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 45 genetic counseling programs and 15 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 | Gabrielle Reid | 2025-2027 | University of Melbourne |
| Austria | Gunda Schwaninger | 2025-2027 | Medical University of Innsbruck |
| Canada | Jennifer Fitzpatrick | 2026- 2028 | McGill University |
| France | Antoine Depauw | 2025-2027 | Curie Institute |
| Ghana | Kalinka Popel | 2024-26 | University of Ghana |
| India | Annie Hasan | 2025-2027 | Kamineni Hospitals |
| Indonesia | Prof. Sultana MH Faradz, MD, PhD | 2025-2027 | National Diponegoro University Hospital, Semarang |
| Israel | Olfat Zoubi | 2024-2026 | Technion Israel Institute of Technology |
| Italy | Francesca Mari | 2024-2026 | University of Siena |
| Japan | Masakazu Nishigaki | 2026-2028 | International University of Health and Welfare |
| Malaysia | Juliana Lee | 2025-2027 | National University of Malaysia |
| Netherlands | Martha Wagenaar | 2025-2027 | Dutch Association of Genetic Counselors |
| Norway | Ashil d Lunde | 2023-2025 | University of Bergen |
| Philippines | Peter James Abad | 2024-2026 | University of Philippines |
| Portugal | Milena Paneque | 2024-2026 | University of Porto |
| Qatar | Mashael Alshafai | 2024-26 | Qatar University |
| Saudi Arabia | Moeen Al-Sayed | 2023-2025 | Alfaisal University |
| South Africa | Tina Wessels | 2025-2027 | University of Cape Town |
| Sweden | Rebecka Pestoff | 2025-2027 | |
| Taiwan | Lian-Hua Huang | 2026-2028 | National Taiwan University |
| United Arab Emirates | Muna Al Saffar | 2024-26 | United Aram Emirates University |
| United Kingdom | Ramona Moldovan | 2025-2027 | 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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Europe |
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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 |
Romanian Association for Genetic Counseling |
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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 |
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| Medical University of Innsbruck |
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| University of São Paulo |
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| McGill University |
| University of British Columbia |
| University of Manitoba |
| University of Montreal |
| University of Toronto |
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| University of Siena |
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| Ajou University |
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| National University of Malaysia |
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| Hanze University of Groningen |
| Inholland University Graduate School |
| Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences |
| University of Applied Sciences Utrecht |
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| University of Bergen |
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| University of Porto |
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| Alfaisal University |
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| University of Pompeu Fabra |
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| Linköping University |
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| National Taiwan University |
International Genetic Counselor Credentialing
TAGC promotes communication and collaboration in genetic counseling, transnationally.
Click to explore the established credentialing processes:
| Australia | Japan |
| Canada | South Africa |
| Europe | United States |