{"id":259671,"date":"2025-09-27T21:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/259671\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T21:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:20:10","slug":"wafaa-m-rashed-applications-are-open-for-the-policy-advocacy-in-genetics-and-genomics-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/259671\/","title":{"rendered":"Wafaa M Rashed: Applications are Open for the &#8216;Policy Advocacy in Genetics and Genomics&#8217; Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wafaa M Rashed<\/strong>, Chair and Founder of PAPERI (Pan-African PGS Education and Research Initiative), shared a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7377598450663763968\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Africa\u2019s future in genomics will not be left to chance \u2014 it will be forged by courageous young scientists who dare to shape policies for justice and equitable health.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Applications Now Open for the 12th Cohort of the \u2018Policy Advocacy in Genetics and Genomics\u2019 Course<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by the <strong>Pan-African PGS Education and Research Initiative (PAPERI)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open to African and Global Scientists, Advocates, and Professionals<\/p>\n<p>This intensive online course is designed to transform emerging and mid-career leaders into influential policy advocates \u2014 ensuring that African and global voices drive the ethical and equitable integration of genetics and genomics into health systems and research agendas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What You\u2019ll Gain<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Certificate upon completion<\/li>\n<li>Final policy debate and presentation opportunity<\/li>\n<li>Join a pan-African and global network of scientists and advocates<\/li>\n<li>Post-course visibility (e.g., blog authorship, engagement opportunities)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cohort Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Course Start:<\/strong> 09 October 2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Final Exam Due:<\/strong> 25 October 2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Final Presentations and Debate<\/strong>: 01 November 2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applications Open:<\/strong> 27 September 2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Application Deadline:<\/strong> 04 October 2025<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Who Should Apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Young scientists, graduate students, researchers, policymakers, healthcare professionals, bioethicists, and advocates committed to shaping the future of genomics policy in Africa and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeVIy9ogbV7Utqumd5PeSzOB_-AiEQLmqTq4Rfq0PlIY4Iubw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Apply Here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share widely \u2014 let\u2019s build the next generation of African policy champions in genomics!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More posts featuring <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oncodaily.com\/tag\/wafaa-m-rashed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wafaa M Rashed<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wafaa M Rashed, Chair and Founder of PAPERI (Pan-African PGS Education and Research Initiative), shared a post on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":259672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[815,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-259671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115278356514744491","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}