Genetic Counseling program graduations begin today with Northwestern University and the University of Washington! Congratulations to all the graduates, today and throughout the rest of the season!!! 🎉🎓🙌🏾

Wishing a peaceful & blessed Ramadan to all our Muslim students & colleagues! Ramadan is from 3/23-4/22 & is a time for spiritual purification through fasting, self-control, reflection & prayer. Muslims fast from pre-dawn to sunset during this time. #ramadanmubarak

#RamadanMubarak to all our friends who celebrate. 1/8 #RamadanKareem #Ramadan

The last 10 days of Ramadan have started! 🤲🏻🥺

The cherry blossoms are here 😍🌸 #UWcherryblossoms UW Cherry Blossoms

#EidMubarak to our friends who are celebrating today. We wish you a holiday full of joy! #EidAlFitr (image by starline on Freepik)

Wishing a happy & peaceful Eid to all our Muslim students & colleagues! ☪️The joyous festival Eid-Ul-Fitr is one of the most important festivals of the Islamic community & also marks the end of the month of fasting for Muslims. #eidmubarak🌙

Our manuscript, “Abandoning the word Caucasian,” has been published in the Journal of Genetic Counseling. It was a pleasure to work with the author team on this project. #GeneChat #GeneChatPublications pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37237433/

Please join us, The ISIG as we "The US International Special Interest Group" (USIGC) are celebrating the Indian Independence Day, and Friendship Day! Come join on August 16, 2023 at 7:30 pm EST! ZOOM link: einsteinmed.zoom.us/j/92706350639?…

Trying to refill my emotional cup, but I think my cup is leaky 🥲🫠 How do I get a new cup? 😏

It’s very lonely to hear people say they’re afraid to voice solidarity w Palestinians because of fear of backlash or lost opportunities. Palestinians don’t have that choice & are constantly smeared, gaslit, excluded, policed. If we are brave together we can turn the tide.

We are shocked and disturbed to learn that a landlord in Chicago expressing anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian views broke into a Muslim family's apartment and attacked them with a knife, injuring the mother and killing her 6-year-old son, Wadea Al-Fayoume. CAIR-Chicago will hold a

Silence is harmful in moments like this and while I can’t add more to what my colleagues have already said, it goes without saying that I condemn the dehumanization and genocide of the Palestinian people.

#NSGC23 was my first one and it felt surreal to finally be a part of it that was a dream for me all these years 🥹 Loved connecting with so many GCs and GC students! #GeneChat

Some of my personal moments at NSGC! 🥺 #NSGC23 #GeneChat

I am drained. I’m dehydrated, sleep deprived, rarely eat, and severely anxious with a constant headache. I am lucky! I’m still alive: 6600 people are not, I’m unharmed: 17,500 are, I survived: 1600 are stuck under the rubble, I’m home: Over a million people are homeless. #Gaza

We're excited for the DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON GENETIC COUNSELOR IDENTITIES panel on 1/26 at 9 AM PT! The event is sold out, so if you can't make it, please cancel your registration so that others can attend. Thanks! Questions? Email Peg at [email protected]. tinyurl.com/deipaneluwgcgp

CONGRATULATIONS to our Genetic Counseling Graduate Program Class of 2024 for finishing their last class and fieldwork rotations. 🎉🙌You're all amazing people. See you at graduation! 🎓

Wellness. Genetics. Chai. Faith. Here for slow thoughts and sacred routines 🌿 #HealingVibes