E5 - Language: Talking About Genetics

In this episode of Genetic Sounds, recorded live in Gothenburg, hosts Mariangels Ferrer Duch and Ramona Moldovan explore how inclusivity can be designed into genetics education, research, clinical practice, and professional communities.They are joined by Dr Lucinda Freeman, Programme Director of the MSc Genetic Counselling at UTS Sydney; Dr Sasha Henriques, Director of Equity Assurance at Genomics England; Professor Lili Milani, Head of the Estonian Biobank and Professor of Pharmacogenomics at the University of Tartu; and Jerome del Picchia, Chief Executive Officer of the European Society of Human Genetics.Together, the panel discusses barriers to entering genetics professions, equitable participation in research and genomic healthcare, meaningful involvement of patients and communities, and the role of organisations such as ESHG in widening access and participation.

In this episode of Genetic Sounds, we are live from Milan with hosts Mariangels Ferrer Duch and Ramona Moldovan, where we discuss the voices, values and the vocabulary of science. Joining us on the panel is a wonderful range of guests from different backgrounds, many of whom are here wearing their journal editor hats. We have Jehannine (J9) Austin, Editor of the Journal of Genetic Counseling; Alisdair McNeill, Editor of the European Journal of Human Genetics; Sofia Douzgou Houge, Editor of the Journal of Clinical Dysmorphology; and Sarah Wynn, CEO of the UK-based charity Unique. 

In the final episode of our third series, we discuss Pharmacogenetics. Recorded with a live audience in Berlin, Germany. On the panel we have a wonderful range of guests including Professor and Head of Estonian Biobank, Lili Milani, CEO of Unique Patient Group, Sara Winn, Vita Dolžan, Head of the Pharmacogenetics Laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ljubljana, and Bill Newman, Clinical Geneticist and Vice President of the ESHG.

In this episode, we discuss language and how to talk about genetics. In this conversation, we are joined by Genetic Counsellor, Zelpha D’Souz from the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, David Ross, who is a rare disease patient and also runs a charity supporting men’s mental health for those diagnosed with a rare disease, and Medical Interpreter, Teodora Manea, who is currently working at the University of Liverpool as Programme Lead for Global Healthcare Ethics. 

In this episode, we discuss how to facilitate discussions about reproductive choices. In this conversation, we are joined by Genetic Counsellor from The University of Cape Town, Tina Wessels, Director of ARC (Antenatal Results and Choices), Jane Fisher, and Emilia Bijsma from Leiden University Medical Centre.

In this episode, we discuss migration and how it influences our practice. In this conversation, we are joined by Genetic Counsellor and researcher, Milena Paneque, Adjunct Assistant Lecturer at University Hospital Linköping, Rebeka Pestoff, and Umut Fahrioglu, Director and Genetic counsellor at Agiomix. 

In this episode, we discuss human genetics and artificial intelligence. In this conversation, we are joined by Head of the Institute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, Professor Peter Krawitz, Professor Tjitske Kleefstra from Radboud University Medical Center, and Dr. Tanja Zdolsek Draksler, research project manager at the Jožef Stefan Institute. 

As we return with our third series of Genetic Sounds, in this first episode we discuss art and human genetics. In this conversation, we are joined by paediatric geneticist and personal essayist, Chaya Nautiyal Murali, and Communications and Engagement Coordinator at Alliance for African Partnership, Abraham Mamela. 

In the final episode of our second series, we discuss the wide topic of “What is the next ethical frontier in genetics?”. Recorded with a live audience in Glasgow, Scotland. On the panel we have a wonderful range of guests including Professor Tara Clancy from The University of Manchester, Gemma Louise Chandratillake from the Institute of Continuing Education, and Masha Shabina, Assistant Professor in Privacy Law at Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy, Ghent, Belgium. 

In this episode, we discuss reproductive genetics and choices. In this conversation, we are joined by Director of The Raphael Recanati Genetics Institute, Lina Basel, and Dr Edith Coonen, Senior Clinical Embryologist at the department of Reproductive Medicine, and a Laboratory Specialist in Reproductive Genetics at the department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre.