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Our April #AdvocacySpotlight features Erin Venti, MS, CGC -- Director of Clinical Programs at @genetic_alliance and a leader of the global iHope program. Swipe to learn more about her journey and the impactful work iHope is doing around the world. #genechat #precisionmedicine #iHope #GeneticAlliance

An image with the Genetic Alliance and iHope logos at the top. Below is a headline: "Does it Run in the Family?" Toolkit. A description explains the toolkit helps collect and understand family health history. A family sits together, with one person showing a document to the others. At the bottom, a note mentions the booklet is available in English and Spanish, alongside a Rare Advocacy Spotlight icon.

🔎Does it run in the family?

Talking about family health history isn’t easy, but it can shape your future. 💙

Genetic Alliance makes it easier with a simple 2-part booklet (EN & ES) to help you:
✨ Start the convo
🧠 Spot patterns
📝 Stay organized

🔗: https://bit.ly/3O3eb9G

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Genetic Alliance: On a Quest to Expand Genome Sequencing to Every Child in Need The Genetic Alliance's iHope program has provided genetic testing for 3000 patients and now has 25 sites in low- and middle-income countries.

🧬 There are plenty of organizations devoted to genetic conditions. What sets the 40-year-old Genetic Alliance apart, said president and CEO @sharonterry.bsky.social, “is that we’re sort of the mother of all of them.”

👉 Read here: https://bit.ly/4vrCCyw

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Rare Advocacy Spotlight: Genetic Alliance Discover how the Genetic Alliance is transforming healthcare and supporting families with rare disease programs.

🌟 Rare Advocacy Spotlight: Genetic Alliance

Highlighting programs like #iHope, the Genetic Alliance Biobank (GAB), and the “Does it Run in the Family?” toolkit - advancing access to genomic medicine.

🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/3O6HaJL

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