Webinar for Nurses and Midwives: Carrier testing for Tay Sachs disease and other Jewish genetic disorders

This webinar is part of the Genomics Lunch and Learn series for nurses and midwives, to provide an insight into how genomic testing is used across different areas of healthcare.

Topics and speakers:

Anaar Sajoo, Genetic Counsellor, North West Thames Regional Genetics Service

Nicole Gordon, CEO, Jnetics (Jewish screening charity www.jnetics.org)

1. Tay Sachs screening background
2. Recessive inheritance & ethnicity
3. National Screening Programme
4. Expanded testing
5. Widening access & improving awareness
6. Referral pathways
7. Test directory – challenges
8. ‘How to’ & ‘what for’