Association of Genetic Nurses & Counsellors’Conference Thursday 26 April 2018

Time slot / Topic / Speaker
9.00am – 10.15am / Registration, tea & coffee
10.15am - 10.30am / Welcoming address / Mrs Margaretha van Mourik
Consultant Genetic Counsellor
10.30am – 12.00pm / Papers from the membership
12.00pm – 1.00pm / Lunch & poster viewing
1.00pm – 1.30pm / Fetal Genomics / Dr. Carol Gardiner
Consultant Clinical Geneticist
Clinical Lead for UK Fetal Genomics Group
1.30pm – 2.00pm / Ethical issues in fetal genomics / Speaker TBC
2.00pm – 2.30pm / AGNC AGM
2.30pm - 3.30pm / GCRB AGM
3.00pm – 3.30pm / Tea, coffee & poster viewing
3.30pm – 4.00pm / Precision medicine in Cancer / Speaker TBC
4.00pm – 4.30pm / Precision medicine in Epilepsy / Dr. Sameeer Zuberi
Consultant Paediatrician
4.30pm – 5.00pm / Precision medicine in Congenital Hyerinsulism / Dr. Ghuftar Shaikh
Consultant Endocrinologist
5.00pm – 5.15pm / First day summary
6.00pm – 7.00pm / Network event & poster viewing

Association of Genetic Nurses & Counsellors’Conference Friday 27 April 2018

Time slot / Topic / Speaker
8.30am – 9.30am / Poster viewing, tea & coffee
9.30am – 10.30am / Joint presentation GCRB & AGNC
Proposed changes to GC regulation / Dr. Vishakha Tripathi, Diane Stirling, Peter Marks, Dr Laura Boyes
& Dr Anna Middleton
10.30am – 11.00am / Neuromuscular disease & paediatrics / Dr. Ian Horrocks
Consultant Paediatrician
11.00am – 11.30am / North Star assessment / Sarah Brown - Physiotherapist
11.30am – 12.00 midday / Speech & language therapy support in neuromuscular disease / Jennifer Bowers – Speech & Language Therapist
12.00pm – 1.00pm / Poster viewing & lunch
1.00pm – 1.30pm / The role of psychology as a basis for genetic counselling / Dr. Laura Sharp
Health Psychologist
1.30pm – 2.00pm / Family therapy in genetic counselling / Ms. Eshika Haque
Principal Genetic Counsellor
2.00pm – 2.30pm / Genetic counselling in psychiatric medicine / Dr. Andrew Cuthbert
Research Fellow
2.30pm – 2.45pm / Comfort break
2.45pm – 3.45pm / Papers from the membership
3.45pm - 4.00pm / Awards & close of conference
4.00pm / Race to the bar