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Award Winner
June 29, 2026 | Award

Congratulations to Laynie Dratch, SCM, LCGC on receiving the University of Pennsylvania MSGC Program’s 2026 Outstanding Clinical Supervisor Award!

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New Publication
May 19, 2026 | Publication

A big congratulations to Genetic Counselor Rachel Paul on contributing to a newly published study in Oxford Academic’s Brain.

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Penn Medicine Against ALS
May 7, 2026 | Award

An exciting moment for Penn Medicine Against ALS today; we are incredibly proud to announce that we have been named a Discovery Award Winner in the #LongitudePrizeonALS!
 

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Jim Award Win
April 22, 2026 | Award

PNTC is excited to announce that center director Dr. Jim Dowling, MD, PhD was the recipient of the Sidney Carter Award in Child Neurology at the 2026 American Academy of Neurology (AAN).

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5000 patients served
March 23, 2026 | Milestone

The neurogenetics team at Penn has reached a major milestone: 5,000 patients served!

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Defne Award
December 17, 2025 | Award

Defne Amado, MD, PhD has received a Career Development Award from the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT)!

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David Liu and Defne Amado
July 10, 2025 | Spotlight

Join The Franklin Institute and the Penn Memory Center for a live Conversation Lab featuring world-renowned Harvard scientist David Liu, PhD, a pioneer in precision gene editing.

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featured in neurology
March 6, 2024 | Publication

Genetic Counselor Aaron Baldwin, Dr Colin Ellis, and colleagues publish their research on racial disparities highlighting the importance of equitable access to clinical neurogenetic services.

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featured in biology
February 2, 2024 | Publication

PNTC collaborators published a case series illustrating the crucial role of broad genetic testing, such as exome and genome sequencing.

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journal of neurology
October 27, 2023 | Publication

The genetics counselors and neurologists at the University of Pennsylvania have collated the literature and their expertise on genetic testing for 10 neurological disorders.