Dagmar Tapon

Dagmar Tapon is a researcher at the University of West London specializing in prenatal genetic services and patient education within the National Health Service context. Her work focuses on evaluating how prenatal genomic sequencing services are delivered to patients, with particular attention to communication methods, equity considerations, and patient experiences in the clinical setting.

Her research interests center around improving prenatal genetic services through better patient education tools and understanding the implementation challenges of genomic medicine in routine healthcare. She has developed innovative approaches such as animation-based educational materials to enhance parental understanding of complex genetic testing procedures. Her work examines how different communication methods impact knowledge acquisition and decision-making among expectant parents undergoing prenatal genetic testing.

The publications reveal a strong focus on practical applications of genomic medicine within the NHS framework, with particular attention to ethical considerations, service accessibility, and patient-centered care approaches. Her research demonstrates consistent collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across healthcare institutions.

Her scientific contributions include:

• Development and evaluation of educational animations for prenatal genetic testing
• Analysis of equity factors in prenatal sequencing service delivery
• Qualitative studies on parental experiences with rapid exome sequencing
• Protocol development for national evaluation of prenatal genomic services

Tapon's work bridges clinical practice, patient education, and healthcare service design, contributing to the improvement of genomic medicine implementation in prenatal care settings across the English National Health Service.