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2008 Annual Meeting and Education Conference
July 17 - 19, 2008,
Denver, Colorado
Syllabus | Agenda/Brochure
 Speaker presentations are available for download
in PDF format where indicated.
Day I
WELCOME
Joanne Milisa Drautz, President, Mountain States Genetics Foundation
Mary Haag, Vice President, Mountain States Genetics Foundation |
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CURRENT ISSUES IN GENETICS AND FORENSICS
Technical and/or Psychosocial Aspects
Maria Liu, JD, partner, Collins, Liu, Lyons, Greeley, CO
Matt Kaplan, PhD, U OF A |
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UPDATE ON DOWN SYNDROME
Sarah Hartway, MS, RN, Mile High Down Syndrome Association |
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FORUM: RESULTS OF PHASE II CLINICAL TRIALS FOR GENZ 112638 FOR PATIENTS WITH TYPE 1 GAUCHER DISEASE
Timothy Miller, MD, Genzyme Therapeutics |
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Day II
PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS & CHANGING PATTERNS OF SCREENING FOR FETAL CHROMOSOMAL DISEASE
Mark Hughes, MD, PhD, Genesis Genetics
Phil Wyatt, MD, PhD,Genzyme Genetics |
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CARDIAC GENETICS
Colleen Brown, ScM, USCF Matt Taylor, MD, UC |
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BOB MC CURDY LECTURE: PRESYMPTOMATIC TESTING FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
Robert C. Green, MD, MPH Boston University SOM |
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CANCER GENETICS
Carol Clericuzio, MD, UNM SOM
Lori Ballinger, MS, UNM SOM |
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NEW FRONTIERS IN PRENATAL & NEONATAL DIAGNOSIS:CHROMOSOMAL MICROARRAY ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS
Sau Wai Cheung, PhD, Baylor SOM
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DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER MARKETING OF GENETIC TESTS: New Models
Elissa Levin, MS, CGC, Director, Genetic Counseling Program, Navigenics
Susan Bryan, President, Quantum Trust, LLC
Betsy Trombino, Consumer |
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Day III
PLENARY SESSION
The Future of the MSGF
Joanne Milisa Drautz, President, Mountain States Genetics Foundation
Mary Haag, Vice President, Mountain States Genetics Foundation |
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PHARMACOGENETICS
Robyn Temple-Smolkin, PhD, Shodair Children’s Hospital |
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PAUL KLEE: MUSIC, ART AND AUTOIMMUNITY
Henry Claman, MD, UCSOM |
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FINAL REMARKS
Joanne Milisa Drautz, President, Mountain States Genetics Foundation
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| MSGF BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING |
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