[AfSHG-Listserv] African Society of Human Genetics has been accepted into the International Federation of Human Genetics Societies

[Temidayo Ogundiran]

Dear Dr Adeyemo,

Congratulations.

Temidayo
--- Adebowale Adeyemo
<aadeyemo at genomecenter.howard.edu> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
>  
> 
> This is to inform you that the African Society of
> Human Genetics has
> been accepted as the 7th Full Member society of the
> International
> Federation of Human Genetics Societies (IFHGS). This
> is a major
> milestone in the life of our young society as it
> signifies another step
> in our recognition as a regional human genetics
> society. Thanks to
> Professor Raj Ramesar for the work he did to get
> this through.
> 
>  
> 
> The International Federation of Human Genetics
> Societies
> (http://www.ifhgs.org <http://www.ifhgs.org/> ) was
> founded in 1996 to
> provide a transparent structure to facilitate
> communication throughout
> the international community of human geneticists.
> The Federation
> provides a platform to share information about
> research, education and
> clinical services in an interactive way. There are
> at present several
> types of membership: Full, Corresponding, Affiliate
> and Preliminary.
> Only multinational societies can be Full Members,
> which at the present
> time comprise: The American Society of Human
> Genetics, Asia-Pacific
> Society of Human Genetics (APSHG), East Asian Union
> of Human Genetics
> Societies (EAUHGS), The European Society of Human
> Genetics (ESHG), The
> Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA), Latin
> American Network of
> Human Genetics Societies, and (most recently), the
> African Society of
> Human Genetics (AfSHG). National human genetics
> societies are eligible
> to participate in the Federation as Corresponding
> Members. National or
> international organizations representing a specialty
> dedicated to human
> genetics are eligible to participate in the
> Federation as Affiliate
> Members. A newly formed organization dedicated to
> human genetics in a
> country that does not have a national society of
> human genetics may
> qualify for membership as a Preliminary Member by
> first affiliating
> itself with a Full Member of the Federation. Any
> geneticist in the world
> who is a member of an affiliated human genetics
> society is automatically
> connected to the Federation. 
> 
>  
> 
> Representatives of Full Member societies comprise
> the Executive
> Committee. Each member society is represented in the
> Federation by a
> president and a liaison officer.  Raj Ramesar has
> been nominated to be
> the official liaison of the AfSHG for a five-year
> term. The liaison goes
> to all the Executive Committee meetings that are
> usually held in
> conjunction with major human genetics meetings, such
> as the ASHG meeting
> and the ESHG meeting.
> 
>  
> 
> Congratulations, everyone!
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  Dr Adebowale Adeyemo
> 
> Communications/IT
> 
> African Society of Human Genetics
> 
> aadeyemo at afshg.org
> 
> www.afshg.org <http://www.afshg.org/> 
> 
>  
> 
> National Human Genome Center
> 
> Howard University
> 
> 2216 6th Street NW
> 
> Washington, DC 20059
> 
> aadeyemo at genomecenter.howard.edu
> 
>  
> 
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> 
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