13 April 2023 – Public Understanding of Genetics News 2023

In January, a study that was funded by the Genetics Society to understand how genetics is percieved by the public.

The work, which was published in PLOS Biology, has been accessed more than 11,000 times in less than 3 months and since then has been featured across several media outlets.

Several authors of the study, including the Society’s Dr Cristina Fonseca, appeared on the Genomics England podcast to discuss their findings.

Cristina has also published an article in the National Health Executive magazine, along with our President, Prof Anne Furguson-Smith.