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Are you happy to continue?Vision: To be the international leader in promoting research related to the chromosome 22q11.2 region.
The 22q11.2 Society is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
www.charitycommission.gov.uk
If you wish to be involved in the administration of the 22q11.2 Society or would like details of the constitution/governing document please contact us.
Chair
Donna McDonald-McGinn
Treasurer
Anne Bassett
Vice-Treasurer
Pete Scambler
Secretary
Ann Swillen
Trustee
Bernice Morrow
Revised dates for the 12th Biennial International 22q11.2 Meeting
The conference in Croatia has been rescheduled as follows for 2022:
22q11.2DS Awareness Day
Today, on Sunday November 22th, 2020: Be part of the International Awareness Day! Tell others about 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
At the Center for Human Genetics in Leuven (Belgium), they spread the word about 22q11 DS. This week, they posted a message every day about 22q11 DS. Check out their Facebook page!
Dr. Anne Bassett Wins The Lieber Prize For Outstanding Achievement In Schizophrenia Research
Congratulations to Dr. Anne Bassett, the Treasurer of the 22q Society, who is the 2020 winner of the Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Schizophrenia Research from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. Established in 1987, the prize aims to bring public recognition to the outstanding discoveries being made in schizophrenia research.
Dr. Bassett is the second Canadian to receive this international award. She described her work in a presentation entitled Identifying a Genetic Subtype of Schizophrenia That is Clinically Relevant for Patients and Families at the International Mental Health Research Symposium on October 30th, 2020.
Please wear a mask
Wearing masks in indoor public places helps reduce the spread of COVID-19 and keep each other safe. Some cities and regions have now enacted mandatory mask bylaws. For more information on the use of masks, please see the World Health Organization's video on masks and the International 22q11.2 Foundation's info sheet: Masks: Why, When, and How.
Check out this video by Bill Nye to see how effectively face masks work. When Bill wears a mask and blows on the candle, the candle stays lit no matter how hard he blows. The air flow from his mouth mostly cannot reach the candle. Similarly, when we wear masks, it is much harder for viruses from our mouths and noses to get into the air and infect someone else. So please wear a mask. Thank you.
Profs. Bruno Marino and Nicole Philip-Sarles honored with 2020 DiGeorge Medal
It is with enormous pleasure that the Trustees of the 22q11.2 Society announce Professors Bruno Marino and Nicole Philip-Sarles as joint recipients of the 2020 Angelo DiGeorge Memorial Medal of Honor. Drs. Marino and Philip-Sarles were selected in recognition of:
Our COVID-19 information webpage
We invite you to visit our COVID-19 information page, where you will find:
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COVID-19 videos for individuals with immunodeficiencies
Please visit the website of the Immune Deficiency Foundation for important video presentations for the 22q11.2 Community concerning the COVID-19 ("coronavirus") situation. To find out how individuals with immunodeficiencies have been doing when they contract COVID-19, please see the April 10 video (7 min 55 sec) and the May 8 video (9 min 11 sec)
These videos are made by 22q11.2 Society Advisor, Chair of Allergy and Immunology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD.
If you have any concerns about COVID-19 or any aspects of your health, please check with your healthcare provider. Thank you.
Video message from the 22q Society
Dear Members of the 22q11.2 Community,
During this difficult time, the 22q11.2 Society would like to send you the following video message:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=6aIIxAb8BUA
It is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but please know that we certainly recognize how serious this pandemic is and we are thinking about each and every one of you. Please also know that COVID-19 cannot cripple love, shatter hope, corrode faith, destroy peace, kill friendship, suppress memories, invade the soul, or conquer the spirit – because we are all in this together...
Stay healthy friends,
Donna
Let's help reduce the spread of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is happening around the world. Let's reduce the spread:
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Important videos about COVID-19
Please visit the website of the Immune Deficiency Foundation and click on the "link to video" next to "March 10, 2020 video update" and March 4, 2020 video update for important video presentations for the 22q11.2 Community concerning the COVID-19 ("coronavirus") situation.
These two videos are made by 22q11.2 Society Advisor, Chair of Allergy and Immunology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD.
If you have any concerns about COVID-19 or any aspects of your health, please check with your healthcare provider. Thank you.
Professor Ann Swillen receives the Edelweiss AwardProfessor Ann Swillen, the Secretary of the 22q Society and a clinical educational psychologist in the Centre of Human Genetics in UZ Leuven, received the Edelweiss Award in the category "healthcare professional" on Saturday, February 29th, 2020.
The Edelweiss Awards are presented annually by RaDiOrg, the Belgian umbrella association for people with rare diseases, to individuals and organizations that provide special merit for rare diseases in Belgium. The jury chose Professor Swillen because of her "incredible commitment to the care of patients with rare diseases and, in particular, patients with 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11 DS)". She is the initiator of numerous research projects on 22q11 DS and leads national and international research projects.
In addition, the jury appreciates her open and clear communication with patients and parents. A concrete example of this is the information and activity package 'Together we lay the puzzle' that she recently developed. Professor Swillen also organizes Dale & Do Sessions for teenagers with a 22q11 DS to talk about their thoughts and feelings and increase their self-confidence.
Congratulations, Professor Swillen!
Invitation to contribute to the website
The website editor of the 22q Society website is looking for more:
- Translations of existing reviews and guidelines
- Research commentaries
- Graduate theses
Please send your contributions to: website_editor(at)22qsociety.org
Thank you!