Family Gene Toolkit: A digital service to support genetic care in Europe

Applicants

• Maria Katapodi – Cancer genetics, cancer prevention and digital health (Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel)
• Maria Caiata Zufferey – Health sociology and genetic risk communication (SUPSI, DEASS)
• Florina Ciorba – High-performance and distributed computing (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Basel)

Project Members

• Claire Barton  –  Project Manager : human genetics and genetic counseling  (Maria Katapodi’s group, University of Basel)
• Denisa Constantinescu  –  Contributing researcher : privacy-preserving AI, confidential computing and HPC  (Florina Ciorba’s group, University of Basel)
• Jonathan Dominguez Hernàndez  –  Researcher : health and social sciences  (Maria Caiata Zufferey’s team, SUPSI)
• Carla Pedrazzani  –  Contributing researcher:  Oncology nursing, genetic nursing and hereditary cancer communication  (Maria Caiata Zufferey’s team, SUPSI)

Project Partners

• Isabel Wagner – Cybersecurity and privacy-enhancing technologies (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Basel)
• Ramon Saccilotto – Head IT Services (Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel)

Funding:  SNSF-Innosuisse BRIDGE Discovery
Duration:  01/01/2026–12/31/2029 
Grant number:  237643

Project Summary

The Family Gene Toolkit (FGT) project aims to advance a digital service for families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome and Lynch syndrome. It brings together clinical genetics, health and social sciences, nursing, AI and privacy-preserving computing to support genetic risk communication, informed decision-making and cancer risk management.

Funded by BRIDGE Discovery: a joint program of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and Innosuisse.