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Sara Cherny MS CGC

@saracherny.bsky.social
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Genetic counselor. Chicagoan. Health equity stan. BLM. Love is love. Abortion is healthcare.

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Sara Cherny MS CGC @saracherny.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Great op ed from my colleague and friend, Rachel Campagna!! #geneticprivacy in ##lifeinsurance. Close loophole on genetic discrimination in insurance chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
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Close loophole on genetic discrimination in insurance
Fear of insurance discrimination is a top reason patients decline genetic testing, studies show. Also, the grad student who helped three children; gun violence; Spirit Airlines; the pope and Trump; an...
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Sara Cherny MS CGC @saracherny.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Check out the interview with myself and Sarah Jurgensmeyer Langas about our recent research work! Stay tuned for part two with @anyaprin#GeneticPrivacyand Misha Rashkin! #GeneticPrivacy #lifeinsurance #GINA dnadialogues.podbean.com/e/insurance_...
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#27- Protecting genetic information: Life insurance and GINA | DNA Dialogues: Conversations in Genetic Counseling Research
In this episode we are exploring 2 recent Journal of Genetic Counseling articles on the topic of insurance coverage and concerns about genetic discrimination. Segment 1: Cardiovascular genetic counsel...
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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Take the L in Chicago and you may spot @nerd4cities.bsky.social @michealpodgers.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @accessliving.bsky.social #PlowTheSidewalks
On the CTA, Ray is surrounded by BSA and holds a tshirt that reads Plow The Sidewalks Me taking an usie with CTA riders on the train
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Sara Cherny MS CGC @saracherny.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Reinhart: "What if ... occupational burnout is in fact ideological burnout driven by a growing awareness ... that neither our healthcare system nor our work inside of it are designed to provide care or to counteract the inequalities upon which disease preys? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40712442/
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Thrilled to share the Journal of Genetic Counseling's Special issue on Research Methods! Including "how to" papers on: Stats! Grounded theory! Interpretive Phenomenological analysis! Content analysis! Mixed methods! Surveys! Chart review! etc! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #AcademicSky 🧪
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Research Methods in Genetic Counseling: Journal of Genetic Counseling
Click on the title to browse this issue
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Sara Cherny MS CGC @saracherny.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...
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American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating
Contrary to conventional wisdom, anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed 2017 in size, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful.
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Sara Cherny MS CGC @saracherny.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Productive day grateful joining neighbors in beautiful #LitteVillage for #HandsAcrossChicagoland with The People's Lobby to connect across communities in support of human rights. @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social
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Bob Resta @geneguy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This blogpost explores the connections between trump's pronatalist policies and eugenic ideologies from over a century ago. Early 20th century economists - and minimum wage laws - played a key role in trying to keep America White, or at least the right kind of White people.
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Eugenics and American Fertility: Now and Then
The trump administration seems to think America has a birth rate that is too low. Basically, the idea is that in this country you just can't have enough babies born to White middle and upper middle income married couples. Proposed pronatalist measures for increasing the birth rate, many of which are likely to be championed by the trump administration, stand out for their foolishness, ineptitude, and…
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Jeffrey M Vinocur @jeffreyvinocur.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
#HRS2025 #2025pacesetter Lisa Dellefave-Castillo MS, CGC from Northwestern on genetics of LVNC …and a suggestion on the third slide for free online education modules for those interested in learning more about cardiogenetics
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Sara Cherny MS CGC @saracherny.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Continuing to characterize DSP cardiomyopathy, looking at end-stage disease and arrhythmia risk. Great work from @raecampagna.bsky.social . ##HRS2025
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Sara Cherny MS CGC @saracherny.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I love how the ACM genes are so complex that Dr. Julia Cadrin-Tourigny is calling TTN 'garden variety'. 🧬 #HRS2025 with @brittmurray.bsky.social
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Sara Cherny MS CGC @saracherny.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Great work from Jaclyn Reider APN, my brilliant colleague at @luriechildrens.bsky.social on the implementation of emergency plans in schools. Essential work from Project Adam. #HRS2025
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Jodie Ingles @jodieingles27.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Super interesting data from EHRA on autopsy and postmortem genetic testing uptake globally after SCD from Elijah Behr #cardiosky #hrs2025 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34351417/
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Sara Cherny MS CGC @saracherny.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Word of the day: ambispective (adjective) of or relating to a study that is both retrospective and prospective. #HRS2025 #PACES
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Sara Cherny MS CGC @saracherny.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Love to see so much genetics work at the PACES Research meeting. Great projects ongoing addressing LQTS, JPH2, LMNA, CPVT and CRDS, AFib (including of course our best friend TTN). Incredible multinational collaboration. #HRS2025
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Sara Cherny MS CGC @saracherny.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
On my way to #HRS2025. Looking forward to connecting with, learning from, and supporting colleagues in the important work of healthcare that saves and improves lives. Looking forward to the World Summit, genetics talks, and of course our postmortem talk on Sunday. @heartrhythmsociety.bsky.social
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