essentialmedgen.com

 

Website created by Prof Edward Tobias.



Author information:
 
Edward Tobias, Professor of Genetic Medicine (Medical Genetics), created (and delivers) the entire set of medical genetics lectures in Year 3 of the undergraduate medical course (i.e. 400 students per year) at the University of Glasgow, UK. He lectures on several other undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
  

Selected teaching awards:
 
"European Society of Human Genetics Education Award (2021)"
European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) 
"Finalist for Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year Award (2020)"
Times Higher Education (UK) Awards 
"Best Preclinical Lecturer Award (2018)"
from the Final Year Medical Student class 
"Best College Teacher Award (2014)"
from the Student Representative Council 
"Best College Teacher Award (2013)"
from the Student Representative Council 
"Best Subject Area Award (2012)"
from the Student Representative Council 
  
"Teaching Excellence Award (2012)" from the Senate and Principal of the University of Glasgow. 
 
"Best Postgraduate Teaching Team" - Prospects UK (Nov 2014) 
He and his colleagues in the MSc in Medical Genetics (below) received an award for being judged to be the top post-graduate teaching team in the UK in the field of Science, Engineering and Technology.
Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2012)
 
His students have also won several awards and prizes within and outside the university.  
 
His other roles include:

- Education Committee member of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG)
- Education Committee member of the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO-International)
- Member of Exam Steering Committee for the European Certificate of Medical Genetics & Genomics examination
- Clinical Director of the internationally renowned:
MSc in Medical Genetics and Genomics programme at Glasgow University, attended by many overseas students, and
- Honorary NHS Consultant in Clinical Genetics with the
West of Scotland Centre for Genomic Medicine