2008 Genetic Alliance Annual Conference Exhibitors
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Exhibitors
We are pleased to introduce the Genetic Alliance 2008 Annual Conference exhibitors:
American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/
The AAP is a professional membership organization of 60,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical sub-specialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety, and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Our members are the pediatricians working in communities and hospitals around the world.
FSIG & Cambridge Group
http://www.FSIGConnections.org
FSIG & Cambridge Group introduce FSIGConnections.org, a demonstration of turnkey IBM/Lotus Social Networking applications for Patient Advocacy Organization communication and collaboration, including Profiles, Communities, Wikis, Blogs, Dogear, Activities, Document Management, Sametime Video Chat, Instant Messaging, and Webcasting. These Web 2.0 features are available now for adoption by GA members and organizations.
FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered
http://www.Facingourrisk.org
FORCE is a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the lives of people and families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. They provide support, resources, and information on cancer risk, risk management, treatment, and the latest research regarding hereditary cancer.
GeneDx provides rapid molecular diagnosis for rare and not-so-rare hereditary disorders, including gene sequencing, Genome-Wide Oligonucleotide Microarray analysis (GenomeDx), and AutismDx. They serve the needs of patients, physicians, genetic counselors, and researchers worldwide by offering array services, mutation detection, genotyping, carrier detection, and prenatal diagnosis for more than 150 disorders, as well as custom prenatal diagnosis and carrier testing after confirmation in our CLIA lab of mutations that were identified in the research setting.
Howard University Department of Community & Family Medicine National Human Genome Center Community Partnership Program
http://www.myfamilies.org
The Health Resources and Services Administration funded a cooperative agreement with the March of Dimes, who engaged four local partners targeting African Americans, Latinos/Dominicans, Chinese, Koreans, and Pacific Islanders. The exhibit displays culturally-appropriate consumer genetic education materials developed to increase genetic literacy and promote lifestyle changes to reduce health risks.
Office of Rare Diseases, National Institutes of Health
http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/
The Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) was established in 1993 within the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the federal focal point for biomedical research. ORD coordinates and supports rare diseases research, responds to research opportunities for rare diseases, and provides information on rare diseases.
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
http://www.UMDF.org
From simplifying less/noninvasive diagnostic methods to the discovery of a new gene, the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF), founded in 1996, continues to fund cutting-edge biogenetic research that could change the way scientists look at may of the more common age-related diseases such as Parkinson’s.
