A Note From Your Editor: Volunteer With Perspectives

10.7.2024

It’s nearing the end of summer, which means that the NSGC Call for Volunteers is around the corner. This season, I want to extend an invitation for you to volunteer with Perspectives . 

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NSGC Leadership and Career Development Course

10.7.2024

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Faegre-Drinker Consulting Selected as NSGC’s New Lobbying Firm

10.4.2024

I am excited to share that the NSGC Board of Directors has selected Faegre Drinker Consulting as the lobbying firm to represent NSGC and advocate for the passage of the Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act.

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October 2024 President’s Column

10.4.2024

There is so much to be grateful for this month, I don’t know where to begin. I am grateful that NSGC had so many excellent RFP proposals and firms interested in working with us to advance genetic counseling and improve patient access to genetic counselors. 

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Moving Beyond Roe: Genetic Counseling and the Future of Reproductive Rights

9.27.2024

Last week on national television, the former president of the United States repeatedly decried the practice of “post-birth abortion”. I laughed aloud at the absurdity of this statement—an abortion is a termination of pregnancy, and of course, no one can terminate a pregnancy after birth. Later ...

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Disability

9.20.2024

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) recognizes and celebrates a person’s inherent value including differences in one’s physical, cognitive, or psychiatric functioning.  Individuals should be viewed holistically and not defined by others solely in terms of a single characteristic.  

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Access to Genetic Testing for Inherited Heart Disease Significantly Improved Via Alternative Telemedicine Model, Study Shows

9.20.2024

NEW ORLEANS – Sept. 20, 2024 – People at risk for inherited heart diseases can see a genetic counselor much more quickly through a third-party telemedicine model, suggests research being presented at the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) 43rd Annual Conference.

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Jane Engelberg Memorial Fellowship Award Will Support Proposed Toolkit Aimed at Helping Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals Understand their Risk of Breast/Chest Cancer Healthcare Options

9.18.2024

NEW ORLEANS – Sept. 18, 2024 – Transgender and gender-diverse individuals who are considering masculinizing top surgery may not realize they could still be at risk for breast/chest cancer after surgery. A proposed first-of-its-kind toolkit would address that gap and help them and their providers make informed healthcare decisions about genetic testing, surgery and screening, according to a new project being previewed at the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) 43rd Annual Conference.

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NSGC ANNUAL CONFERENCE NEWS BRIEFS

9.18.2024

NEW ORLEANS – Sept. 18, 2024—Expanded genetic testing can help people learn of additional genetic cancer risks, and the Dobbs decision on abortion rights may not have had the intended effect. These are among the findings being presented at the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) 43rd Annual Conference.

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Women with Mutations in Low-Moderate Breast Cancer Genes May Benefit from Earlier Breast Cancer Screening

9.18.2024

NEW ORLEANS – Sept. 18, 2024 – Women with cancer-risk mutations in BARD1, RAD51C and RAD51D could consider getting annual breast cancer screening earlier than the recommended age of 40, suggests research being presented at the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) 43rd Annual Conference.

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