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Information & Education Committee

 

 

Composition and Tenure

 

The Information and Education Committee shall consist of 9 members appointed for 3-year terms, up to 3 to be appointed each year. No member of the committee may serve more than 2 consecutive terms.

 

 

Mandate


The committee shall recommend, and upon Board approval carry out, activities concerned with information relevant to human genetics as it relates to the education of students in general, the training of professionals in human genetics, and the awareness of human genetics by the general public. The committee shall be especially concerned with education at all levels relating to human genetics, particularly at the professional level, and should encourage liaison with the education committees of other groups. The committee shall also consider requests to communicate basic genetic knowledge, its advances, and its applications to the public at large.
 

 

Activities

The Information and Education Committee (I&E) works on a variety of educational and training initiatives each year. To learn more about these activities, click here.

 

 

2008 Committee Members

 

Chair, TBA

 

 

Howard P. Levy, MD, PhD (2008)
Johns Hopkins University
Dept. Medicine
10753 Falls Road, Ste 325
Baltimore, MD 21093
410-583-2774 FAX: 410-583-2883
hlevy3@jhmi.edu

Leta M. Tribble, PhD (2008)
Greenwood Genetic Center
Education Division
One Gregor Mendel Circle
Greenwood, SC 29646
864-943-4170 FAX: 864-941-8114
lmt@ggc.org

 

Yvette P. Conley, PhD (2008)
University of Pittsburgh
Health Promotion and Development
3500 Victoria St., 440 Victoria
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-383-7641 FAX: 412-624-8521
yconley@pitt.edu

 

Ricki Lewis, PhD (2010)
7 Harvest Drive
Scotia, NY 12302
518-399-2017
ralewis@nycap.rr.com

ASHG Staff:
Michael Dougherty

American Society of Human Genetics
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
mdougherty@ashg.org

Adam Hott, EdD (2009)
Southern Connecticut State University
Department of Biology
501 Crescent St
New Haven CT 06515
203-392-6224
hotta2@southernct.edu

 

Christa Lese Martin, PhD (2008)
Emory University School of Medicine
Dept. Human Genetics
615 Michael St., Ste 315
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-3201 FAX: 404-727-3949
clmartin@genetics.emory.edu

 

Carl A. Huether, PhD (2008)
University of Cincinnati
Department of Biology
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006
513-556-9764 FAX: 513-556-5299
carl.huether@uc.edu 

Marlene Shaw, PhD (2010)
University of Southern Indiana
Dept. Biology
8600 University Blvd
Evansville, IN 47712-3534
816-464-1709 FAX: 812-465-1052
mshaw@usi.edu

 

 

 


 

 

   

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