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Department of Genetics

Meet the Teams

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About the Project

Several teams engage at various levels of the project to provide critical input in the development and implementation of the ABGS concept.

The goal of the Actionability & Binning Committee (AC/BC) is to evaluate gene-condition pairs with respect to actionability and age of onset. The AC/BC is currently engaged in identifying gene-phenotype pairs for inclusion on the different age-based screening panels.

Committee Chair

This group consists of multi-disciplinary researchers who collaborate with the North Carolina Network Consortium (NCNC) to engage geographically and demographically diverse pediatric and family medicine clinics across the state to raise awareness of the ABGS program and elicit ongoing feedback from clinic staff and providers.

Committee Co-Chairs

Community engagement is vital to the establishment of an equitable ABGS program. The Community Engagement and Education Committee engages community members across the state of NC to establish trusting relationships for bidirectional communication in potential implementation areas. Together, the CRB and the UNC research team participate in community outreach events to increase health literacy and awareness within communities.

Committee Co-Chairs

The CRB is an active collaboration between our research team and community members. The Community Research Board partnership includes a community research arm comprised of parents representing diverse communities and UNC researchers and health care providers. The CRB and UNC researchers meet monthly by Zoom and come together in person for community engagement and education events. We work together to help everyone understand the basics of genetics and the connection to health.
  • Lennin Caro
  • Erin James-Crook
  • Andreas Orphanides
  • Thomas Owens
  • Ken Ray
  • Carla Robinson
  • Jonathan Shaw
  • Catherine Sollars
  • Erin Song

Alumni

  • Michael Austin
  • Ashley Bennetone
  • Larry Bradon
  • Marlón Nunez
  • Heather Osborne
The ABGS EDG comprises experts from diverse institutions and professional backgrounds, including genomics, newborn screening, health policy, implementation science, and bioethics. Through frequent discussions on specific topics relevant to ABGS, these external advisors will provide important feedback on the content, timing, and feasibility of implementation of the sequencing panels to be used in the ABGS program.
  • Don Bailey, PhD

    Distinguished Fellow (RTI International)

  • Yvonne Bombard, PhD

    Associate Professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (University of Toronto)

    Director of the Genomics Health Services Research Program at St. Michael’s Hospital

  • Natasha Bonhomme

    Chief Strategy Officer of Expecting Health (Genetic Alliance)

  • Kyle Brothers, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor of Pediatrics (University of Louisville)

  • Amy Brower, PhD

    Director, Principal Investigator of the Newborn Screening Translational Research Network

  • Lynn Wein Bush, PhD, MS, MA

    Lecturer on Pediatrics (Harvard Medical School)

  • Bob Currier, PhD

    Chief of the Evaluation Section of the Genetic Disease Screening Program (California Department of Public Health)

  • Aaron Goldenberg, PhD

    Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Bioethics (Case Western Reserve University)

    Professor of Genetics and Genome Sciences

    Member of the Population and Cancer Prevention Program at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Director of Research at the Department of Bioethics

    Director of the Bioethics Center for Community Health ANd Genomic Equity

  • Stephen Kingsmore, MD, DSc

    President/CEO of Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (Rady Children’s Hospital at San Diego)

  • Michael Watson, PhD, FACMG

    Former Executive Director of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine

  • Larry Wu, MD

    Regional Medical Director (BlueCross and Blue Shield of North Carolina)

  • Jennifer Yeh, PhD

    Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School

    Associate Scientific Researcher of the Division of General Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital