{"id":4022,"date":"2025-03-11T11:38:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/?p=4022"},"modified":"2025-03-11T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:02:03","slug":"abgs-at-the-2025-american-indian-unity-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/2025\/03\/abgs-at-the-2025-american-indian-unity-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"ABGS at the 2025 American Indian Unity Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, March 6th and Friday, March 7th, the Age-Based Genomic Screening team attended the 50th annual Unity Conference, which hosted over 5,000 attendees. The event was hosted by the United Tribes of NC and will its mission was to continue to promote educational, economic, religious, charitable, and cultural activities for American Indian people. While tabling, we enjoyed distributing general genetics educational resources, gathering interest for our caregiver interviews, and getting to connect with tribal leaders, new people, and organizations. We also reported back on results from surveys conducted during the 2024 Unity Conference (see poster below).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/20250306_103925-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/20250306_103925-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/20250306_103925-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/20250306_103925-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/20250306_103925-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/20250306_103925-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/20250306_103925-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/20250306_103925-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/20250306_103925-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-11-at-11.36.52\u202fAM-281x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-11-at-11.36.52\u202fAM-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-11-at-11.36.52\u202fAM-958x1024.png 958w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-11-at-11.36.52\u202fAM-768x821.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-11-at-11.36.52\u202fAM-600x642.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-11-at-11.36.52\u202fAM.png 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We look forward to attending the Unity Conference again next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, March 6th and Friday, March 7th, the Age-Based Genomic Screening team attended the 50th annual Unity Conference, which hosted over 5,000 attendees. The event was hosted by the United Tribes of NC and will its mission was to continue to promote educational, economic, religious, charitable, and cultural activities for American Indian people. 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