[AfSHG-Listserv] African Society of Human Genetics has been a ccepted into the International Fed

[Paula Berry]

Absolutely wonderful.  Great work team.

Paula

Paula K Berry, PhD
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>>> gdunston at Howard.edu 11/03/06 5:24 PM >>>
Fantastic!!!  This is great news and indeed a major milestone for the
newly
minted African Society of Human Genetics.  Congratulations to all.  Let
me
also be sure to add personal thanks to Professor Raj Ramesar for his
work in
this regard.

 

Georgia M. Dunston  

 

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On
Behalf Of Adebowale Adeyemo
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 3:23 PM
To: listserv at afshg.org 
Subject: [AfSHG-Listserv] African Society of Human Genetics has been
accepted into the International Federation of Human Genetics Societies

 

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 <mailto: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
<mailto:aadeyemo at genomecenter.howard.edu> 

 

 

 


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