Ms Lindsay Weaver
CEO of Metabolic Support UK.
This webinar brings together experts from different parts of the rare disease community: primary care, advocacy and medical genetics services.
Participants will hear about the short and long-term impact of shielding, consider how to best protect vulnerable populations in the future, and reflect on the potential beneficial changes to services as a result of the pandemic - most acutely felt by people with complex diseases who depend on an intricate framework of support.
Objectives of this event are:
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CEO of Metabolic Support UK.
Clinical practice GP/academic GP, University of Nottingham & Chair of NP-UK.
Specialist Registrar in Clinical Genetics at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Clinical Genetics, Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Ms Lindsay Weaver, Chief Executive Officer, Metabolic Support UK
Dr Will Evans, Clinical Practice General Practitioner, Academic General Practitioner, University of Nottingham and Chair, Niemann-Pick UK
Dr Elizabeth Forsythe, Specialist Registrar in Clinical Genetics, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Dr Lara Menzies, Clinical Genetics,Great Ormond Street Hospital
Online
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This timely webinar brings together leading world experts in virology, infectious diseases, and human genetics to discuss the latest research on human genetic determinants of COVID-19 susceptibility and severity.
This is one of the fastest-paced areas of research undertaken in modern human genetics and medical history.