Genomic education for lay people
and the general public
Links to international online educational genetic and genomic resources
Online educational resources guides:
Principal professional genetics societies by continent
Asia:
- Asia Pacific Society of Human Genetics (APSHG)
- Indian Academy of Medical Genetics
- Pakistani Society of Medical Genetics
- Malaysian Society of Human Genetics (MSHG)
- Indonesian Society of Human Genetics (InaSHG)
- Korean Society of Medical Genetics and Genomics
- Genetics Society of Thailand
Africa:
Australasia:
Europe:
North America
- American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
- American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG)
- Canadian College of Medical Geneticists (CCMG)
South America
Courses most suitable for genetic professionals
MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOCs)
- The Power of Genomics to Understand the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Genomic Scenarios in Primary Care
- Other online courses of the Wellcome Connecting Science team
- Clinical Bioinformatics: Unlocking Genomics in Healthcare
- Genomic Technologies in Clinical Diagnostics: Next Generation Sequencing
- The Genomics Era: the Future of Genetics in Medicine
- Genomic Medicine: Transforming Patient Care in Diabetes
- Genomic Medicine: Harnessing the Power of the Human Genome
- Cancer in the 21st Century: the Genomic Revolution
Courses most suitable for individuals other than genetics professionals, including the public
MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOCs)
- Genomic Technologies in Clinical Diagnostics: Next Generation Sequencing
- The Genomics Era: the Future of Genetics in Medicine
- Genomic Medicine: Transforming Patient Care in Diabetes
- Understanding Genetic Disorders: How DNA Influences Health
- Genomic Medicine: Harnessing the Power of the Human Genome
- Cancer in the 21st Century: the Genomic Revolution
- NHS Genomics Education Programme. Collection “for health professionals”
Members of this educational sub-committee
- PROFESSOR EDWARD S TOBIAS (lead of sub-committee)
Professor of Genetic Medicine & Hon. NHS Consultant Clinical Geneticist,
University of Glasgow & West of Scotland Centre for Genomic Medicine, UK - PROFESSOR SHERIFA AHMED HAMED
Professor of Neurology,
Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University Hospital, Egypt - PROFESSOR ISCIA LOPES-CENDES
Professor of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine,
University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil - PROFESSOR NARAZAH MOHD YUSOFF
Professor of Haematology,
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia - PROFESSOR QASIM AYUB
Professor of Genomics,
School of Science, Monash University Malaysia - PROFESSOR MARIA GIL
Faculty of Medicine,
University Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola - DR. HUY PHUOC DO
Vietnamese Organization for Rare Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam