About Us

Corinna Alberg  – Project Manager

Corinna Alberg is project manager and researcher for the Foundation’s Framework for action on birth defects and other health service development projects. She also writes about this work for reports and articles, is involved with our educational work, and coordinates the Foundation’s outreach activities as well as developing learning materials for health professionals and policy makers.

Corinna earned a BSc in Psychology from the University of Southampton and an MSc in Health Education and Health Promotion from Hull University. She also completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. For a number of years she worked in the NHS as a Health Promotion Officer and at the Northwestern Regional Health Authority developing primary health care before going into research at Manchester University. She joined the Public Health Genetics Unit in 2006.

Corinna has recently finished a needs assessment and service review for inherited cardiovascular conditions, a review of screening for Tay Sachs Disease, and has been involved in a review of services for genetic eye disorders. She is currently project managing an evaluation of a primary, secondary and tertiary care project in Birmingham that is improving services for families at risk of genetic disorders linked to consanguineous partnerships. She is also co-ordinating the implementation aspect of the RAPID (Reliable Accurate Prenatal non-Invasive Diagnosis) programme which has been funded by the National Institute of Health Research. She was also responsible for the production of a series of e-learning materials that are available on our website and on YouTube.

 

Selected recent publications:

• Burton H, Alberg C, Stewart A. Mainstreaming genetics: a comparative review of clinical services for inherited cardiovascular conditions in the UK.  Public Health Genomics (2010) 13(4):235-45
• Burton H, Alberg C, Hall A, Sagoo G, Stewart A, on behalf of the working group on inherited cardiovascular conditions services. Inherited cardiovascular conditions: the challenges of genomic medicine Heart (2010) 96: 474-76
• Alberg C, Levene S, Burton H. Tay Sachs disease carrier testing in the UK Jewish population British Journal of Midwifery (2010) 18(4): 220-224
• Burton H, Alberg C, Moore AT. Genetics in ophthalmology: equity in service provision?  J Public Health (Oxf) (2010)  Jun;32(2):259-66
• Kroese M, Burton H, Whittaker J, Lakshman R, Alberg C. A framework for the prioritization of investment in the provision of genetic tests Public Health Genomics(2010) Mar 15
• Burton H, Alberg C and Stewart A  Heart to Heart: Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions Services - A Needs Asessment and Service Review (2009)
• Burton H, Levene S, Alberg C. and Stewart A. Tay Sachs Disease carrier screening in the Ashkenazi Jewish population: Needs assessment and review of current services (2009)

Please visit PHG Foundation’s resources page for a list of our publications and other work by members of our staff.