Acknowledgments
This development of this course was requested by the Department of Integrated Health Services of the World Health Organization and led by Montpellier University Hospital (CHU de Montpellier), WHO Collaborating Centre for global prevention and management of genetic disorders in Hematology, other WHO Collaborating Centers and Independent experts, based on the agreement of the collaboration.
All the contents of this course are original contributions from the authors. All the participants provided in kind contribution to the development of this course after disclosure of conflict of interest.
Coordination team
Patricia Aguilar Martinez (France), Roberto Giugliani (Brazil), and Guillaume Sillon (Canada).
Module coordinators
Module coordinators defined the contents of the modules, reviewed all the courses, discussed suggested modifications with the authors and approved the final version.
List of module coordinators
| Module 1 | Guillaume Sillon | Genetic counsellor, Division of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Center | Canada |
| Module 2 | Roberto Giugliani | Professor, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre | Brazil |
| Module 3 |
Patricia Aguilar Martinez | MD, PhD, Professor of Hematology, University Hospital (CHU) and University of Montpellier | France |
| Module 4 |
Silvia Castillo Taucher | Chief, Genetics Section, Department of Medicine, Clinical Hospital, University of Chile | Chile |
Graphics and pictures
Laura Prekosovich (USA) kindly checked all the graphics and pictures for copyright agreement and proposed new pictures when needed.
Module contributors (Authors of the courses)
Module contributors are the authors of the courses, they prepared the course and the quizzes and submitted their work for review. They discussed the contents with the reviewers and have acknowledged the last version of the course.
Photo: Some of the contributors to this course at a WHO meeting in Pretoria, South Africa (June 2019), where this platform was first presented.
List of contributors in alphabetical order
(to be completed with future courses)
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Silvia CASTILLO TAUCHER |
Associate Professor of genetics, Faculty of Medicine Universidad de Chile |
Chile |
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Lola CARTIER |
Genetic Counsellor, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec |
Canada |
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Vajira DISSANAYAKE |
Medical Geneticist, Head, Chair and Senior Professor of Anatomy, Director, Human Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo |
Sri Lanka |
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David GENEVIÈVE |
Professor of medical Genetics, University Hospital and University of Montpellier |
France |
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Muriel GIANSILY BLAIZOT |
Associate professor in hematology, University Hospital and University of Montpellier |
France |
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Roberto GIUGLIANI |
Professor, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre |
Brazil |
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Béatrice GULBIS |
Professor of biochemistry, Hospital Erasme, Brussels |
Belgium |
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Neerja GUPTA |
Associate Professor, Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Room No 6, Old OT Block, Near College of Nursing, AIIMS |
India |
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Yetti HERNANINDSIH |
MD, PhD, Clinical Pathologist & Consultant of Hematology (Surabaya) |
Malaysia |
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Shangzhi HUANG |
Professor, Medical Genetics of Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences |
China |
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Madhulika KABRA |
Professor of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics All India Institute of Medical Sciences; WHO Collaborating Centre for Training in Clinical and Laboratory Genetics in Developing Countries |
India |
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Yaping LIU |
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases |
China |
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Lucio LUZZATTO |
MD, Professor of Haematology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences United Nations Road, Dar-es-Salaam |
Tanzania |
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Beatriz MARCHECO-TERUEL |
Professor and Senior Researcher of Medical Genetics, National Center of Medical Genetics Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Development of Genetic Approaches for Health Promotion |
Cuba |
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Patricia AGUILAR MARTINEZ |
MD, PhD, Professor of Hematology, University Hospital (CHU) and University of Montpellier |
France |
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Ursula MATTE |
Professor of Genetics, Hospital de Clinicas, Porto Alegre |
Brazil |
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Kevin MOUZAT |
Associate professor, CHU and University of Montpellier |
France |
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Victoria NEMBAWARE |
PhD, Researcher, Project Manager /Sickle Data Coordinating Center. |
South Africa |
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Pilar NICOLAS JIMENEZ |
Doctor, Law and Biomedicine, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao |
Spain |
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Emmanuel PAYEN |
Senior Reseacher, Laboratoire de Thérapie Génique et Cellulaire, Service des Thérapies Innovantes, Institut François Jacob CEA, Fontenay aux Roses |
France |
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Michael PEPPER |
Professor, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria |
South Africa |
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Laura PREKOSOVICH |
Diagnostic Assay Development Project Manager, Cancer Genetic Counseling Assistant at Ascension Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
USA |
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Carlos ROMEO |
MD, Professor of criminal law, Faculty of Law, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao |
Spain |
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Guillaume SILLON |
Genetic counsellor, Division of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Center, Montreal |
Canada |
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Nirmala SIRISENA |
Professor in Medical Genetics, Department of Anatomy, Genetics & Biomedical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo |
Sri Lanka |
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Cheryl STEWART |
Lecturer, Department of Basic Medical Sciences The University of the West Indies, Mona |
Jamaica |
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Isabelle TOUITOU |
Professor of Genetics, University Hospital and University of Montpellier |
France |
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Jan TRAEGER-SYNODINOS |
Professor of Genetics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Choremeio Research Laboratory, St. Sophia's Children's Hospital, Athens, |
Greece |
We would like to thank:
Montpellier University Hospital 
and Montpellier University for supporting this project. 
Mr Olivier Tinland (CHU de Montpellier) and mrs Agathe Hubert (University of Montpellier) for technical help in the development of the Moodle platform, a platform, (Moodle is a free open source software package learning platform or course management system). The design, graphic chart and administration of this platform were developed by ANDIL (Toulouse, France).