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

[Janine Steer]

Congratulations!!!
       Janine Steer

Adebowale Adeyemo wrote:

> Hello everyone,
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> This is to inform you that the African Society of Human Genetics has 
> been accepted as the 7^th 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Congratulations, everyone!
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>  Dr Adebowale Adeyemo
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> Communications/IT
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> African Society of Human Genetics
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> aadeyemo at afshg.org <mailto:aadeyemo at afshg.org>
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> www.afshg.org <http://www.afshg.org/>
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> National Human Genome Center
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> Howard University
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> 2216 6^th Street NW
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> Washington, DC 20059
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> aadeyemo at genomecenter.howard.edu <mailto:aadeyemo at genomecenter.howard.edu>
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