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Event: Care Models and Advocating for Yourself with CARES Foundation

January 7, 2022 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

Are you living with or caring for someone with adrenal insufficiency (such as CAH, Addison’s disease, and PCOS)? You’re invited to a special online event… Webinar: Care Models; Advocating for… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Advocacy, Events Tagged With: adrenal insufficiency, advocacy, CAH, Care Model, caregiver, CARES Foundation, Cushing syndrome, Dawn Laney, Dina Matos, Emory University, genetic disease, patient care, patient-centered medical homes, PCMH, PCOS, Rare Disease, Spruce Biosciences, ThinkGenetic, webinar

Introducing Jennifer Dykeman – ThinkGenetic’s 2021 Intern Class

November 11, 2021 Ruth O'Keefe 1 Comment

ThinkGenetic is honored to work with incredible interns eager to help ThinkGenetic achieve its mission of reaching and empowering those living with and at risk for genetic conditions. With each… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Emory University, genetic counseling, intern, Jennifer Dykeman, Master of Medical Science, ThinkGenetic

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

VUS Detectives: Recognizing the Individuals Who Seek to Understand Genomic Variants

October 22, 2017 Dawn Laney, MS, CGC, CCRC | ThinkGenetic Co-Founder 1 Comment

“Thanks for the genetic testing results, but what do they MEAN?!!” could be the unifying cry of thousands of patients and family members after receiving genetic test results that show… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: ClinVar, Dawn Laney, Emory University, Find My Variant, Free the Data, InformedDNA, Karmen Trzupek, Morgan Simmons, PROMPT, Retinitis pigmentosa, Simons VIP, University of Washington, variant, variant of uncertain significance, VOUS, VUS

Introducing Georgia Loucopoulos, Part of ThinkGenetic’s 2017 Intern Class

September 20, 2017 Ruth O'Keefe 2 Comments

Georgia Loucopoulos - ThinkGenetic - Intern Class

ThinkGenetic’s growth has reached an exciting milestone – interns are joining us from the fields of genetic counseling, marketing, and pharmacy! Starting this fall, ThinkGenetic is proud to work with… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: education, Emory University, Georgia Loucopoulos, intern

ThinkGenetic in 2016: A Message from the President

January 4, 2017 thinkgenetic 3 Comments

Preparing for this article on a year in the life of ThinkGenetic required the collection of statistics about financial and content contributors, website visitors, research and development activities, and partner… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News, Updates Tagged With: Amandeep Singh, Apache Solr, Carol Ogg, Daniel Jacob, Dave Jacob, Dawn Laney, diagnose genetic conditions, Emory University, Emory University’s Department of Human Genetics, genetic counselors, Graduate students, Human Phenotype Ontology, IBM Watson, Justin McGarvie, Len Barker, MD, Michael Gambello, Morgan Simmons, Peter Wilkerson, Pfizer, Robert Tomaino, Robin Vinson, Rokkit Marketing, Russell Weller, Ruth O'Keefe, Shire, Taylor Cassidy, The Legacy of Angels Foundation, ThinkGenetic Symptom Matcher, thinkgenetic.com, TLOAF, Xavier Mugaruza

Laney Recruits Genetic Counselors to Help Fix Genetic Information on the Internet

September 28, 2016 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

For nearly twenty years, genetic counselor Dawn Jacob Laney, MS, CGC, CCRC, has scoured the internet for information related to her passion – genetic diseases and disorders. Her first foray… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Dawn Laney, Emory University, genetic counselors, genetic disease, genetic sounseling, Global Genes, IBM Watson, Len Barker, NSGC, Rare Disease, Ruth O'Keefe, Sarah Lawrence College, ThinkGenetic

Why My Kindred Spirit is a Rock Star

September 8, 2016 Dave Jacob Leave a Comment

CEO Post Austin Carlile

At first glance, it may not seem Austin Carlile, the front-man of the metal-core band Of Mice & Men and I have much in common. We grew up about 100… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Austin Carlile, Cutis Laxa, Dave Jacob, Emory University, genetic disease, genetic disorder, IBM Watson, Marfan syndrome, Of Mice and Men

6th Annual Fabry Family Medical Conference

September 6, 2016 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

Featured - NFDF

On September 8-9, 2016 in Greensboro, North Carolina the National Fabry Disease Foundation (NFDF) will be hosting it’s annual Fabry Family Medical Conference. An important event for all individuals with Fabry disease… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Events, News Tagged With: Dave Jacob, Dawn Laney, Emory University, Fabry, Fabry disease, Fabry Family Medical Conference, genetic counselor, National Fabry Disease Foundation, NFDF, Ruth O'Keefe

ThinkGenetic Father Hopes to Revolutionize Genetic Information on the Internet

July 6, 2016 thinkgenetic 3 Comments

Like many other people with a genetic disease, Dave Jacob did not learn that his childhood heart defect was related to an underlying genetic mutation until it was uncovered he… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Cutis Laxa, Davalen, Dave Jacob, Dawn Laney, Ehler Danlos, Emory University, genetic diagnosis, genetic mutation, IBM, IBM Watson, kickstarter, Marfan syndrome, Massachusetts, medical mystery, News, press, Sudbury, ThinkGenetic, thinkgenetic.com, Watson

Video: Why ThinkGenetic is the Best New Innovation in Pediatric Healthcare

February 15, 2016 thinkgenetic

ThinkGenetic is a labor of love between ThinkGenetic, Inc., Emory University’s Department of Human Genetics and IBM. Supported by International Advocacy groups like The Legacy of Angels, NORD and Genetic… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Dave Jacob, Dawn Laney, Department of Genetics, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Genetic Alliance, genetic disease, IBM, IBM Watson, Impact Pediatric pitch competition, Legacy of Angels, Rare Disease, rare genetic alliance, SXSW Interactive, ThinkGenetic

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