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Kirsten Boggs

@kirnigc.bsky.social
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Senior Genetic Counsellor for Australian Genomics with special interest in Reproductive Carrier Screening and genomic NBS. Co-Chair of GCR Connect. Gadigal land. She/her. Views are my own

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GCR Connect @gcr-connect.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
🎉 Join us this Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day for the GCR Connect End of Year Showcase! Hosted by ASGC & GCR Connect, this event is dedicated to highlighting the incredible research being led by GCs. 📅 Thursday, 13 November 2025 🕑 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM AEDT 📍 Online (registration required)
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GCR Connect @gcr-connect.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🚨 Reminder: Abstracts due soon! 🚨 Submit by 5pm Fri 10 Oct for the chance to present at the GCR Connect End of Year Showcase 🎤 (Thurs 13 Nov). Top abstract wins $100 prize 🏆 📩 Send your abstract (≤250 words) to Kirsten Boggs For more information see the ASGC newsletter
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Tatiane Yanes @tatyanes.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Read our new perspective piece published in @mja.com.au. We explore the role of GCs in genomic medicine and current professional challenges. What started as passionate conference discussions has turned into a great perspective piece! To read the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
Title: Genetic counsellors: facilitating the integration of genomics into healthcare
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Zornitza Stark @zornitza.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
📣And out now in Genetics in Medicine: How do we best support choices when offering #genomic screening? @ausgenomics.bsky.social Check out our 2-step model👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.gi... Terrific collab @yvonnebombard.bsky.social & GeneticsAdviser! 🇨🇦🇦🇺 @genetic-fi.bsky.social @stephaniebest.bsky.social
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Australian Genomics @ausgenomics.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Interested in or practicing #genomics #education? There's still time to join the next Genomics Education Network Australasia (GENA) meet-up this Friday 6 December at 12pm (AEDT). More info and registration page below ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com.au/e/genomics-e... #GENA @bronwynterrill.bsky.social
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Genomics Education Network Australasia (GENA): December 2024
Join the Genomics Education Network Australasia (GENA) meet-up and hear about genomics education projects underway in Australasia.
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Kirsten Boggs @kirnigc.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
There’s still time to register for the GCR Connect End of Year Showcase happening tomorrow!
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Sarah Casauria @scasauria16.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Thrilled to announce that #research conducted with @stephaniebest.bsky.social, @ausgenomics.bsky.social and other amazing colleagues is now published! We explored the geographic distribution of rare disease #genomic testing across Australia 🧬. Take a peak! doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Assessing the unmet needs of genomic testing in Australia: a geospatial exploration - European Journal of Human Genetics
European Journal of Human Genetics - Assessing the unmet needs of genomic testing in Australia: a geospatial exploration
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Australian Genomics @ausgenomics.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
📣 Today the World Health Organization's #Genomics Program launched its new principles for the ethical human genome data collection, access, use and sharing. 🌎🧬 Read more & access the full document here 👉 www.who.int/news/item/20... #WHO#globalhealth #data #equity #collaboration #research
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WHO releases new principles for ethical human genomic data collection and sharing
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a set of principles for the ethical collection, access, use and sharing of human genomic data. Created with guidance from the WHO Technical Advisory Grou...
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Kirsten Boggs @kirnigc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
An honour to be part of such transformative research, and making a real difference to people’s lives. Mackenzie’s Mission key outcomes paper published today in NEJM Link 👉 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Nationwide, Couple-Based Genetic Carrier Screening | NEJM
Genomic sequencing technology allows for identification of reproductive couples with an increased chance, as compared with that in the general population, of having a child with an autosomal recess...
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Kirsten Boggs @kirnigc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Interested in hearing more about what Genetic Counsellors get up to in research? Join us for the GCR Connect End of Year Showcase on Wednesday 4th December and hear from 4 amazing GCs! @ausgenomics.bsky.social Link to register 👉 mcri.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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