News

This is showing all news. To show news from just one topic, click a button below.

Inclusive Practice Award – New Awardee
1 December 2023

Ms Tracey Milles is our new awardee.

She is a community nurse.

Tracy is inclusive, person-centred and respectful.

Read more →

Self-advocacy: children with disability
21 November 2023

Article on teaching self-advocacy skills.

Two GeneEQUAL team members, Sierra Angela Willow and Sarah Hayes, collaborated on this article.

Read more →

‘They treat you like an it’: people with intellectual disability on seeing medical professionals
20 November 2023

The GeneEQUAL team has published an article in The Conversation.

Read more →

New study for people with intellectual disability
20 November 2023

We want to talk to people with intellectual disability.

We want to talk to them about genetic health care.

We want to make genetic health care better for people with intellectual disability.

Read more →

New study for health care professionals
6 November 2023

We want to hear from health care workers.

Tell us what you think about the GeneEQUAL Toolkit.

Read more →

New study with families and support worker recruitment
31 October 2023

We want to talk to families and support people.

We want to learn about your experiences with genetic health care and health care choices.

Read more →

GeneEQUAL Team webinar on co-production
3 October 2023

Our GeneEQUAL Team was invited to speak at UNSW Disability Innovation Institute about our research.

Read more →

Dr Emma Palmer awarded 2023 Jeanette Moss Award
3 October 2023

Congradulations Emma!

Emma has won the Jeanette Moss Award.

The GeneEQUAL team is very proud of Emma and all the work she does.

Read more →

Artwork by Mark Podmenik
21 August 2023

GeneEQUAL recently commissioned three pieces by Mark Podmenik.

Read more →

Inclusive Practice Awards
10 August 2023

GeneEQUAL announce our Inclusive Practice Awards

Read more →

New study for teens and young people with intellectual disability
10 August 2023

Members from the GeneEQUAL team are doing a study about what students with intellectual disability across Australia want to learn about their health and making informed health care choices.

Read more →

Australian Genomics Education Network Australasia meeting
17 July 2023

Emma presented on how co-production is so important in making educational resources about genomics and teaching health care workers.

Read more →

GeneEQUAL invited to speak at the Australian Genomics Summit
16 July 2023

Skie, Iva and Emma talked about how we made the GeneEQUAL Educational Toolkit.

Read more →

European Society of Human Genetics
10 June 2023

The GeneEQUAL team was invited to talk about the importance of language in genetics and why co-production is so important in genetics education.

Read more →

Third co-production workshop with Self Advocacy Sydney
21 April 2023

The GeneEQUAL team met with 15 people with intellectual disability and 5 support people at SAS.

Read more →

Julie Loblinzk OAM
18 April 2023

Julie Loblinzk received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her services to people with people with disability.

Read more →

Genetic Counselling Educational Workshop
28 March 2023

A half day workshop with genetic counsellors at Randwick.

Read more →

New resources available!
14 March 2023

The GeneEQUAL team have been busy.

Read more →

December 2022 newsletter
30 December 2022

The GeneEQUAL newsletter that came out in December 2022.

Read more →

Co-production workshop in Wagga Wagga
12 December 2022

Tthe GeneEQUAL team went to get feedback from people with intellectual disability in Wagga Wagga.

Read more →

Second co-production workshop with SAS
2 December 2022

News and photos from the second co-production workshop with Self-Advocacy Sydney (SAS).

Read more →

A small story
29 November 2022

I just wanted to share a small story that reminded me how important our work is. 

Read more →

Human Genetics Society of Australasia Conference
6 November 2022

The GeneEQUAL team presented in at the national Human Genetics Society of Australasia Conference in November 2022.

Read more →

Co-production workshop with Self Advocacy Sydney
28 October 2022

Members of the GeneEQUAL team travelled to Self Advocacy Sydney’s office for a co-production workshop

Read more →

Article on grant funding
25 October 2022

UNSW wrote this article about our NHMRC GeneEQUAL grant.

Read more →

Genetic Alliance Australia 2022 Forum
20 September 2022

The GeneEQUAL team was honoured to be invited to speak at the Genetic Alliance Australia 2022 Forum at the NSW Parliament on September 20th. Genetic Alliance Australia’s mission is to improve support for those impacted by genetic conditions.

Read more →

Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Society of Australasia Conference
25 August 2022

The GeneEQUAL team co-presented at the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Society of Australasia Conference in August 2022.

Read more →

Article on inclusive research
19 August 2022

UNSW wrote this article about Iva and Julie’s inclusive research work including the GeneEQUAL project.

Read more →

European Society of Human Genetics Conference
11 June 2022

The GeneEQUAL team talked about what they have learnt from the study at the European Society of Human Genetics Conference in June 2022 in Vienna. 

Read more →

May 2022 newsletter
30 May 2022

The GeneEQUAL newsletter that came out in May 2022.

Read more →

March 2022 newsletter
30 March 2022

The GeneEQUAL newsletter that came out in March 2022.

Read more →

January 2022 newsletter
30 January 2022

The GeneEQUAL newsletter that came out in January 2022.

Read more →

December 2021 newsletter
30 December 2021

The GeneEQUAL newsletter that came out in December 2021.

Read more →

October 2021 newsletter
30 October 2021

The GeneEQUAL newsletter that came out in October 2021.

Read more →