SERG Network (Social and Ethical Research in Genomics)
Social and Ethical Research in Genomics (SERG)
Our next SERG meeting will be hosted by CPM, St Anne's College, Oxford University, on Monday 22nd June 2026, 11:30am-2pm
Our speakers are Dr Michelle Peter (THIS Institute funded research fellow, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust) and Dr Susie Weller and Dr Naomi Marshall (University of Oxford).
Drs Susie Weller and Naomi Marshall will present
‘The impact of genomics on family care: Relationalities, practices and identities'
Dr Michelle Peter will present
'Trust, control, and the ethics of representation: A qualitative study of UK Black women’s perspectives on prenatal testing, genetic data use, and research participation'
Meeting start 11.30am. For those attending in person, please join us from 11am for refreshments (lunch also provided for in-person attendees 12:30-13:00pm).
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Please get in touch if you would like to present at a SERG Network meeting or if you would be able to host a SERG meeting at your institution.
For updates on meetings and for other network member activities please register to join, or follow us on @|SERGNetwork or bluesky @corinnaclark.bsky.socialClick here to see details of past meetings
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About SERG
The aims of the network:
1) promote a positive research culture around Social and Ethical Research in Genomics, where collaboration and mutual support is fostered and encouraged.
2) offer a forum where research data, findings and ideas can be shared, with the goal of encouraging new relationships, ideas and the identification of cross-cutting research themes.
SERG has been funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Who is running SERG?
SERG is led by Prof Felicity Boardman, with Dr Corinna Clark, at Warwick Medical School, with invaluable input from our collaborators, Prof Bobbie Farsides (BSMS), and Prof Cathy Herbrand (De Montford University).
We were also very fortunate to have the involvement of Prof Nina Hallowell (Oxford University) from the inception of SERG.
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Data-sharing meetings
We will be running a series of meetings, or workshops, which will identify areas of divergence/similarity in analytic interpretation. In every meeting we will have a 'data clinic', where researchers can present 'research problems' or opportunities for collaborative idea-forming and divergent analytic interpretation.
We welcome researchers and others (e.g. policy makers, charity representatives) with an interest in genomics from diverse disciplines (e.g. sociology, genetic counselling, molecular and clinical geneticists, law, ethics etc.) at all career stages.
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