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People Live When People Give – National Blood Donor Month

January 27, 2022 Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC Leave a Comment

January is National Blood Donor Month!  Awareness of blood donation is extra important this year as the United States and countries around the world are currently facing historic blood shortages…. CONTINUE

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: American Red Cross, blood crisis, blood donation, blood shortage, blood transfusion, blood type, genetic blood disorders, genetic counseling, Jessica Dronen, National Blood Donor Month, OneBlood, sickle cell disease, ThinkGenetic

New Research to be Presented at AAAAI 2022 on Hereditary Angioedema

January 8, 2022 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

ThinkGenetic is proud to announce a recent collaborative research project will be presented at the 2022 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) annual meeting this February 25-29th in… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, Events, Research Tagged With: AAAI, algorithm, Amanda Logue, American Academy of Allergy, Ami Rosen, Asthma & Immunology, C1-inhibitor, Dave Jacob, Dawn Laney, EHR, HAE, Hereditary angioedema, Jessica Dronen, Jingjing Yang, LSDC, Marc Riedl, Marissa Shams, research, sensitivity, specificity, ThinkGenetic

‘Tis the Season of Giving- Tips for Sharing your Health History with Family Members

December 16, 2021 Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC Leave a Comment

Family Get Together During Holidays

We at ThinkGenetic hope that you and yours have had a wonderful holiday season! We’d like to take the time to remind everyone that while you may be rushing to… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: cancer screening, colon cancer, colon polyps, diabetes, Familial Hypercholesterolemia, family history, FH, genetic counselor, genetics, health history, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, inheritance, Jessica Dronen, medical information, osteoporosis, precancerous, thyroid disease

Taking a Closer Look at Advocacy – The TSC Alliance®: Hope No Matter How Complex

October 7, 2021 Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC Leave a Comment

ThinkGenetic is honored to partner with many incredible organizations, each with their own stories, struggles and triumphs. This month, we are taking a moment to highlight the work and rebranding… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Advocacy, Partners Tagged With: Dawn Laney, Educator Mentor Program, Jessica Dronen, rare genetic disease, TS Alliance, TSC, TSC Alliance, TSC clinics, Tuberous sclerosis, Tuberous sclerosis complex, tumors

New Study Results: Severity scoring system to identify patient risk for genetic conditions #NSGC21

September 23, 2021 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

Development and implementation of an automated severity scoring system to identify patients at possible increased risk for specific genetic conditions NSGC 2021 Poster UM353 Authors: Dawn Laney, MS, CGC 1,2… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, Events, News Tagged With: AI, algorithm, Dawn Laney, differential diagnosis, EHR, electronic health records, Emory University, Fabry disease, Gaucher disease, genetic condition, genetic counselor, genetic risk, hereditary angiodema, ICD10, Jessica Dronen, Lafayette General Hospital, machine learning, medical records, NSGC21, patient identification, pilot project, research study, Takeda, ThinkGenetic, ThinkGenetic Foundation, UM353

Familial Hypercholesterolemia – Are you hiding in plain sight?

September 23, 2021 Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC 1 Comment

September is National Cholesterol Education Month! We’d like to take this time to highlight a common genetic disorder that is highly underdiagnosed – Familial Hypercholesterolemia. What is Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)?… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: #FHCantWait, #KnowFH, CAD, CASCADE FH® Registry, coronary artery disease, diagnosis, Familial Hypercholesterolemia, FH, FH Awareness Day, FH Foundation, FH Global Summit, FIND FH®, genetic disorder, Jessica Dronen, LDL, National Cholesterol Education Month, ThinkGenetic

ThinkGenetic Goes Virtual for NSGC – Presenting Research Results at Annual Education Conference

September 20, 2021 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

This year the NSGC will again be hosting it’s annual educational event virtually. This doesn’t mean we cannot still join together to discuss all things genetic! NSGC has partnered with… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: genetic counselor, NSGC, virtual booth

Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Day Book Spotlight: “Raising the Goddess of Spring” by Stephanie Rese

June 24, 2021 Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC Leave a Comment

by Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC, Genetic Diseases Research and Information Specialist Today is Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Day! In honor of that we have a special edition of ThinkGenetic’s book… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Advocacy, Education, Genetic Book Club Tagged With: #RareChromo, #rarechromoday, #shinebrighttogether, #UniqueNotAlone, Beverly Searle, C22C, chromosome, Chromosome 22 Central, chromosome disorder, DNA, Emanuel Syndrome, genetics, inheritance, Jessica Dronen, Melissa Carter, Murney Runholm, parenting, Raising the Goddess of Spring, Rare Chromosome and Gene Disorder Support Group, rare chromosome disorder awareness day, Stephanie Rese, UNIQUE

June book spotlight: “Run to the Light” by Laura King Edwards

June 4, 2021 Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC Leave a Comment

by Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC, Genetic Diseases Research and Information Specialist Welcome to ThinkGenetic’s June genetic book spotlight!  In this series we combine a review of one or more books… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Advocacy, Education, News Tagged With: Batten disease, Batten Disease Support and Research Association, BBDF, BDSRA, Beyond Batten Foundation, book club, Family Education Conference, International Batten Disease Awareness Day, Jessica Dronen, Laura King Edwards, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses, Run to the Light, Sibling Leadership Network, Sibling Leadership Network Conference, Sibling Support Project, SibShops

May Book Spotlight: “Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life” by Mallory Smith

May 7, 2021 Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC Leave a Comment

by Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC, Genetic Diseases Research and Information Specialist, ThinkGenetic Welcome to ThinkGenetic’s May genetic book spotlight!  In this series we combine a review of one or more… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, Genetic Book Club Tagged With: #CFawareness, #CFAwarenessMonth, #CysticFibrosis, book club, cystic fibrosis, Jessica Dronen

April Book Spotlight: “Can I Play if I Have Fabry?” by Dawn Laney

April 8, 2021 Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC 1 Comment

by Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC, Genetic Diseases Research and Information Specialist, ThinkGenetic Welcome to ThinkGenetic’s first genetic book spotlight! Starting this month we will be pairing a review of one… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, Genetic Book Club Tagged With: book club, Can I Play if I Have Fabry, childrens book, Dawn Jacob, Dawn Jacob Laney, Fabry, Fabry disease, Fabry Support and Information Group, FSIG, Jessica Dronen, National Fabry Disease Foundation, NFDF

Strangers Give Toddler with Norrie Disease Increased Freedom, Free of Charge

September 16, 2016 Jennifer Sturges Shinn Leave a Comment

Toddler with Norrie Disease

Silus Johnson is a sweet little toddler battling Norrie Disease. Like most little boys affected by the disease, Silus was born blind. Little Silus also has delayed motor skills and… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Eric Bendel, human interest, Jennifer Sturges, Jennifer Sturges Shinn, Jessica Johnson, Norrie Disease

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ThinkGenetic is a cooperative labor of love between the support and advocacy world, the medical genetics community, patients, and the pharmaceuticals industry. We would like to recognize those who have… CONTINUE

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