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

[George Ayodo]

> 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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Thanks to the team for wonderful work. This gives us hope as young
geneticists.

With regards,

George

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