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Genetic Screening This presentation began with a discussion of genetics and the way genes are passed from one generation to the next. Then, it highlighted the uses and systems of three types of genetic screening, namely newborn screening, prenatal diagnosis, and carrier testing. These types of genetic testing all seek to detect relatively common severe conditions through easy and practical procedures. Richard Olney, MPH, MD Richard Olney completed his undergraduate, graduate (MPH), and medical school (MD) degrees at Northwestern University in Illinois. Following his pediatrics residency, he became a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service and practiced pediatrics at Gallup Indian Medical Center in New Mexico. He was trained in medical genetics at Stanford University. He has been with the Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (DBDDD) in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities since 1991, initially as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer, then as a medical epidemiologist, and most recently as Acting Team Leader for Pediatric Genetics. He is board certified in pediatrics and clinical genetics, and has a clinical faculty appointment in the Department of Human Genetics at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He has clinical and research interests in birth defects prevention and epidemiology, newborn screening and public health genetics, teratology, and dysmorphology. Return to Top

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