Genomics is transforming healthcare - this is your last chance to register for QLDgenomics & CheckUP Australia free Genomics for GP's webinar - Wednesday 23 September 6.30pm.

To every doctor, nurse, administrator, coordinator, researcher, paramedic - to each and every single person working within or alongside QLD Health, we say thank you 💕 #HealthHeroesWeek

More evidence to support the cost effectiveness of WGS for infection control ⁦Louisa Collins⁩ ⁦QLDgenomics⁩ ⁦UQ Medicine⁩ ⁦Krispy7⁩ CSIRO PUBLISHING | Australian Health Review publish.csiro.au/ah/AH20071

Educating health consumers about genomics supports them to make informed decisions about their health, and promotes better healthcare. New publication from the QLDgenomics Community Group, led by Aideen McInerney-Leo she/her queenslandgenomics.org/more-education…

Antimicrobial resistance as a cause of death is predicted to rise to 10 million people annually worldwide by 2050. Genomic sequencing in bacterial genomics can help! queenslandgenomics.org/clinical-proje…

Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day – celebrating the important work GC’s do. We certainly appreciate all you contribute to our projects at QLDgenomics. Not sure what a Genetic Counsellor does? Watch this short video to learn more about the crucial role they play #GCAwarenessDay

To support the use of genomics in clinical practice, Queensland Genomics is supporting a number of new nursing positions across the state. Metro North is currently looking for a Clinical Nurse Consultant for an Infection Control Genomics Project seek.com.au/job/50967061

#Queensland #research teams! Register now for the Brisbane Cancer Conference on 26-27 Nov 2020 & help us advance collaborative efforts in #CancerResearch 👉bit.ly/BDHP2IY PA Hospital Brisbane

A survey of public opinions about sharing clinical genomic data with researchers – well done to Prof Nic Waddell and Dr Miranda Vidgen at @QIMRBerghofer for this important work – published recently in BMC Medical Ethics bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Genetics healthcare professionals in Australia have observed initial positive impacts of the moratorium on patients’ concerns about genetic discrimination but feel that greater government oversight is needed. Well done Dr Jane Tiller #HGSA2020

Queensland Genomics Cardiac #Genomics project is up and running! The first 2 patients have now received genomic testing via the Cardiac Genetics Clinic at @TPCHosp_Bris Thanks to support from the Genomics Institute and the Statewide Cardiac Clinical Network

It's been a year like no other, but in 2020 we made plenty of inroads to further embed #genomics into #healthcare in Queensland. Thank you to all our partners for helping to make it happen!

We’ve been working with Qld Health to prepare the #nursing and #midwifery workforce for #genomics healthcare. This includes 11 new genomics nursing positions in #Queensland in cancer, childhood immunology, infection control and cardiology Queensland Health bit.ly/3ssVBIi

Well done Australian Genomics and the team who contributed to this important work – this tool encourages ongoing engagement with research participants, giving them more control over how their data is used

For some people it might be the “right test at the right time”. But sometimes genomic sequencing will not be the best way to reach a diagnosis. So when is it most useful and what does your doctor consider before suggesting it? genomicsinfo.org.au/genomic-sequen…

This year we are celebrating #RareDiseaseDay by launching a Genomics Information Toolkit - a resource to help individuals and their families understand and access genetics and genomic health services in Queensland queenslandgenomics.org/pct

New cardiology #genomics clinics are streamlining services for people with inherited #cardiac disease & allowing patients to receive support closer to home. Well done to the Genomic Institute for getting these services up and running! Queensland Health bit.ly/3uwcRMy

Cutting edge genomic sequencing improves Qld diagnosis and treatment for myeloid blood cancers couriermail.com.au/news/queenslan… via The Courier-Mail

Today marks the end of the Queensland Genomics program. Thank you to all who have worked with us and supported the program over the last five years! You can read about the program highlights, achievements and lessons learnt here: bit.ly/35ZjPA7

For a comprehensive overview of the Queensland Genomics program and how it laid the foundation for genomics in Queensland's healthcare system, look no further than this publication with Springer Nature rdcu.be/cvxre