Southern California Genetic Counselors

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Join us for another SCGC webinar on Wednesday, JULY 8th from 12-1PM PST! 🧬 We will welcome a discussion on 'Genetic Discrimination Policy and the Impact on New Therapies' given by Greg Mohl. This activity will qualify as 1 CEU or 10 Category 1 contact hours.

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Join us for SCGC’s June Webinar on Friday, June 26th from 12-1PM PST!🧬 We'll welcome Brandie as she presents on Hereditary Cancer Testing at the Point-of-Care.

(1 CEU or 10 Category 1 contact hours will be offered for this webinar. Questions? Contact [email protected])

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Join us tomorrow at 4:00 PM for “Beyond the Test Result: Evaluating Screening Compliance in Hereditary Cancer Mutation Carriers,” presented by Allison Wong, Danielle Carr, Dillon Van den Berg, and Setareh Zandi. See you bright & early for this year's Annual Education Conference!

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We are excited to welcome Lisa Salz to this year's Annual Education Conference. She will be giving a presentation on "Implementing Exome and Genome Sequencing in Adult Medicine: Indications, Outcomes, and Challenges". Join us TOMORROW at 3:30pm for this important discussion!

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Please join us in welcoming Kelly Burgess as she discusses a very important topic: Promoting Equity in Genomic Medicine! This presentation takes place this Friday, May 8th at 2:30pm. 😄

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Advancing answers in the most difficult moments... Join us at 9:15am for a presentation by Rebecca Reimers on "Prenatal Whole Genome Workup for Stillbirth". #AEC2026

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Let's get active! 👟 Please register below if you are interested in joining us the morning of the conference for a casual ~3 mile long run. If you have additional questions please contact Jennifer Lee at [email protected].

Link to register: https://t.co/rZLrcuzCi3

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Support the next wave of genetic counselors! 🧬 Meet us after lunch to check out the hard work our students and new grads put into their research at this year's poster sessions. The poster sessions will take place May 8th at 1-2pm and will be CEU eligible.

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Calling all of our pediatric genetic counselors in particular. 😉 Join us in welcoming Julian Martinez at 11:15am as he presents "Pathways to Precision: Genomics and Translational Clinical Care for Pediatric Rare Diseases". #AEC2026 #PrecisionMedicine

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🕰️ Time to get to know our panelists, Molly Frankle, Ora Gordon, and Kayley Krystkowiak as they plan to discuss "Polygenic Risk Score in Clinical Practice" at the upcoming AEC! Join us at 10:45am May 8th for this fascinating discussion.

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SUBMISSIONS CLOSING SOON - April 24th

#DEIJ #SCGC #OfficialMerch

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A few snaps from our Los Angeles spring social event. 📸 Many birds were spotted and lots of laughs were had. 🐦 If you attended one of our SCGC spring social events, tag us! 👋

#SCGC #springsocial #gcnetworking #gcconnections

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Only a few more weeks until this year's Annual Education Conference in Carlsbad! Reminder that the last day to register for in-person attendance is THIS Friday, April 24th. The last day to register for virtual attendees is Tuesday, May 5th. See you soon! 😉

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Join us for SCGC's April and May education webinars!
Wednesday April 29th from 12-1PM PST & Friday May 1st from 12-1PM PST
Genetic Counseling Student Research Presentations (six talks total!!)

#SCGC #springwebinars #geneticcounselors #genetalk

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Let's learn what the BUZZ is about "Polygenic Risk Scores in Clinical Practice"! Join us at 10:45am for a talk by Molly Frankle. #PolygenicRiskScore #PrecisionMedicine

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Be sure to join us at 10:15am May 8th for a discussion by Marisa Jendras. She will be giving a presentation titled "Occult Malignancy Detection Through pcfDNA Screening". #AEC2026 #SCGC #EnvisioningOurFuture

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Join us for the second talk of the morning at 9:15am May 8th in-person and virtually. 💻 Our speaker, Christine Preston, will be sharing her presentation titled "ClinGen Unpacked: A Guide to Gene and Variant Curation Resources".

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Starting out the morning strong at this year's AEC! Our first speaker is Naomi Wagner and her presentation will be discussing "Genetic Counselor Roles in the Therapeutic Odyssey". Join us on Friday, May 8th at 8:45am in-person and virtually for this talk! 🧬

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UPDATES!!

☔ For those interested in connecting at our spring social events around SoCal please note that our LA event has been rescheduled to 4/18 due to our rainy weather. Same time of day, same location.

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This Spring, let’s connect! 🌷 Join us at one of our Spring Social events across Southern California. This is a great opportunity to network and get to know your local GC community. RSVP for your local event by going to the link in our bio! 🔗