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NCBI’s Medical Genetics Resources: ClinVar, GTR, and MedGen

NCBI’s Medical Genetics Resources: ClinVar, GTR, and MedGen

When:
June 15, 2016 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am America/Los Angeles Timezone
2016-06-15T08:30:00-07:00
2016-06-15T11:00:00-07:00
Where:
UW Health Sciences Library, Pacific Room
1959 NE Pacific St
Seattle, WA 98195
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
ITHS Education

ITHS, the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, Fred Hutch, and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region are pleased to host five free NLM National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) workshops on June 14 and 15, 2016, in Seattle, Washington, and online.

In this NCBI session, you will learn how to navigate several free, online programs. These include MedGen, which provides information on conditions with a genetic component, the NIH Genetic Testing Registry (GTR) for reviewing available genetic tests, and ClinVar, which holds information on medically relevant variation.

Speaker Biography

Brandi Kattman, MS, CGC, is a genetic counselor and staff scientist with the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Brandi joined the NIH to assist in developing the NIH Genetic Testing Registry and works on other clinical genetics resources such as ClinVar and MedGen. Brandi previously worked at GeneDx, a genetic testing laboratory, with roles as Genetic Counseling Services Program Manager and Director, Cardiology Genetic Services. While at GeneDx, she led the creation and implementation of the laboratory’s information management system (LIMS) and was the primary contact with GeneTests for the over 400 tests listed by GeneDx.

Registration

There is no cost to attend this event, but seating is limited. Please register below if you plan to attend. Not an ITHS member? Signing up to become a member will take less than two minutes.