Description
Diversity in the Rare Disease Community: Challenges for Newborn Screening and Early-life Genetic Testing Equity
Thursday, March 2, 2023
9-10 a.m. – Patient Advocacy Group Breakfast
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. – Vendor Tables & Poster Symposium
12–2 p.m. – Formal Program
Attend in-person or Virtually
McNamara Alumni Center (200 Oak St SE, Minneapolis MN)
Keynote speaker: Amy Gaviglio, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor | Public Health Genetics and Rare Disease Consultant | Founder, Connetics Consulting LLC
Availability, Accessibility, and Equity: Moving from Discourse to Action in Newborn Screening and Whole Genome Sequencing
Panel Discussion
The panel includes participants who serve underrepresented communities.
Poster Symposium
The poster symposium is an opportunity for event attendees to share their research on basic, translational, and clinical research related to rare diseases and their treatments. Posters do not have to be new—you can re-purpose one that has already been presented somewhere else.