The Scottish Healthcare Genetics
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Newsletters

Gengage News, issue 2, Spring 2010

Gengage News Issue 2

Introducing Kathryn Hunter, Gengage's new network officer, and providing details of our plans for the year ahead. Also in this issue: report on the first annual Gengage conference in 2009 and first news of the 2010 event; interview with Dr Sharon Macnab, science learning manager at Glasgow Science Centre.

Meetings - minutes

meeting of Friday 27 August 2010

Meetings - agendas

meeting of Tuesday 8 February 2011

Event reports

Affairs of the Heart: Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death Among the Young

Tuesday 3 April 2012

One of Gengage's last events, this was a deliberative event on the topic of sudden cardiac death in the young. The in-depth discussion addressed issues such as: What is sudden cardiac death? What is being done to identify and protect those who might be at risk? What more might be done? A series of short presentations was followed by facilitated round-table discussions. Participants were asked to ‘vote’ on a number of questions. The results of which will be presented to MSPs in June The event finished with a chat to the speakers over a glass of wine and nibbles, and exploration of the Surgeons' Hall Museum.