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Policy Issues
Payers such as insurance companies and Medicare need systematic ways of evaluating genetic tests for reimbursement.
… Tests and Services  (HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society) An Evidence Framework for … Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine) Another issue where genetics intersects with health insurance is genetic …
Educational Resources
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is federal legislation that makes it unlawful to discriminate against individuals on the basis of their genetic profiles in regard to health insurance and employment.
For Patients and Families
The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center helps people find useful information about genetic and rare diseases.
For Teachers
The genetic timeline lesson plan gives students an historical perspective of the discoveries that led to our present understanding of the human genome.
… activity may be most effectively done at the end of a genetics unit as a review or reinforcement lesson. It likely … affected the progress of the understanding of human genetics. Ask your students what ethical, legal or social … Genomics 101, Genomics Lesson Plan, Timeline Of Genetics, Genetics Timeline, Teaching Genetics, Teaching …
Fact Sheets
Genetic mapping offers evidence that a disease transmitted from parent to child is linked to one or more genes and clues about where a gene lies on a chromosome.
… of the entire human genome, has greatly advanced genetics research. The improved quality of genetic data has …
Research Training
An opportunity for medical school graduates to complete a combined, five-year residency program in pediatrics and medical genetics.
… The Combined Pediatrics and Medical Genetics Residency Program is a remarkable opportunity for … five-year residency program in pediatrics and medical genetics. … The Combined Pediatrics and Medical Genetics Residency Program, offered in conjunction with … broad experience in pediatrics, clinical and molecular genetics, metabolic diseases, and cytogenetics. Trainees …
Fact Sheets
Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
… Genetics and genomics both play roles in health and disease. Genetics refers to the study of genes and the way that … Genetics is a term that refers to the study of genes and … conditions are passed down from one generation to another. Genetics involves scientific studies of genes and their …
Staff
Dr. Galarreta is a board-certified pediatrician and biochemical geneticist in NHGRI's Metabolic Medicine Branch.
… Dr. Galarreta is a board-certified pediatrician and biochemical geneticist. She completed her pediatric residency … of California in San Diego to complete her medical genetics and genomics fellowship training. She subsequently … moved to Bethesda to complete her training in Medical Biochemical Genetics, at NHGRI. Following this, she spent …
Research Training
This program offers training in a combined program of maternal-fetal medicine and medical genetics.
… The Metropolitan D.C. Medical Genetics Program also offers new subspecialty training in a combined program of maternal-fetal medicine and med genetics in collaboration with the Washington Hospital Center Maternal-Fetal Medicine-Medical Genetics Fellowship Program. …