Centre Gen. & Policy
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Centre of Genomics and Policy: Exploring the socio-ethical and legal issues in genomic health sciences. Retweets are not necessarily endorsements.
McGill University, Montreal
Joined January 2016
Just out in @NatureGenet 🗞��� CGP published a new piece on the urgent need for a global #cybersecurity framework in #genomics. Fragmented #governance is increasing dual-use and data security risks. The field needs coordinated global standards. Read article: https://t.co/oI4fkr7tnM
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We’re building tools to help researchers prioritize conditions and guide policies for fair, evidence-based implementation. Learn more:
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The Foundational Projects funding program supports high-risk, early-stage projects with the potential to be game-changers in the fields of D2R’s areas of interest. In the second funding cycle
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Excited to share a new @D2RMcGill-funded project led by Larry Lynd (@UBC), co-led by Profs @YannJoly6 & @MHZawati (CGP, @mcgillu): Early assessment of the value of novel #RNAtherapeutics in #genomicnewbornscreening initiatives: health, economic and ethical implications. 🧶
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Speakers: Prof. Bartha Maria Knoppers – Distinguished James McGill Professor Emerita, Founding Director of the CGP, McGill University Prof. Fruzsina Molnar-Gabor – Faculty of Law, Heidelberg University Michael J.S. Beauvais – PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
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The upcoming @Fond_Brocher meeting will delve on the latest health data news and the ethical challenges surrounding them. Tune in on Nov. 11th, 2025 at 2PM (Geneva time). 🔗 Event Link:
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Congratulations to Prof. Bartha Maria Knoppers, our Centre’s Founding Director and Distinguished James McGill Professor Emerita, on receiving the McGill Medal for Exceptional Academic Achievement! 👏🏼
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From literature to law to genetics, the founder of McGill’s Centre of Genomics and Policy built a career at the crossroads of science and ethics
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Dr Zohar Lederman (Emergency Medicine, @hkumed) spoke about the Marburg outbreak in Rwanda 🦠🌍 While widely praised as a One Health & public health success, he highlighted key data gaps, limited attention to animal & environmental health & conflicting economic development goals.
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Our new Cell paper highlights how Latin America’s rich diversity can drive single-cell and spatial genomics forward. A call for equity, collaboration & regional capacity building. 👉 “Exploring Latin America one cell at a time” https://t.co/mt9OsQyV5i
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McGill researchers launch intersex health communication guide @McGillU @Genomics_Policy @IntersexCa #Intersex #Healthcare
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Researchers at McGill’s Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP) have launched a first-of-its-kind guide to help Canadian health-care providers offer more inclusive, respectful and affirming care to
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Excited 2 share a new paper “Ethical, Legal, and Policy Dimensions and Contentions for Reanalysis and Reinterpretation of Clinical Genetic Testing Results.”
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The rapid evolution of genomic knowledge has made reanalysis and reinterpretation of clinical genetic testing results an ethical imperative to ensure optimal...
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In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month 💗, CGP Director Yann Joly will be paneling at @D2RMcGill’s upcoming event on Breast Cancer & RNA Therapeutics on Oct. 22, 2025. 🔗 Register: https://t.co/Y4ZKYzShtD 🗓️ Oct. 22, 2025 @ 5 - 8:30PM 📍 Atrium, Bellini Building, McGill Univ.
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Join D2R and the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) for an event in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Women's History Month, in collaboration with Fondation du cancer du
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🗞️ Our newsletter is fresh off the press! Catch up on the recent research, publications, and highlights at the CGP in our Summer-Fall Issue:
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The CGP & @PHGFoundation co-hosted an international think tank at Ayer’s Cliff, Canada, bringing together leading scholars, professionals & practitioners to reimagine the future of #genomics, #medicine, & global population #health in a data-driven world now through 2050.
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🌐 Discover our latest talks on our website: https://t.co/ANkxLrFXcd
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Prof. @CalvinWLHo’s talk, “Polygenic Risk Scores and the Human Right to Science,” from the Annual Bartha Maria Knoppers Lecture, is now available for viewing! Watch the recording on our YouTube channel 🎤: https://t.co/r5ZeXgEcUE
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📸 In the photo (left to right): David Rosenblatt, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Calvin W.L. Ho, Eric M. Meslin, Yann Joly, and Ma'n H. Zawati.
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🎤 That’s a wrap on the 3rd Annual Bartha Maria Knoppers Lecture! Honoured to host Prof. @CalvinWLHo (@MonashLawSchool) for his talk, “Polygenic Risk Scores and the Human Right to Science,” celebrating Knoppers’ legacy in genomics & health law. Thanks to all who attended!
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Is it time to rethink ELSI? 💭 Our guest speaker @emmeslin, global leader in bioethics and science policy and member of the CGP Advisory Committee member, sparked a vital convo on ELSI’s future in research & genomics—its roots, global impact, and two diverging paths ahead.
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