To apply for membership of UKCGG, you must first become a member of BSGM.
Membership Criteria
- Membership is open to anyone over the age of eighteen professionally involved with human genetics or genomics.
- Currently working (independently or in training) for a healthcare provider or academic institution and
- providing or supporting the care of patients with genetic/genomic disorders or
- involved in human genetic/genomic research or
- researching the implications of genetic/ genomic practices on society.
- Has a proposer and seconder, both members of the BSGM (or evidence on CV which meets criteria 1 or 2). If the application is being made to join a constituent group, either the proposer or seconder should be a member of the same constituent group.
Subscription Fees
If your primary area of work/professional identity is in genetics/genomics, we welcome your membership as a full voting member (various membership rates are available).
If you are primarily a member of another healthcare professional group in the UK and Ireland with an interest in genetics/genomics (e.g. oncologist, paediatrician, nurse, midwife, pharmacist), please select our reduced-price affiliate member option.
We welcome trainee and junior members!
- Full membership categories
- Member of British Society for Genetic Medicine (BSGM): £60
- Member of BSGM + Clinical Genetics Society (CGS): £70
- Member of BSGM + Association for Clinical Genomic Science (ACGS): £60
- Member of BSGM + ACGS Agenda for Change Band 5 and below membership £20
- Reduced price membership of BSGM + ACGS for members of the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) (Licentiate, Member, or Fellow) £20
- Member of BSGM + Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors (AGNC): £70
- Member of BSGM + AGNC Agenda for Change Band 5 and below membership £20
Student membership for categories 1-4 above: £20
For UK/Ireland healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, healthcare scientists, allied health professionals) with an interest in genetic/genomic medicine: £20
Special Interest Groups
Membership of UKCGG may be added to any of the above groupings for an additional £20
Affiliate members who are nurses and midwives should join the “Nurses and Midwives Group” to facilitate communication with the AGNC.
For questions about BSGM membership please email: membership@bsgm.org.uk