Clemson University School of Nursing associate professor, Jane DeLuca, has been appointed a member of the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns & Children (ACHDNC) in the US Department of Health and Human Services.
The ACHDNC advisory committee provides advice, recommendations, and technical information about aspects of heritable disorders and newborn screening to Health and Human Services. The committee also works to develop policies and priorities that will enhance the ability of states and local health agencies to provide screening, counseling, and healthcare services for newborns and children who have or are at risk for heritable disorders.
DeLuca tells newsstand.clemson.edu, “Being able to be part of this very important process is incredible. People take their cue from the ACHDNC for deciding which disorders to include in states’ screening panels. Each state screens for particular conditions, and I look forward to being able to help with those recommendations.”
DeLuca’s career started in genetics, working with infants identified with metabolic conditions as a result of newborn screening. Now a professor, she collaborates on research with the Greenwood Genetic Center and teaches genetics to undergraduate and graduate students. She also chairs the recruitment committee for the Clemson School of Nursing and is a member of the Women’s Commission at Clemson.
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