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So excited for this update! A huge shout out to the incredible Brian Reys and the very much missed Lauren Ryan on spearheading many of these updates when they started up in 2021 and all the GCs that have continued to work on these updates. #NSGC24

.Rachel Mills, PhD, MS, CGC and I had the privilege of planning the #NSGC24 First Time Attendee Welcome event this evening both in person and virtually and it was an amazing opportunity to meet so many wonderful new colleagues!!

Every single person affected with sickle cell on today’s panel has reported about their terrible experience with healthcare professionals. This needs to change. #NSGC24 #GeneChat

I'm so grateful that these wonderful warriors were willing to share their stories & journeys with us. Thank you Aarin Ables Williams (she/her), Barb Harrison and Rebekah Hutchins for coordinating an amazing Rollnick lecture on the challenges of SCD gene therapy #SickleCellAwarenessMonth #NSGC24

A wonderful three days working with my fellow GRAIL genetic counselors and educating attendees about multi-cancer early detection and what it means to be a GC working in industry! #NSGC24 Carrie Guy, MS, CGC 🧬

It's been six years since Counsyl was no more but without fail the annual NSGC conference brings us (in different interactions) back together. #NSGC24 #TeamTeal4Ever Gabriel Lazarin Carrie Haverty Marianna Raia Shivani Nazareth Jamie @Ashley_svenson Summer Pierson Kathleen Swenson

Super excited to see all of these wonderful folks in Chicago next month! If any #NSGC24 folks want to join me in the Windy City it'll be a great time! Gillian Hooker EllenMatloff Carrie Haverty Gianna Petrelli 🧬

The amount of overlap between my dissertation research on professional identity formation at NSGC AC and the abstract “Navigating belonging and identity at the NSGC AC: Insights from a longitudinal study of BIPOC GC students” is blowing my mind.

Carrie Haverty And SCD vs. cystic fibrosis is an example of systemic discrimination. #nsgc24

It shouldn't come as a surprise that Brian Reys was the recipient of the NSGC Strategic Leader Award last year. He's done so much work behind the scenes these past few years and I'm so happy that he was able to share updates with us this year. Goodbye 96040, Hello 96041! #NSGC24

ARUP Laboratories Myriad Genetics @FacingOurRisk On the innovation issue: “We don’t think this will be financially realistic for labs… There is going to be a significant cost on the development of new tests.” - Lisa Schlager, VP Public Policy at @FacingOurRisk #NSGC24 #GeneChat

Congratulations 🎉 to Best Full Member Abstract award 🏆 winner Brian Reys, MS, CGC! We’re honored to hear from you and the GC Medicaid Recognition Team on your critical work and insights into Medicaid Coverage for #GeneticCounseling. #GeneChat #NSGC24

Spent the better part of this year working with these folks on this session on Personal & Professional Identities! So grateful to the folks who stuck around for a Saturday morning session & made some great insights! Rachel Mills, PhD, MS, CGC Ian MacFarlane Missing Sarah Witherington! #NSGC24

A reminder that Black people are 7x more likely to be wrongly convicted of murder than white people and since the late 1980s, Black folks make up more than 50 percent of exonerations.

September is #SickleCellAwareness month! 🩸🧫 Tune into our conversation with patient advocate, Victoria Gray, to learn more about her journey with #CRISPR treatment & more! dnapodcast.com/episodes/2024/…

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” #MartinLutherKingJr The execution of #MarcellusWilliams is a devastating moment that reflects the grave injustices still present in our legal system. We mourn his loss and extend our prayers to his family. Let’s also

I have been shouting this from the rooftops to everyone I know. Young breast cancer, which used to be rare, is now common. We have been tracking this for 20 years, but it’s really dramatic over the last 10. Please take note #MedTwitter NO ONE is too young for breast cancer!

“There is no edit, no amendment, no addendum to these terrible bans that can undo the harm they have created and allow for full access to care. Simply put, abortion bans must be repealed in order to ensure full access to safe, essential reproductive health care for all people.”

When work takes you to #PriMedMidwest2024 to man the booth and you get meet Lady Glaucomflecken (she/her) & Dr. Glaucomflecken and tell them that they're also celebrities within the genetic counseling community. #genechat

Please stop telling people to "just leave"....it's beyond insensitive not to realize that that's simply not possible for many-especially at this point.