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DECEMBER 2020 500 + biospecimens from COVID-19 patients shipped to the National Institutes of Health COVNET study , to identify common and rare germline genetic variants associated with susceptibility to severe or fatal COVID-19 disease
JANUARY 2022 New Cardiogenomics Clinic at UAB created to provide follow-up medical care and guidance to AGHI participants found to have genetic cardiovascular disease risks
NOVEMBER 2021 The National Organization for Rare Disorders designates UAB Medicine and Children ’ s of Alabama as NORD Rare Disease Center of Excellence
JUNE 2021 Enrollment launches at UAB Hospital-Highlands Family Medicine
AUGUST 2022 Fact sheets for all genes included in AGHI family and community medicine participant analysis added to the AGHI Online Clinician Resource Hub
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JANUARY 2021
AGHI co-sponsors 8th Annual Rare Disease Symposium : Next Generation Technology to Manage Rare Disease
JULY 2021 HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and UAB ’ s collaborative participation in COVNet , a large , international GWAS of COVID-19 severity , discovered an association with OAS1 genetic variants , affecting impaired viral clearance
DECEMBER 2021 AGHI Online Clinician Resource Hub goes live , providing just-in-time genomic medicine resources to clinicians
FEBRUARY 2022 AGHI co-sponsors 9th Annual Rare Disease Symposium : Telehealth and Therapeutic Advances in Rare Disease Care
OCTOBER 2022 AGHI selected for poster presentation on “ Integrating Genomics into Primary Care ” at the 2022 Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium in Denver , Colo .
AGHI selected for poster presentation on “ Integrating Genomics into Primary Care ” at the 2022 American Society of Human Genetics Meeting in Los Angeles , Calif . aghi . org 9