Full Name
Alison Elliott
Degrees & Honours
PhD, MS, CGC
Job Title
Associate Professor
Company/Org.
University of British Columbia
Affiliations
Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Investigator, BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital Research Institutes
Investigator, BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital Research Institutes
Speaker Bio
Alison M. Elliott is a PhD geneticist and board-certified genetic counsellor, with expertise in rare disease, genetic and genomic counselling research.
She obtained her BSc Hons at Queen’s University, her MS in Genetic Counselling at the University of Cincinnati, and her PhD from the University of Manitoba. She also holds certification in Health Services Leadership and Management and Teaching.
Her research program includes rare disease, genomics, genetic counselling, and health implementation science. She is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia and an Investigator at BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital Research Institutes.
She is the Project Lead for the Genome Canada Large-Scale Applied Research Project grant “GenCOUNSEL – Optimization of Genetic Counselling with Implementation of Genome-Wide Sequencing.”
In 2018, Alison was awarded the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors (CAGC) Professional Practice, Innovation and Advocacy Leadership national award.
She obtained her BSc Hons at Queen’s University, her MS in Genetic Counselling at the University of Cincinnati, and her PhD from the University of Manitoba. She also holds certification in Health Services Leadership and Management and Teaching.
Her research program includes rare disease, genomics, genetic counselling, and health implementation science. She is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia and an Investigator at BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital Research Institutes.
She is the Project Lead for the Genome Canada Large-Scale Applied Research Project grant “GenCOUNSEL – Optimization of Genetic Counselling with Implementation of Genome-Wide Sequencing.”
In 2018, Alison was awarded the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors (CAGC) Professional Practice, Innovation and Advocacy Leadership national award.
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