Organization:Coalition for Genetic Fairness

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Coalition for Genetic Fairness
AbbreviationCGF
Formation1997
Typepublic interest group
PurposeGenetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

The Coalition for Genetic Fairness (CGF) is a public interest group concerned about genetic discrimination.[1] The group was founded in 1997 by several organizations. Much of the CGF's work to date has been surrounding the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

Members

The following is a partial list of CGF's members:

  • 20th Century Fox
  • American Academy of Family Physicians
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • American Heart Association
  • Association of American Medical Colleges
  • Brown University
  • Council for Responsible Genetics
  • Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE)
  • Genetic Alliance
  • Harvard Medical School- Partners HealthCare Center for Genetics and Genomics
  • Huntington's Disease Society of America
  • Jewish Council for Public Affairs
  • Medgar Evers College, CUNY
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance
  • University of Missouri Division of Medical Genetics
  • University of North Dakota Division of Medical Genetics
  • Yale Cancer Genetic Counseling
  • Zeta Phi Beta National Education Foundation

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