h2. Current Projects "*Our Kid: Medical Manchester 1948 - 2008*":http://www.nowgen.org.uk/stories/786-our_kid_medical_manchester_19482008 Celebrating 60 years of research - improving healthcare for children and families in Manchester. "*Graphic Novel*":385-graphic_novel_project Nowgen is producing a graphic novel to explore the issues faced by people with restricted growth. "*Dialogue Events*":390-nowgen_dialogue_events_series Speakers with diverse perspectives contribute to public events on topical issues. "*Schools Programme*":271-education__schools Nowgen runs interactive workshops for young people and training programmes for teachers. "*Patient Support Groups*":393-working_with_patient_support_groups Nowgen organises events for patient groups and works with NHS patient involvement programmes. h2. Past Projects "*Faces of Manchester*":386-faces_of_manchester This project focused on genetics and identity in the first Manchester Science Festival. "*Public Survey*":387-icm_poll An ICM poll commissioned in August 2006 shows how the UK public feels about genetic medicine. "*Making Humans Better?*":392-making_humans_better This school-based project encouraged pupils to think about human enhancement. "*Photography Competition*":394-photography_competition The public expressed their views on genetics by submitting photographs in this competition. "*Artist-in-Residence*":395-artistinresidence An artist organised innovative workshops to explore genetics with the wider community. "*Science Communication Workshops*":419-communication_workshops Nowgen have run workshops to help scientists communicate with the public more effectively. "*Focus Groups on Personalised Medicine*":421-pgx_focus_groups The public discussed the use of genetic tests to influence the way medicines are prescribed. 38 2007-08-18T15:48:24+01:00 --- !map:HashWithIndifferentAccess publications: | To view all Nowgen publications click "*here*":239 *Key Publications* Finegold P, Mathieson K, Holmes L, Boon M, Cottle M, Donnai D, Middleton-Price H. "*Is the UK public ready for genetic medicine?*":http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/abs/10.2217/17410541.5.1.65 _Personalized Medicine_. 2008; 5 (1): 65-76. "*ICM Genetics Poll*":download:99, commissioned by Nowgen. August, 2006. Sue Weldon. "*Public engagement in genetics: a review of current practice in the UK*":download:98. Publisher: Lancaster University & Nowgen, 2004 "*Nowgen Digest 1*":download:100 A Review of Public Engagement hide_posted_on: "true" author: "" summary: |- Developments in genetics promise to impact on all of our lives. How, for example, will advances in genetics affect us in terms of diagnosis and treatment of disease? Nowgen runs projects that promote dialogue between the public and other stakeholders in genetic medicine. Nowgen aims to: * disseminate genetic knowledge; * adopt novel approaches to stimulate thinking; * characterise and understand public concerns; * ensure that public views are represented in decision-making processes. funding: "" links: | "Nowgen's Public Events":206 "Human Genetics Commission":http://www.hgc.gov.uk/Client/index.asp?ContentId=1 audience: "" fulltitle: "" investigators: "\"Peter Finegold\":225-peter_finegold, \"Kate Mathieson\":231-dr_kate_mathieson, \"Leah Holmes\":378-dr_leah_holmes\r\n \"Mark Leech\":230-dr_mark_leech, " false false 209 17 194 public_engagement 2 6 2009-05-07T15:13:05+01:00 57 81