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EnGagE is lead by Franziska Degenhardt (Chair; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany) and Boris Chaumette (Université de Paris, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, Paris). Franziska Degenhardt is a board certified Clinical Geneticist currently training in child and adolescent psychiatry. Boris Chaumette is a board certified clinical psychiatrist. Both have profound experience in genetic studies analysing the complex genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders.
EnGagE has three interdisciplinary Working Groups and several Task Forces that closely interact with each other.
The Working Groups
- Working Group 1 - Psychiatric Genetic Counselling (Chair: Maria Serbanescu, Romania; Co-Chair: Marcella Rietschel, Germany)
- Working Group 2 - Psychiatric Genetic Testing (Chair: Kristiina Tammimies, Sweden; Co-Chair: Domenico Coviello, Italy)
- Working Group 3 - Networking and communication (Chair: Andrew McQuillin, England)
The Task Forces
- Task Force Monitoring Tool (State-of-the art of PsyGCT in Europe)
- Task Force Translation of Research Methods and Questionnaires
- Task Force Societal and Ethical Issue
- Task Force Alternatives to Face-to-Face Genetic Counselling
- Task Force Developing Curriculum Content
- Task Force Guidelines and Practice Recommendations