Education, Coordination and Training

Goals

1. Facilitate training for internal ClinGen Expert Panel and comprehensive volunteer curators
2. Coordinate external outreach efforts
3. Develop continuing educational modules and web content
4. Train new coordinators and communicate updates to experienced coordinators on ClinGen policies and procedures

Recruiting Volunteers

We work closely with the Community Curation Working Group to recruit volunteers to participate in ClinGen Curation activities.

• ClinGen Volunteer Survey

Curation Training

We have representatives from the Gene, Variant, Dosage, Actionability, and Somatic curation efforts. These representatives are responsible for developing, scheduling and hosting training sessions.

• Baseline Annotation Training Materials
• Clinical Actionability Training Materials
• Dosage Sensitivity Training Materials
• Gene-Disease Validity Training Materials
• Somatic Variant Training Materials
• Variant Pathogenicity Training Materials

Outreach

We lead efforts to represent ClinGen at meetings through our exhibit booth and events. We also send out a quarterly ClinGen newsletter.

• Events & Conferences
• ClinGen Twitter Feed
• ClinGen YouTube Channel

Continuing Education

We are developing continuing education opportunities for ClinGen curators.

• ClinGen Curation Modules

Documents

Working Group Membership

Membership spans many fields, including genetics, medical, academia, and industry.

Chairs

Danielle Azzariti MS, CGC

Erin Riggs, MS, CGC

Meredith Weaver PhD, CGC

Coordinators

Gabrielle Litteken BS

Members (91)

Stefanie Aguiar BSc, MD

Pamela Ajuyah Robertson PhD

Babken Asatryan, MD, PhD

Chansonette Badduke PhD

Jasmine Baker BSc, MSc, PhD

Dana Bis-Brewer PhD

Megan Bishop, MS, MPH, CGC

Emily Bonkowski, ScM, CGC

Alicia Byrne, PhD

Tilda Carlelycke BSc

Maggie Caufield PhD

Amanda Clause, PhD

Caitlin Cooney CGC

Meagan Corliss MS, CGC

Ruth (Rhea) Cosentino MSc

Pinal Dalwadi BS

Arpad Danos PhD

Desiree DeMille PhD

Lauren Desrosiers-Battu MS, CGC

Natalie Deuitch CGC

Allison Dilliott PhD

Marina DiStefano PhD, FACMG

Whitney Donahue PhD

Hannah Dziadzio, BA

Raquel Fernandez BSc

Megan Frone, MS, CGC

Stephanie Galloway CGC

Haley Garrett MPH

Elizabeth Gavrilov BA

Mari Gilmore MSc, CGC

Vanessa Gitau BA

Jenny Goldstein MSc, PhD, CGC

Alicia Gomes MSc, CGC

Li Gong PhD

Johanna Hadler Dipl.-Biol.

Jessica Hatton MS, CGC

Cecilia Higgs MHS

Megan Holdren MS, CGC

Jennifer Johnston PhD

Elizabeth Jordan MSc, CGC

Melissa Kelly MS, CGC

Ingrid Keseler, MS, PhD

Kumarie Latchman DO

Kristy Lee MS, CGC

Elizabeth McCormick MSc, CGC

Jamie McDonald MSc

Abbye McEwen MD

Maayan Mero PhD

Laura Milko, PhD

Alexis Morgan MS, CGC

Lara Muffley BS

Emily Nadeau PhD

Mirian Naybor, PharmB

Emma Owens BSc

Kelley Paris BS

Michael Parsons BSc

Scott Pew BSc, MPH

Emily Place MS, CGC

John Paul Plazzer BEng

Anna Prentice, MS, LCGC

Christine Preston PhD

Julie Ratliff BSc, MPH

Ashley Ratzsch MS, GC

Marcy Richardson PhD

Deborah Ritter PhD

Katelynn Roark, BA

Justyne Ross PhD

Jen Rossen MD

Jason Saliba PhD

Katrin Sangkuhl PhD

Jules Savatt MSc, CGC

Johanna Schmidt MPH, CGC

Mancy Shah MSc

Lacey Smith MS, CGC

Dmitriy Sonkin PhD

Isabel Spier MD

Pepper St. Clair BSc

Marcie Steeves MSc, CGC

Monica Sulit BA

Lori Sadler Sullivan PhD

Courtney Thaxton, PhD

Kezang Tshering BA

Emma Tudini BSc

Rehan Villani, BSc, MSc, PhD

Taylor Walker BSc, Master of Engineering

Allison Weisman MS, CGC

Carrie Welch PhD

Kim Worley PhD

Matt W Wright, PhD

Sherry Xiaoyu Yin, MD

Olivia Zisa BS