Annual Conference
Co-Sponsored by Mountain States Genetics Foundation
July 12-14, 2007

• (pdf) John Johnson, M.D., P.I., MSGRCC
• Camille Miller, Director, MSGRCC, President/CEO, Texas Health Institute
• Mary Haag, Ph.D., Vice President, Mountain States Genetics Foundation 

Transitioning and Border Issues

• (pdf) Laura Pickler, M.D. - Transitioning and Medical Home
• (pdf) Murray Brilliant, Ph.D. - Border Issues

David Sheppard Memorial Lecture
Emerging Technology Forum

• (pdf) Mike Watson, Ph.D. - Q.I. on FDA Regulations regarding analytes and direct-to-consumer marketing
• Vivian Ota-Wang, Ph.D. - Nano Technology

• Piero Rinaldo, M.D., Ph.D.
  • (pdf) Project Overview
  • (pdf) Cutoff Selection
• (pdf) Jeff Botkin, M.D., M.P.H.
• (pdf) Nicola Longo, M.D., Ph.D.
• (pdf) Janet Thomas, M.D.
• (pdf) Kathryn Hassell, M.D.

Mountain States Projects

• (pdf) Marci Sontag, Ph.D. - Delivering Genetic Services to Geographically Remote Communities Using Video Conferencing
• (pdf) Jan Lowrey, Ph.D. - Educational Outreach About Genetic Testing to Individuals at Risk of Having Hereditary Colon Cancer
• (pdf) Sarah Hartway - Healthcare Partnership
• (pdf) Laura Pickler, M.D. - Natural History of Recombinant 8 Syndrome
• Marzia Pasquali, Ph.D. - Analysis of the Stability of Analytes and Enzymes in Stored Blood Spots
• (pdf) Kathryn Hassell, M.D. - Sickle Cell Train Pilot Project; Sickle Cell Trait in the Hispanic Population

Pharmacogenetics: PGX--Promise and Peril

• (pdf) John Johnson, M.D., P.I., MSGRCC
• (pdf) Robin Temple-Smolkin, Ph.D.

New MSGRCC Activities

• Camille Miller, Director, MSGRCC, President/CEO, Texas Health Institute

Regional Collaborative Center Activites (Committee Meetings):

• Prenatal Diagnosis
• Clinical Services
• Public Health
• Newborn Screening
• Laboratory Practice

Regional Collaborative Center Activities (Breakout Sessions):

• Medical Home
  • Acessible Care
  • Coordinated Care
  • Continuous, Comprehensive Care
  • Culturally Effective Care
  • Family Centered Care
• Tele-Health
• Socio-Cultural Diversity
• Newborn Screening

• (pdf) Marc Williams, M.D.
• Sharon Milligan, R.N.

• Marilyn Coors, Ph.D. - Ethical Issues in Behavioral Genetics
• (pdf) Randi Hagerman, M.D. - Fragile X
• Paul Hagerman, M.D., Ph.D. - FXTAS: an older face of the fragile X gene

Closing Remarks

• (pdf) John Johnson, M.D., P.I., MSGRCC
• Joanne Milisa Drautz