@eppigen

Ethical Preparedness Project in Genomic Medicine. A Wellcome Trust Collaborative award held by @bsmsmedschool & @UoS_Medicine. Led by @annekeluc & @ethixbird

 South East, England
Joined October 2017
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The duty to warn at‐risk relatives—The experience of genetic counselors and medical geneticists onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

The duty to warn at‐risk relatives—The experience of genetic counselors and medical geneticists

Studies published over 15 years ago surveyed genetic counselors (GC) and medical geneticists (MG) to examine their clinical experiences with the conflict of “duty to warn” versus patient confidenti...

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.@annekeluc what a great day’s work. Thank you for constantly doing your bit to ensure we understand the finer points of genomic medicine - so important for professionals, patients and public. @eppigen @wellcometrust
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
@CommonsSITC15 Oct 2019
This morning, Prof Lucassen @annekeluc explained the importance of contextual information for correctly interpreting genomic results. Watch the full session here: bit.ly/32hVbHt
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What a privilege to give evidence at science and tech committee with @mehurles and @Genomethics. The snippet here is also out in a BMJ piece this week with @rach_horton @cels_uos @eppigen @BritSocGenMed #DTC genetic tests
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
@CommonsSITC15 Oct 2019
This morning, Prof Lucassen @annekeluc explained the importance of contextual information for correctly interpreting genomic results. Watch the full session here: bit.ly/32hVbHt
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Great that @guardian covering poor performance of many #DTC tests w rare variants such as in BRCA1/ BRCA2. @BritSocGenMed Ethical implications @eppigen @wellcometrust @Ethixbird Preparedness of publics and professionals to navigate? Home genetic testing: theguardian.com/science/2019…

Senior doctors call for crackdown on home genetic testing kits

False results have told women they have mutations linked to breast and ovarian cancer

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Ministers scrap plan to sell DNA tests to healthy people theguardian.com/society/2019…

NHS abandons plan to let healthy people pay for DNA sequencing

Amid concerns over two-tier health system, new scheme reads volunteers’ DNA for free

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Listen to the excellent @carolinefwright explaining reasons behind recent media headlines about #DTC genetic tests. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00070k… : Call for crackdown on home genetic testing kits theguardian.com/science/2019…

BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, False positives in genetic test kits, Impact of fishing on ocean...

False positives in genetic test kits, impact of fishing on sharks, and sex-change species.

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UK Biobank is joining the Health Data Research Alliance - sharing health data in a trustworthy and ethical way for research and innovation is key to improving future health #research #health #bigdata
Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)
@HDR_UK1 Aug 2019
8 leading #health organisations, research institutes and #charities, including 3 of the UK’s largest NHS trusts are to join the UK Health Data Research Alliance to accelerate progress in medicine & health. bit.ly/2YzXrek #healthdata #datascience #NHS
@NHSBartsHealth @uhbtrust @nottmhospitals @cftrust @BrainTumourOrg @UK_Biobank @NIHRBioResource @HQIP

ALT @NHSBartsHealth @uhbtrust @nottmhospitals @cftrust @BrainTumourOrg @UK_Biobank @NIHRBioResource @HQIP

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This reflects our clinical experience that individuals who sent their raw data from #DTC genetic test for secondary analysis had false positive results for rare variants such as BRCA1/2 and Lynch. @BritSocGenMed @eppigen 1/3
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Woman conceived after rape of 13-year-old wants birth father prosecuted theguardian.com/law/2019/aug…

Woman conceived after rape of 13-year-old wants birth father prosecuted

‘I’m a walking crime scene,’ says woman who aims to use her DNA to bring case against man who raped her mother

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New bowel cancer test leads to screening rate rise bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-492…

New bowel cancer test leads to screening rate rise

For the first time uptake in Scotland is above 60%, with the greatest rise among people living in deprived areas.

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Paid-for NHS genomic testing could undermine the 100,000 Genomes Project's work - BioNews ⁦from @Ethixbird⁩ bionews.org.uk/page_141493
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Delighted to announce the publication of my position piece on surrogate labour in India. Thanks to all my collaborators. This is open access so please retweet! Surrogate Labour: Exceptional for whom?: Economy and Society: Vol 47, No 2 tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…

Surrogate labour: exceptional for whom?

The desire for genetically related children is driving an exponential rise in assisted reproductive service provision worldwide, including the Global South. In India, the number of ART (Assisted Re...

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We are looking to appoint senior RF ethics/ social science @wellcometrust @EPPigen collaborative award project. One in each location- Southampton and Brighton. To play a key role in our work on ethical preparedness in Genomic medicine. Please share: jobs.soton.ac.uk/1003718CM
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Just out in @JME_BMJ - our paper with @Ethixbird @Sandi_Dheensa @annekeluc on "Towards a national genomics medicine service: the challenges facing clinical-research hybrid practices and the case of the #genomes100k" #100kGP #genome jme.bmj.com/content/early/20…
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Post lunch session #gecip @Ethixbird outlines our WT CA on @ethical preparedness @eppigen #eppigen beautifully – at Camden Town, London
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I wonder how parents feel about this man representing the needs of their student daughters and sons in The Office For Students? – at Scotland, United Kingdom
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hear hear, and call for society to rediscover and celebrate “the forgotten concept of ethics” #NHS xitter.cf/thenewphil/status/9420… – at Southampton, England
New Philosopher magazine@TheNewPhil16 Dec 2017
The Financial Times explains why we all need more philosophy in our lives: ft.com/content/197a8026-df98… @berggruenInst

Why we all need more philosophy in our lives

A new prize recognises the importance of philosophical ideas

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Our SHI paper with @BecDimDiff on 'mitochondrial donation, patient engagement and the socio of hope' is now available online: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Withdrawal Bill debate includes important statement by @Dr_PhilippaW on @EMA_News' role of leading research on paediatric diseases: “It simply is not possible for a single country to carry out such research”: tinyurl.com/ycvduuor. #CYP
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.@DHgovuk Impact Assessment on 'opt-out' says "The evidence is inconclusive. While it seems that moving to an opt-out system is unlikely to decrease the consent rate, there is no unambiguous evidence that opt-out by itself increases consent rates." gov.uk/government/uploads/sy…
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