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Human Genome News, July 1991; 3(2)
The Massachusetts Genetics Program of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Human Genome Task Force, is planning to develop a New England regional speakers' bureau to meet the growing number of requests from educational, religious, medical, and industrial organizations for lecturers, panelists, and experts in human genome research. Speakers may include M.D.s, Ph.D.s, researchers, genetic counselors, consumers, members of families with genetic disease, clergy, ethicists, social workers, nurses, educators, business executives, venture capitalists, and others who can discuss some aspect of the potential impact of data produced by human genome research.
Persons who wish to participate as speakers in this program may obtain a questionnaire from Robin J. R. Blatt at the address below. The returned form will be summarized into a standardized format, collated, and incorporated into a speakers' bureau guide, which will then be distributed to interested individuals and organizations. This speakers' bureau may serve as the beginning of a directory that could eventually be expanded both nationally and internationally.
HGMIS Staff
The electronic form of the newsletter may be cited in the following style:
Human Genome Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome News (v3n2).
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international 13-year effort, 1990 to 2003. Primary goals were to discover the complete set of human genes and make them accessible for further biological study, and determine the complete sequence of DNA bases in the human genome. See Timeline for more HGP history.
Published from 1989 until 2002, this newsletter facilitated HGP communication, helped prevent duplication of research effort, and informed persons interested in genome research.
