The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology offers a two-week summer mini-rotation for genetic counseling students across the U.S. Stacey Edwards, a student at Baylor University, was selected to spend two weeks working alongside the genetic counseling team at HudsonAlpha. We sat down with Stacey to learn more about her experience this summer. Why did you apply

Smith Family Clinic geneticist David Bick, MD, FACMG, along with HudsonAlpha Faculty Investigator Elaine Lyon, PhD, FACMG, will participate in the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) working group to update standards for interpreting genetic sequence variants test results in a clinical setting. Bick and Lyon participated in creating the first set of standards for variant interpretation, and now

Rare disease patients spend an average of eight years searching for a diagnosis, and for some, that search can last decades. April Hudson of Quinton, Ala., began showing symptoms of an unknown disease at three years old. She would go on to see 200 physicians before finally learning the true cause of her symptoms nearly

Confusion, nausea, fever, anger, then back to normal. This was Lauren Vandiver’s life beginning in early childhood. Her parents, Phillip and Angela Vandiver, spent more than twenty years asking the question “why?” Why is she forgetting who we are? Why is she throwing up? Why is she so angry? They knew there had to be

The 2nd annual Alabama Rare Disease Patient/Caregiver Symposium will take place March 2, 2019 in Birmingham, Ala.  At this free symposium, presented by Alabama Rare, Children’s of Alabama, Rare Disease Day and UAB Medicine, attendees will break down the process of diagnosing a genetic and non-genetic rare disease; discuss what is involved in finding approved and

Huntsville, Ala. – The Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine – a genomics medical office on the campus of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology  – announced today that Carol Aiken, CMM, clinical operations administrator and privacy and compliance officer; was appointed to the Alabama chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Practice Management Association (AAP-PMA) executive

David Bick, MD, has been invited to present at the Concierge Medicine Forum in Atlanta October 26-27. The two-day forum will address current trends that are having an impact on the quality of health care today. Bick will present during the Friday breakout session at 10 am and discuss how genomics can help identify undiagnosed and misdiagnosed

Describing her counseling style as calm and understanding, Veronica Greve looks forward to her new role at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine as a genetic counselor. Greve was initially pursuing a career in plant science but decided she wanted a job where she could see the direct impact of

Patient diagnoses, treatments, access to care discussed at inaugural meeting David Bick, MD, has been selected by Governor Kay Ivey to serve on the newly-created Alabama Rare Disease Council. The council held its inaugural meeting August 27, 2018 in Birmingham. Bick, who sees rare disease patients at the Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine, brings

The Smith Family Clinic welcomed a Stanford University student for a mini-rotation in genetic counseling this summer. Kristina Cotter, PhD, spent two weeks working alongside the genetic counseling team, gaining genomics specific experience. One rising second-year genetic counseling student is selected each year from across North America for the mini-rotation through a competitive application process.