The Power of Volunteering With Professional Societies

8.12.2024

Our professional societies depend on the time and effort of volunteers to accomplish their goals related to issues relevant to genetic counseling practice, certification, and education. The Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC) engages volunteers in various initiatives and ...

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Professional Status Survey Update

8.2.2024

The NSGC Professional Status Survey (PSS) is an essential yet complex annual undertaking, reflecting the evolving roles and activities of genetic counselors. Despite efforts to refine the survey, challenges persist, including its length and the reliability of self-reported data. Declining response ...

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Family Lines: How the Past Affects the Present for African-American Patients

7.17.2024

We need to reflect on the history of African-Americans in the medical system. The era of chattel slavery in the United States was a period of widespread atrocities committed against African-Americans. Medical experimentation was one of them. Wealthy physicians owned enslaved people not just for ...

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Gratitude, and What We Are Looking Forward to at the 2024 Annual Conference

7.12.2024

The July Advocate highlights the upcoming 2024 Annual Conference, expressing gratitude to the organizing committee and staff while sharing excitement for key sessions on the new CPT code for genetic counselors, gene therapy, and advanced J.E.D.I content. It also encourages early bird registration ...

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Exploring the Arithmetic of Cancer Genetic Counseling in Modern Healthcare

6.26.2024

As a hereditary cancer genetic counselor and a self-proclaimed math geek, I often mull over a challenging math problem: how can “X” number of cancer genetic counselors see “Y” number of cancer patients for genetic testing?

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2024 President’s Call to Action: Patients Deserve Access to the Full Promise of Genomic Medicine

6.7.2024

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Prioritizing the Counseling in Genetic Counseling: Safeguarding and Enhancing Perinatal Mental Health

5.22.2024

Perinatal mental health conditions impact more than 1 in 5 individuals during the perinatal period, which includes pregnancy to 12 months after birth. Perinatal depression is the most prevalent complication of pregnancy in the United States, negatively affecting not only the birthing person, but ...

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Following the Fun Around the World With the Global Genetic Counseling Organizations

5.3.2024

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NSGC’s Focus on Reproductive Healthcare and Advocacy in a Post-Dobbs Landscape

5.3.2024

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Confronting Biases and Embracing Intersectionality in Genetic Counseling

4.16.2024

In Lupita Sanchez's experience, many of the challenges within our profession emerge from a lack of introspection and a failure to confront the ingrained biases within our cultures. It is imperative that we engage in self-reflection and recognize these biases, be they ableist, racist, sexist, or ...

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