The Genetics and Insurance Research Centre

Links

• CancerNet: a service of the National Cancer Institute.
• Genetics and Society Unit, University of Nottingham.
• Genetic Interest Group: the umbrella organisation for genetics special interest groups in the United Kingdom.
• Public Health Genetics Unit, Cambridge (very good links to other sites).

• UK Forum for Genetics and Insurance.
• The actuarial profession in the United Kingdom has a genetics page.
• Code of Conduct of the Association of British Insurers.
• Policy statement on life insurance and genetics of the Association of British Insurers.

• HuGENet The Human Genetic Epidemiology Network.
• The Mathematical Modelling and Genetic Epidemiology Group, University of Sheffield.

• Centres for Disease Control weekly genetics updates.
• American Medical Association Genetics front page.
• MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh.
• OMIM Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (database).
• BioMed Genetics Gateway, news site.

For more information, please contact the director of GIRC, Prof Angus Macdonald (+44(0)131-451-3209 or A.S.Macdonald@ma.hw.ac.uk).

The principal sponsors of the GIRC are Allied Dunbar, AXA Sun Life, CGU, ERC Frankona, Lincoln, Norwich Union, Prudential, Royal Sun Alliance, Scottish Widows and the Association of British Insurers; other sponsors are Cologne Re, Friends Provident and Standard Life.

Last updated 26 February 2004