Faculty, Students Participate in ISONG World Congress Event

Faculty and students presented at the International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG) 2020 World Congress. This was a virtual meeting held from November 13 to 15.

Here are the students and faculty that were involved:

• Robyn Wojeck, PhD student, won first place in the Student Poster Awards for her poster titled, “Genetic Polymorphisms and Pain in Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review.” Other co-authors on her poster were Yesol Yang, Duke PhD student, Leila Ledbetter, DUSON librarian liaison, and Mitchell Knisely, assistant professor.

• Karin Reuter-Rice, associate professor, delivered an Expert Lecture titled “Forging a Path to Successful Pediatric Genomic Research.”

• Knisely gave an oral presentation titled “Phenotypic Characterization and Genetics of Pain Profiles in Sickle Cell Disease.”

• Tara Albrecht, assistant professor, continues to serve as the ISONG Research Committee co-chair and presented the ISONG grant awardees and committee updates.

Additionally, the 2021 ISONG World Congress is planned to be held at Duke at the Washington Duke Inn from November 5 to 7, 2021.