The podcast of the journal of genetic counseling, “DNA dialogues” was nominated for an award! Yay! If this makes you curious and you wanna listen, here’s where you can do that: dnadialogues.podbean.com

A podcast recommendation for #AcademicSky people: "DNA Dialogues" is the podcast of the journal of genetic counseling! Our latest episode is about research methods... so broadly applicable! Listen here to interviews about mixed methods research, & stats methods: dnadialogues.podbean.com #GeneChat

This is the best piece I’ve read about it: macleans.ca/society/sena...

July is #DisabilityPride month and to mark it, the Journal of Genetic Counseling has a special virtual issue of papers, curated by @tashawainstein.bsky.social - they’re all free to read for the month of July! So, please do so, enjoy, and share! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

#PhDSky #QualitativeResearch

Journal of Genetic Counseling’s Special issue on Research Methods has an EXCELLENT collection of papers & there are still more to come! Check it out for all your methods needs including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods topics. #GeneChat #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Research #Research

“Research assistants, local collaborators & community partners, esp those from the Global South, are often seen as data collectors rather than co-creators of knowledge” A great piece on inclusive authorship & the need for flexibility @lseimpactblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

What a masterclass from Steven McCarroll on Huntington Disease and the lifelong somatic expansion of the CAG repeat: three phases -slow ticking (decades), rapidly ticking (years), toxic (months). #ESHG2025

Genetic counselors at #eshg2025 representing Australia, Canada and Switzerland! 🧬 🌏 🥂 @tashawainstein.bsky.social @kennedyborle.bsky.social @j9austin.bsky.social #genechat

Excited to be heading to #ESHG2025! I’ll be presenting on Monday 26th [C30.03] - “Disclosure of a diagnosis to peers among adolescents with genetic conditions: ‘I want them to get to know me before they see that part’”. Looking forward to lots of great sessions and a chance to connect with others!

Excited to be heading to #ESHG2025! I’ll be presenting on Monday 26th [C30.03] - “Disclosure of a diagnosis to peers among adolescents with genetic conditions: ‘I want them to get to know me before they see that part’”. Looking forward to lots of great sessions and a chance to connect with others!

What are sex trait variations and how do we support #intersex individuals? In the new ep All Access DNA we talk to @geneticsbtb.bsky.social about advocacy for the intersex community & the importance of trauma-informed care. #podcast #genechat #genetics allaccessdna.podbean.com/e/sex_trait_...

We hope to see our research methods paper be a resource to the GC community tackling their research using quantitative methods: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @j9austin.bsky.social #GCchat

Mixed methods can be very useful for genetic counselling research but there are considerations for rigour and validity. We wrote a methods paper about the opportunities and challenges for high quality MM genetic counselling research! @j9austin.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🚨 New publication from the awesome @kennedyborle.bsky.social - we really hope that this one will be USEFUL to people who are wanting to engage in ensuring quality & rigor in their mixed methods research, it focuses on applications in genetic counseling but relevant beyond! #AcademicSky 🧪 #GeneChat

🚨 Excited to announce the call for papers for our next special issue at the Journal of Genetic Counseling! Its about (re)imagining the future of genetic counseling, you can see more about what we are looking for here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... Please share! #AcademicSky 🧪 #GeneChat

A discussion about whether ChatGPT has rights encapsulates so much about what is wrong. The new feudal tech lords will sit around chin stroking about giving rights to a non-sentient algorithm while breezily destroying the rights of actual humans at the same time.

With the recent news story about the White House considering ways to encourage women to have more babies, I thank Chloe Anygal for reminding me that I already covered this. None of this is about us. “The haranguing of women will continue until white women are brought to heel.”

Dr. Jennifer Stinson is the first nurse to win a Gairdner Award. A nurse at Sick Kids and a professor at the U of T, she has "revolutionized pediatric pain management," using apps, VR and a human touch. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @jenniferyang.bsky.social @gairdnerawards.bsky.social

Eventually, a brave person has to clearly explain what tools this president is using to keep his minions in line. We know there is bribery and reputational threats. But I suspect there is more.

The latest issue of @lizneeley.bsky.social’s essential weekly newsletter on the continuing attacks on science & higher-ed, and living through these times: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

‘&’ is called an ‘ampersand’ and means “and.” In the Middle Ages, when single letters were used as words, the phrase ‘per se’ would be included to indicate they were being used as a word and not just a letter. “I per se, I” = ‘I’ is being used as the word ⬇️

In the spirit of sharing good things too, here’s the 1st publication EVER by one of my fantastic ex-trainees, Yvette Kuo (not on here)…she did some great work around measuring the outcomes of genetic counseling w/me & @kennedyborle.bsky.social #AcademicSky #GeneChat www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hi #GeneChat community! At the Journal of Genetic Counseling, we have finally published our editorial about the journal's stance re: the US government's censorship of science as it relates to our field. Please read and share. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... #AcademicSky 🧪

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

Also see the research methods special issue that will be coming soon at the journal of genetic counseling. We will have “how to” papers on a whole variety of methods!

EXACTLY THIS. Nursing has developed qualitative research so far beyond where every other discipline has (I'm sorry sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, geographers). Fun fact: I learned qualitative methods in the School of Nursing at UBC and in the School of Social Work.

Genetic counseling community - lots going on in the US that’s negatively impacting us, science/research, patients & communities. Genetic counseling support call Fri 3/14 at 1pm PT. Safe space (not affiliated w/ any org) to share and listen. If you need the link, DM me or @j9austin.bsky.social

Genetic counselor involvement in #LabStewardship reduces inappropriate #GeneticTesting bit.ly/41UyOJ9 #GeneChat

New paper alert! 🚨 Up to 39% of Canadians have unmet need for genetic counselling and that its associated with some sociodemographic characteristics. Much of this unmet need is for multifactorial conditions and wouldn’t be met through the current system. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Paging all #GeneChat colleagues - we are having another mutual support call on the 14th, 1pm PST/4pm EST - please DM me or @kategenetics.bsky.social or @naomi-cgc.bsky.social for the link - please join us if you need to receive or would like to give support :)

Show me the recent white woman equivalent to the global controversies over women athletes like Caster Semenya or Imane Khelif, if you want to test your hypothesis. I’ll wait.

Today is #RareDiseaseDay ! To mark it, we have a curated special collection of papers that are available free to read in the Journal of Genetic Counseling! Please read share and enjoy 😊 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

How Trump’s USAID freeze halted the effort to develop an effective HIV vaccine in Africa www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/t...

tRump, with his usual ignorance, accuses South Africa of "human rights violations" and land grabs. The South African government has countered his nonsense, refusing to let his absurd claims go unchallenged. www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n...

It would be nice if people could stop acting like DEI is an only a moral good. DEI strengthens organizations. People from diverse backgrounds bring new ways of solving problems and serving people. DEI isn’t a gift to diverse people. It’s a gift to the orgs that hire us.

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

This is such a corporate approach to writing: as if only the end product matters. Whereas, writing is thinking, lit. review is thinking. The process that is so meaningful. Checking if the sources are right alone doesn’t do it.

It’s Black History Month. To mark, honor and recognize this, the Journal of Genetic Counseling has updated our curated collection of manuscripts (I won’t name the person responsible given …), and it’s all free to read for the month! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... please read and share

I know you know this, but a lot of people don't: the #1 beneficiary of DEI and affirmative action as they've been implemented have been white women. What a self own.

"There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard." — Arundhati Roy

Such a brilliant project and example of how to effectively and meaningfully #InvolveYoungPeople in research 👏👏 @dr-know.bsky.social @drrhysarcher.bsky.social and all 🤩 #MentalHealth #PPI #PPIE #Coproduction

The "kitchen sink" of omics to solve the basis for an undiagnosed disease: long read genome , transcriptome, methytome, epigenome, all synchronized (a first) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#geneticcounselor zoom call this Friday at 4pm ET to talk about the current state of healthcare, research, and concerns in the US. It is a tough time and many do not feel comfortable talking about this at work.If you are an intetested genetic counselor please DM me for the zoom link.

Weekly highlights include "Utility of genomic testing in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer". This informs Aus's 1st national framework for genomics in cancer control being developed by Cancer Australia 📜 #Genechat @amcinerney.bsky.social ➡️https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djae233

Immediately added to my To Read pile…

New publication with the #PREMM team comparing PREMM5 with PREMMplus for #LynchSyndrome prediction. Love working with my #DFCI colleagues! ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/... #GeneChat #genetics #HereditaryCancer #OncoSky #MedSky #SciSky

"If we hope to improve child health, we cannot ignore the impact of racism on global child health inequities." In a new Comment, authors announce the launch of the Lancet Commission on racism and child health. Find out more about the Commission's priorities: tinyurl.com/3z959r9z