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Genetic Medicine Lab (Professional Degree Program)
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The lab studies genetic medicine and genetic counseling to support families facing hereditary diseases.
AboutAbout the lab
Improving the quality of genetic medicine and training genetic counselors.
The lab focuses on issues related to genetic medicine, medical genetics, and genetic counseling.
Its work includes a variety of studies of families of patients with hereditary diseases, genetics education and research to improve genetic literacy, and the ethical issues of prenatal diagnosis and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
The professional degree program of the School of Public Health includes a Genetic Counselor Course that trains specialists in the field. The lab also plays a central role in clinical care, education, and research at the Division of Clinical Genetics at the University Hospital.
Key terms
- Genetic counseling
- Consultation that helps patients and families understand diseases and tests related to heredity so that they can make their own choices
- Prenatal diagnosis
- Testing before birth to check for diseases and other conditions in the unborn baby
- Genetic literacy
- The ability to understand heredity and genes correctly and to use that understanding in making decisions
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates the effects of a diagnosis of a hereditary disease and the results of genetic testing, aiming to produce findings that improve the quality of genetic counseling and genetic medicine.
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MembersFaculty
- Program-Specific Associate ProfessorMakiko Egawa
- Program-Specific Associate ProfessorHidenori Kawasaki
- Program-Specific Assistant ProfessorMasako Torishima
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- Top image: “20251019 Replica DNA double helix model Berlin 04” Flocci Nivis / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Research on genetic medicine and genetic counseling: “20251019 Replica DNA double helix model Berlin 01” Flocci Nivis / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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