic math is truly mind boggling
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A few thoughts on #Omicron and our healthcare system:
1️⃣ Our system is ALREADY overwhelmed- hundreds of thousands of people have been denied care and are waiting for critical procedures- the existing backlog will take YEARS to clear.