Category Archives: Allie Janson Hazell
Wanted: Campaign to End Genetic Determinism
Today is National DNA Day, a day designated to promote genetics and genomics education. I’ve always found it a little unfortunate that DNA day falls so close to Earth Day (April 22). Clearly the latter is more recognized and celebrated … Continue reading
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Whole Genome Sequencing and Calculating Risk Tolerance
I often liken the human genome to a savings bond. When we get it, we overpay. Eventually– barring an economic meltdown (or genomic bubble)—it matures. For most of us the return on investment will be low. But for a few … Continue reading
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Why We Love Genetics: A Group Post by The Staff of The DNA Exchange
We suspect that many genetic counselors out there got hooked on genetics by an intriguing bit of information, something that grabbed your attention and made you say “Hey, that’s pretty cool. I want to learn more about this field.” Sure … Continue reading
The Myth of the Designer Baby
A couple of months ago I was interviewed by a few undergraduate students doing a class project on Reproductive Genetics. As anticipated, their questions centered on new technologies, such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and then quickly veered toward the topic … Continue reading
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Canadians celebrate 2nd Annual Genetic Counselling Awareness Week
This week (November 20-26) genetic counsellors across Canada will be participating in the 2nd annual Genetic Counselling Awareness Week (see my post on this topic last year.) The theme for this year’s event is centered around dispelling common myths about … Continue reading
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New Approaches to Public Engagement
Can we learn from a public course on our own field? Earlier this year the NIHGRI released their strategic plan, Charting a course for genomic medicine from base pairs to bedside (click here for pdf), which outlined a number of … Continue reading
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Genomics and the Social Web: A Timeline
(As posted on www.hernaturehisnurture.com) I thought I’d share this timeline that I put together recently for a presentation on the social asepcts of genomics. Although clearly not an exhaustive list of events, I still find it interesting to see the … Continue reading
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Taking Exception to Genetic Exceptionalism
A recent situation in Ontario has prompted the discussion about whether or not it is appropriate for geneticists to act as gatekeepers of genetic testing. Essentially a policy change was made on the provincial level that would only allow for … Continue reading
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Guest Blogger Series: Diverse GC Roles
We’re trying something new at theDNAexchange this week. In response to the feedback that we’ve received about people’s interest in learning more about job opportunities outside of the traditional genetic counselling route, we’ve asked a handful of friends and acquaintances … Continue reading
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FDA Public Meeting on DTC Testing
March 8-9, 2011 As you may know, this week the FDA is hosting a 2-day public meeting about DTC testing, in an effort to develop some guidelines around regulation. It turns out that a handful of dedicated bloggers (namely Dan … Continue reading
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