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Comment
. 2022 Apr;31(2):319-323.
doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1569. Epub 2022 Mar 8.

National Society of Genetic Counselors' Board of Directors response to Myers et al. 'A report of the AGCPD task force to evaluate associations between select admissions requirements, demographics, and performance on ABGC certification examination'

Heather Zierhut  1 , Leila Jamal  2 , Sara Riordan  3 , Patrick Wilson  4 , Meghan Carey  5 , Deepti Babu  6
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National Society of Genetic Counselors' Board of Directors response to Myers et al. 'A report of the AGCPD task force to evaluate associations between select admissions requirements, demographics, and performance on ABGC certification examination'

Heather Zierhut et al. J Genet Couns. 2022 Apr.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Heather Zierhut researches genetic counseling skills, processes, and outcomes and owns stock in Genome Medical / GeneMatters, LLC.

Deepti Babu owns stock in ThinkGenetic, Inc., and is the founder of Integrity Content Consulting, a company that provides medical writing/content strategy services.

Sara Riordan owns stock or equity in Thermo Fisher Scientific, ixLayer and Unified Patient Network, and works with health systems and biopharma in genomic and clinical data sharing initiatives.

Heather Hampel is on the Scientific Advisory Board for Invitae Genetics, Genome Medical, and Promega. She has stock/stock options in Genome Medical and GI OnDemand.

Aishwarya Arjunan is an employee and shareholder of GRAIL/Illumina and also owns stock in Myriad Genetics.

Altovise Ewing is a full‐time employee of Roche/Genentech. She is on Medical Advisory Boards for The Chrysalis Initiative, Tulsa Innovations Lab (TIL) and Susan G. Komen's Stand for Health Equity Revolution Initiative‐ Genetic Counseling & Testing Advisory Group. She is a co‐founder of The Health Equity Solution and a paid consultant for the Genomes2People Consortium. She is a 23andMe and Roche shareholder.

Carolyn Applegate, Meghan Carey, Leila Jamal, Barry Tong, Sandy Prucka, Jodie Vento, and Patrick Wilson have no conflicts of interests to disclose.

Classifications: Diversity, Genetic Counseling, Diversity, Workforce.

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