Your DNA, Your Say collaborators October 2021

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Video & slides now available - Prof Yali Cong - Public Perspectives on Genetic Information: Is there an essential difference between China and the UK?

by Lauren Robarts

Hello, Yali, thank you again so much for your wonderful talk on Tuesday! The video and slides of Yali’s talk (Public Perspectives on Genetic Information: Is there an essential difference between China and the UK?) are now available here: bit.ly/SERseminarYDYSChina<http://bit.ly/SERseminarYDYSChina>. The next one will be delivered by Barbara Prainsack and Torsten Voigt on Wednesday 10 November at 16:00 GMT. More details to follow closer to the time! Warm regards, Lauren Robarts Senior Manager Society and Ethics Research Tel: +44 (0)1223 495332 Wellcome Connecting Science| Wellcome Genome Campus | Hinxton | Cambridgeshire | CB10 1SA | UK wellcomeconnectingscience.org/societyandethics <http://www.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/societyandethics> [cid:DDAFE692-2E61-449D-B8AF-09CF54DBBEDC@Home] Follow ethicsWCS on Twitter<https://twitter.com/WGCethics> | blog<https://genomethicsblog.org/> Wellcome Connecting Science enables everyone to explore genomic science and its impact on research, health and society.

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Starting now! Yali Cong: Public Perspectives on Genetic Information: Is there an essential difference between China and the UK?

by Lauren Robarts

Hello, Please join if you’re able, starting now is Yali’s YDYS Seminar. You can access it here: https://sanger.zoom.us/j/95314452673?pwd=SGNxR1UvUjBOYlZOUGhSUVdmVkxkUT09 Passcode: SERseminar Warm regards, Lauren Robarts Senior Manager Society and Ethics Research Tel: +44 (0)1223 495332 Wellcome Connecting Science| Wellcome Genome Campus | Hinxton | Cambridgeshire | CB10 1SA | UK wellcomeconnectingscience.org/societyandethics <http://www.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/societyandethics> [cid:DDAFE692-2E61-449D-B8AF-09CF54DBBEDC@Home] Follow ethicsWCS on Twitter<https://twitter.com/WGCethics> | blog<https://genomethicsblog.org/> Wellcome Connecting Science enables everyone to explore genomic science and its impact on research, health and society.

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Next YDYS Webinar by Yali Cong - 5 October - 10:00 BST + Save the Date for the next one!

by Lauren Robarts

Hello, I hope you are all well! I’m writing with a reminder for our next YDYS Webinar, being delivered by Yali Cong, as well as a save the date for November instalment, which will be delivered by Barbara Prainsack and Torsten Voigt. Tuesday 5 October 10:00-11:00 BST Prof Yali Cong Public Perspectives on Genetic Information: Is there an essential difference between China and the UK? Data gathered by the Your DNA, Your Say survey, a global study on attitudes towards DNA and Big Data, has revealed significant similarities in the attitudes of people surveyed in China, India and Russia. Prof Yali Cong, our collaborator for the Chinese arm of Your DNA, Your Say, plans to conduct further analysis of this phenomenon in a literature review. In this seminar she will discuss her findings so far and how these attitudes compare to findings from the UK audience. Yali is Professor in Bioethics, Dean of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Law and was also the Chair of Peking University Institutional Review Board (PKU IRB) from 2010-2020. Prof. Cong got her PhD degree in Philosophy of Science and has a wide range of research interest in Research Ethics, Global Public Health Ethics and Medical Professionalism. She has published a variety of papers in the field of medical ethics. She is the current Chair of the China Medical Ethics Association for the term 2020 to 2022. She has been a collaborator on the Your DNA, Your Say study since 2019. Information on the webinar, including the Zoom link, can be found here: bit.ly/SERseminarYDYSChina<http://bit.ly/SERseminarYDYSChina> All are welcome to join! Attached is a promo image that can be used on Twitter, feel free to share it on your social media along with the above link if you are so inclined. -SAVE THE DATE- Wednesday 10 November 16:00-17:00 GMT Prof Barbara Prainsack and Prof Torsten Voigt More information to come Have a lovely weekend and hope to see you via Zoom on Tuesday! Warm regards, Lauren Robarts Senior Manager Society and Ethics Research Tel: +44 (0)1223 495332 Wellcome Connecting Science| Wellcome Genome Campus | Hinxton | Cambridgeshire | CB10 1SA | UK wellcomeconnectingscience.org/societyandethics <http://www.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/societyandethics> [cid:DDAFE692-2E61-449D-B8AF-09CF54DBBEDC@Home] Follow ethicsWCS on Twitter<https://twitter.com/WGCethics> | blog<https://genomethicsblog.org/> Wellcome Connecting Science enables everyone to explore genomic science and its impact on research, health and society. [cid:1F3A772A-5BAE-4A66-AEF2-A07DEDDB64ED@Home]

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