HGP First Sunday Program - The Landscape of Medical Genetics

Note - This is a Humanists of Greater Portland (HGP) event being shared on the former Portland Sunday Assembly Meetup page. While Portland Sunday Assembly is no longer running as an independent 501c3, HGP First Sunday programs are organized by former members to include music, child care, and FUN!

HGP First Sunday Program - The Landscape of Medical Genetics

How deterministic is our genetic code? Since the Human Genome Project first “cracked the code,” our understanding of genomics has expanded rapidly. Mary Hickman will discuss modern clinical applications of predictive and diagnostic genetic testing, the role of genetic counselors, and emerging advancements shaping the future of genomic medicine. Mary is a board-certified genetic counselor specializing in hereditary cancer and precision medicine, now practicing as a clinical liaison for a diagnostic genomics laboratory, and has served in graduate programs at Northwestern and the University of Connecticut.

(First Sundays offer childcare, start with 1/2 hour of live music, and may run until noon.)

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Programs are presented in four broad areas relevant to Humanism:
• Human Well-Being
• Science and Reason
• Secularism
• Humanities, Culture, and Morality

Sunday HGP programs: for the latest info, follow the link below to the main HGP website home page, find the "Next Speaker" announcement on the left; for past programs and future speakers and activities, click on the "Calendar" button, upper left of that page:
http://www.portlandhumanists.org/