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<Title>A Research Paper by Dr. Alan R. Shuldiner and Associates</Title>
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<Title>Bioethics Panel is this Friday</Title>
<Tagline>Three brilliant scientists will be presenting this Friday!</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><p>Hello all! T<span>his week we will be
    welcoming three scientists at the Bioethics Panel:</span></p><p><br></p><p>Amber L. Beitelshees, PharmD, MPH, FAHA, FCCP</p>
    
    <p>Dr. Beitelshees is a researcher and assistant professor at
    the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She specifically studies why
    there is variability in patients’ response to drug components, a field of study
    called pharmacogenomics. Her research usually focuses on diabetes and cardiovascular
    disease.</p><p><br></p><p>Yue Guan PhD, ScM, CGC</p>
    
    <p>Dr. Guan is a certified genetic counselor with a PhD in public
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    literacy, the communication of genetic information and the prevention of diseases
    based on genomics. </p>
    
    <p><span> </span><span> </span></p>
    
    <p>Alan R. Shuldiner, MD</p>
    
    <p>Dr. Shuldiner is medical doctor with a specialoty in
    internal medicine. Dr. Shuldiner has accumulated more than 95,000 citations for
    his research in genetics. He is also known for studying the Amish, a homogeneous
    population that is suited for genetic studies. He and his researchers were the
    first to discover the null mutation in APOC3 gene, whose carriers have an
    increased chance of living to over 90 years of age!</p>
    
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<Title>11/9 Meeting Summary</Title>
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<Title>10/26 Meeting Summary</Title>
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<Title>BioCOM Meeting Recordings</Title>
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<Title>10/12 Meeting Summary</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Thank you everyone for attending Monday's meeting! For those who weren't able to come, the Career Center did a presentation on Careers in Science. Here is the link to the recording: <a href="https://umbc.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/umbc/recording/play/c67c154338934ffdb2884d517756fb0f">https://umbc.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/umbc/recording/play/c67c154338934ffdb2884d517756fb0f</a><div><br></div><div>In this post, I have attached the PDF of the presentation, a document on the Intern Success Practicum, and a document on the NACE Core Competencies for Career-Readiness</div><div><br></div><div>Hope to see you at our next meeting on 10/26! We will be discussing class scheduling. </div></div>
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