Partners of the project “Genetic counselling in European universities: The case of neurodegenerative diseases" (GECONEU), including Alzheimer Hellas, meet in Heidelberg

23/02/2023

The partners of the project “Genetic counselling in European universities: The case of neurodegenerative diseases” (GECONEU) recently gathered in Heidelberg (Germany) for their second transnational project meeting. The project’s main aim is to develop an online course for university students focusing on genetic counselling (GC). Also, Heidelberg University organised a hybrid symposium in the field of GC on neurodegenerative disorders. The symposium lasted for four hours and took place at the Network Aging Research (NAR), Heidelberg University.

During the symposium, many experts presented their work on GC, including talks on: ‘’The benefits from the announcement of ApoE results’’ by Magda Tsolaki; the ‘’Clinical perspective of GC in dementia’’ by Lutz Frölich and Lucrezia Huser; ‘’Crossroads of artificial intelligence and personal decision making’’ by Christian Schaaf and Beate Ditzen; and ‘’Stakeholders’ attitudes towards dementia risk testing and early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: insights from a cross-cultural study’’ by Zumrut Alpinar Sencan. At the end, all participants had the opportunity to ask questions and discuss.

Find out more about the project, here: http://www.genecounsel.eu/