About the TAGC International Network
In 2006, the first ever international meeting of genetic counselor educators was held in Manchester, England with representatives from eighteen countries, including forty-five genetic counseling programs and fifteen professional organizations. At this inaugural conference, “Genetic Counseling Education: Connecting the Global Community,” participants were eager to tap the potential for future collaboration and created the Transnational Alliance for Genetic Counseling.
TAGC was formally incorporated after the TAGC Barcelona 2008. Janice Edwards was the Founding President and led the organization until 2021.
TAGC strives to foster communication and collaboration among the international genetic counseling community and specifically to enhance genetic counseling education transnationally. TAGC does this through international conferences (2006, 2008, 2011 and 2016), an active listserv, and various workgroups that are established and overseen through the board of directors.
This website serves as the nexus for the TAGC, continuing and building upon our global connections and as a resource site to the greater genetic counseling community. We encourage your membership if you are a genetic counseling educator, considering developing genetic counseling training in your country, or simply want to be more connected to the international community of genetic counselors.
| President | Kelly Ormond | 2021-present | Stanford University/ETH-Zurich |
| Treasurer | Janice Edwards | 2023-present | University of South Carolina |
| Australia | Jan Hodgson | 2020-2024 | University of Melbourne |
| Austria | Gunda Schwaninger | 2022-2024 | Medical University of Innsbruck |
| Canada | Jennifer Fitzpatrick | 2023- 2025 | McGill University |
| Cuba | Paulina Araceli Lantigua Cruz | 2022- 2024 | National Center for Medical Genetics |
| France | Jean-Michael Mazzella | 2020-2022 | University of Marseille |
| Ghana | Kalinka Popel | 2024-26 | University of Ghana |
| India | Annie Hasan | 2022-2024 | Kamineni Hospitals |
| Indonesia | Prof. Sultana MH Faradz, MD, PhD | 2022-2024 | National Diponegoro University Hospital, Semarang |
| Israel | Olfat Zoubi | 2021-2023 | Technion Israel Institute of Technology |
| Italy | Francesca Mari | 2020-2023 | University of Siena |
| Japan | Masakazu Nishigaki | 2020-2024 | International University of Health and Welfare |
| Malaysia | Juliana Lee | 2022-2024 | National University of Malaysia |
| Netherlands | Sara Joosten | 2021-2023 | Dutch Association of Genetic Counselors |
| Norway | Ashil d Lunde | 2020-2022 | University of Bergen |
| Philippines | Peter James Abad | 2021-2023 | University of Philippines |
| Portugal | Milena Paneque | 2021-2023 | University of Porto |
| Qatar | Mashael Alshafai | 2024-26 | Qatar University |
| Saudi Arabia | Moeen Al-Sayed | 2023-2025 | Alfaisal University |
| South Africa | Tina Wessels | 2022-2024 | University of Cape Town |
| South Korea | Hyon Kim | 2021-2023 | Ajou University Konyang University |
| Spain | Clara Serra | 2021-2023 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Sweden | Rebecka Pestoff | 2022-2024 | |
| Taiwan | Lian-Hua Huang | 2020-2024 | National Taiwan University |
| United Arab Emirates | Muna Al Saffar | 2024-26 | United Aram Emirates University |
| United Kingdom | Rhona Macleod | 2021-2024 | University of Manchester |
| United States | MaryAnn Campion | 2024-26 | Stanford University |
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Latin America |
Latin American Professional Society of Genetic Counseling (SPLAGEN) |
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North America |
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Canada |
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United States of America |
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Mexico |
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Austria |
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Belgium |
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Denmark |
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France |
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Germany |
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Italy |
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Netherlands |
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Malta |
Genetic and Genomic Counselling Association of Malta (GGCAM) |
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Norway |
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Norwegian Interest Association for Genetic Counseliing |
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Portugal |
Associacao Portuguesa dos Profissionais do Aconselhamento Genetico (APPAcGen) |
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Romania |
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Spain |
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Sweden |
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Switzerland |
Swiss Association of Genetic Counselors |
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United Kingdom |
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China |
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Hong Kong S.A.R |
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India |
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Indonesia |
Indonesian Society of Human Genetics (InaSHG) |
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Japan |
Japanese Association of Certified Genetic Counselors (JACGC) |
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Malaysia |
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Philippines |
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Singapore |
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South Korea |
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Taiwan |
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Thailand |
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Middle East |
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Israel |
Israeli Association of Genetic Counselors |
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Oman |
Oman Society of Medical Genetics |
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Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Network of Genetic Counselors |
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Turkiye |
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South Africa |
Genetic Counsellors South Africa (GC-SA) |
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Australia and New Zealand |
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| Yerevan State University | Davit Babikyan |
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| University of Melbourne | Jan Hodgson |
| University of Technology in Sydney | Alison McEwen |
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| Medical University of Innsbruck | Gunda Schwaninger and Johannes Zschocke |
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| University of São Paulo |
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| National Center for Medical Genetics | Araceli Lantigua Cruz |
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| Aix Marseille University | Nicole Philip |
| University of Paris | Odile Cohen-Haguenauer |
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| University of Siena | Alessandra Renieri |
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| Hadassah Hebrew University | Shiri Shkedi |
| Tel Aviv University | Michal Berkenstadt |
| Technion Israel Institute of Technology |
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| Ajou University | Hyon J. Kim |
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| National University of Malaysia |
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| Hanze University of Groningen | Beppy Caanen |
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| Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences | |
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| University of Bergen | Ashild Lunde |
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| University of the Philippines Manila | Carmencita Padila |
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| University of Porto | Jorge Sequeiros |
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| Alfaisal University | Moeen Al-Sayed |
| King Abdulaziz University of Jeddah |
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| University of Cape Town | Tina Wessels |
| University of Witwatersrand | Shelley Macaulay |
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| University of Pompeu Fabra | Luiz Perez |
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| Linköping University | Rebecka Pestoff |
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| National Taiwan University | Fang-Jen Lee |
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| Cardiff University | Marion McAllister |
| University of Manchester | Rhona Macleod |
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International Genetic Counselor Credentialing
TAGC promotes communication and collaboration in genetic counseling, transnationally.
Click to explore the established credentialing processes:
| Australia | South Africa |
| Canada | United Kingdom |
| Europe | United States |
| Japan |