SEPTEMBER 2017 National Institutes of Health Certificate of Confidentiality received to enhance confidentiality for AGHI participants
MAY 2017
Enrollment begins at The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital in Birmingham
AUGUST 2018
Enrollment launches at UAB Montgomery Regional Medical Campus and UAB Selma Family Medicine
MARCH 2019 MD Learning genetic website launched , offering free online CME opportunities to physicians
JANUARY 2020 U-BRITE online platform for research utilizing biospecimens and data from AGHI launches
JULY 2020 Host Genomics of COVID-19 study approved by UAB Institutional Review Board to provide genomic analysis of COVID-19 patients in Alabama
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NOVEMBER 2017
First genetic diagnosis returned to participant in whole genome sequencing cohort , ending undiagnosed disease odyssey
First genetic risk variant returned to participant in the population cohort
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OCTOBER 2018
The AGHI Data and Biobank surpasses 3,500 consenting participants
NOVEMBER 2019 6,000 AGHI participants enrolled
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SEPTEMBER 2020
SEPTEMBER 2020 Whole genomic sequencing enrollment resumes at the Children ’ s Health Research Unit , operating under revised COVID-19 precautions .
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JUNE 2017 First whole genome sequence participant enrollment at North Alabama Children ’ s Specialists in Huntsville , part of the Children ’ s of Alabama network
MARCH 2020 AGHI population cohort enrollment suspended due to COVID-19 ; analysis for previously enrolled participants completed
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