Now that we are closing out the PREPARE study, we are excited to note all the ways we are getting our study results out, and point to some places you can read more about what we’ve found. Over the past year, we’ve presented our data to many different audiences: Among our most important findings were: … More Wrapping up the PREPARE Study
We’re thrilled that the first results from the PREPARE study have now been published in the Journal of Community Genetics! This article draws on our interviews with family support groups, and reports on their priorities when communicating with families who’ve recently received a genetic diagnosis, their limitations (especially related to limited funding), and ultimately their … More We’ve published our first results!
We were thrilled to have our work accepted for presentation at the International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, in June 2023! Continue reading to find more information about our ISPD presentation and the PREPARE study.
In our interviews with family support groups, we’ve learned that preparation means different things for different conditions and different families. We’re presenting some of our early findings this week at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 2021 conference.
It’s been nearly a year since our last blog post, and what a year! At this time last year, hospitals and clinics were just beginning to get a handle on the overwhelming challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. We didn’t attempt to recruit families during those early months. One thing we did instead: adjust our study … More We’re still here!
Hello! My name is Alejandra Garcia-Ponce and I am very excited to join the PREPARE study team. I was born in Matamoros, Mexico and moved to Cleveland, Ohio when I was 5 years old. I was raised in a home where the primary language was Spanish. I graduated from Cleveland State University in 2017 with … More The PREPARE Study Grows
It’s been a while since we’ve posted an update, and during that time we were waiting with bated breath to hear about our grant application. Well, we’re thrilled to announce that we have received funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct our study! We have four years of funding with which we’ll talk … More The PREPARE Study is a go!
A new post on The DNA Exchange observes that, while a genetic diagnosis may seem like the end of a journey for a clinician, it’s really the beginning of a lifelong journey for individuals and families. And, even more importantly, that journey isn’t entirely defined by clinical diagnoses or encounters. … More Diagnosis begins a journey
We’re happy to report that we’ve resubmitted our application for R01 grant funding from the National Institutes of Health. This project is based at Case Western Reserve University and we are collaborating with University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Mayo Clinic, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill–in … More Grant resubmission complete
Our PREPARE study grant application received helpful feedback from its last submission, and we are preparing a revised submission for July. The previous application focused specifically on the case of Down syndrome. This one will look more broadly at a variety of prenatally diagnosable genetic conditions, while still taking a more in-depth look at families … More Time to revise!
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