USHER 2021 UPDATE

MSc Epidemiology nominations for the 2022 student-led Teaching Awards.Professors Bruce Guthrie and Cathie Sudlow - Fellows of Academy of Medical Sciences.Usher Institute REF 2021 impact case studies.Health Data Science CPD course achieves FEDIP accreditation.Hebridean study to explore disease and genes link.New Usher building celebrates topping out milestone.AI better at spotting heart failure than current tests.Substantial and persistent reduction in asthma attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic.Novel algorithm facilitates insights into diverse types of problems, from healthcare to finance.Molecular Epidemiology Group Meeting Comes to Edinburgh.Director of Health and Social Care Data-Driven Innovation programme appointed.Vouchers help to quit smoking in pregnancy.Launch of community for data-driven innovation in health and social care.COPS Study Finds no increased miscarriage risk due to COVID-19 vaccines.EAVE II shortlisted in HDR UK Annual Awards.Up to 25% of all reported Usher cases account for USH1b, up to 50% for USH2a.Įach individual with USH1 (characterized by congenital deafness and early onset vision loss) is a CI candidate as a baby.Įach individual with USH2 or 3 (born with mild or moderate progressive hearing loss and later onset of vision loss) might become a CI candidate earlier or later in their lives. Up to 40% of all reported Usher cases account for USH1, up to 60% for USH2, up to 3% for USH3. These numbers are expected to rise with higher detection rates through referral of families to genetic analyses – referral to genetic testing being done right after a hearing disorder has been diagnosed through standard of care Newborn Hearing Screening or, later in life, when first signs of vision loss occur in deaf or hearing impaired young children or teenagers. Over 50% of individuals with combined vision and hearing loss leading to deaf blindness have Usher Syndrome Type1, 2 or 3 (USH1, USH2, USH3). To view the presentations, register online Why this matters to all of usġ/3 of the genes involved in hearing loss account for Usher syndrome.ġ0% of children with congenital profound hearing loss/deafness have Usher Syndrome Type1 (USH1).

USHER 2021 UPDATE

UsherKids Australia update their community on the various Australian research projects currently working on treatments for retinitis pigmentosa and Usher syndrome. Translation options (English) are being explored.Īustralian Usher Syndrome Research Webinar from Presentations now available International Usher Info Scientific Symposium (English) 6-, 3.00pm-6.30pm CET each day and Patient Symposium (French), 2.00pm-6.00pm, both onlineįrench simultaneous transcription & French sign language will be offered for the Patient Symposium. The Pre-Workshop Survey and can be accessed here: Shannon Boye and Professor José-Alain Sahel, leaders in the USH1B field, and will bring together leading experts from academia and industry and affected individuals and their families (free event). This meeting will be held in virtual format, is hosted by the Foundation Fighting Blindness and supported by Save Sight Now.

Usher 1B Virtual Workshop, 13 Sept 2021, and USH1b Pre-Workshop Research Survey Upcoming Usher events relevant to the CI Communityĭominique shares all these interesting activities about Usher

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