Genetics Society of America
Since 2020, GSA has collaborated with Personal Genetics Education & Dialogue (PGED), of Harvard Medical School, to develop genetics-and-society programming through webinars, workshops, and other events.
What can genetics engagement look like in practice? What impacts can this have on participants, including scientists themselves? Personal Genetics Education & Dialogue (PGED) will lead an interactive workshop on the needs, opportunities, and challenges in public engagement on genetics research and its impacts on society, drawing on the expertise of forum attendees and PGED’s more than 19 years of experience working with educators, scientists, faith leaders, storytellers, and policymakers, among other stakeholders. Learn about public engagement resources, how to build genetics engagement networks, events to participate in or lead, and build experience with PGED’s new free genetics engagement resource “Share Your Stance,” an interactive card game for middle and high school students and adult learners.
In 2024, GSA, PGED, and the Reclaiming STEM Institute (RSI) received a Leading Culture Change Through Professional Societies of Biology (BIO-LEAPS) grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The two-year Design grant awarded to PGED’s home institution, Harvard Medical School, supports “Culture Change–Building a Relational and Inclusive Discipline through Genetics Engagement (CC-BRIDGE),” a capacity-building initiative that seeks to explore public engagement with science as a path for transformative culture change in the field of genetics.
>>Learn more about CC-BRIDGE here.
In 2020, GSA and PGED announced a partnership to build public dialogue about genetic technologies. Their joint program aims to better equip scientists to engage in discussions about genetics with all communities, with special emphasis on those who have been marginalized, economically disadvantaged, or otherwise excluded from conversations about science.
>>Learn more about the partnership here.
