DESCRIPTION
This four-day intensive workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to newborn screening (NBS) for hemoglobinopathies. The course includes hands-on exercises on isoelectric focusing (IEF), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE). Discussion topics will include methodologies and current laboratory practices in hemoglobinopathy screening, data analysis and interpretation and quality assurance and control issues. See the next page for a full agenda.
AUDIENCE
This course is intended for NBS personnel actively engaged in hemoglobinopathy testing in their NBS public health laboratory, including instrument operation and maintenance for more than six months.
OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of the program, the participant will be able to:
- Demonstrate skills in interpretating results
- Identify gene and protein structures
- Recognize the pathophysiology of hemoglobinopathies identified through NBS
- Demonstrate competence with different technologies used for NBS for hemoglobinopathies
FACULTY
M A Bender, MD, PhD, director, Odessa Brown Comprehensive Sickle Cell Clinic
Tim Davis, method development specialist, Washington State Department of Health
Titilope Fasipe, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics, co-director, Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Program, Texas Children’s Cancer & Hematology Center
Jackie George, MPH, certified hemoglobinopathy counselor and director, Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia, Inc.
Kathryn L Hassel, MD, professor, medicine-hematology, University of Colorado Anshutz Medical Campus
Donna Holstein, RN, BSN, hemoglobinopathies educator, newborn screening follow-up program, University of Colorado Anshutz Medical Campus
Patrick V Hopkins, newborn screening project specialist, Missouri State Public Health Laboratory
Rachel Lee, PhD, deputy chief, newborn screening and molecular biology branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stanimila Nikolova, PhD, laboratory chief, newborn screening and molecular biology branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ACCESSIBILITY
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals seeking special accommodations must email a request to Dara Slavin at least three weeks prior to the workshop’s start date.
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