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• Family Conference:  HCU America and the Organic Acidemia Association are co-hosting a family conference in Bethesda on June 26-27, 2021. . See information in the Messages section. Posted 9/10/20 
  
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• New Employment Opportunities:  Scroll down to see recent listings, or log in to get information in the Opportunities section. Posted 9/04/20 
  
• Request for Applications:  The PHEFREE Consortium has announced a Research Fellowship program, with an application deadline of October 15,2020. You can find information after logging in, under the Opportunities section. Posted 9/02/20 
  
• Virtual Symposium:  An exciting agenda was announced for an upcoming virtual Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Mitochondrial Medicine Symposium that will be hosted on Monday 9/14/2020. You can find information and a link to registration after logging in, under the Meetings section. Posted 9/02/20 
  
• Survey:  Annemiek van Wegberg, Beatrix Kinderziekenhuis, Groningen on behalf of Drs. Gizewska, Maillot, Trefz, and van Spronsen invites your participation in a survey about PKU patients missed for diagnosis and/or missed for follow-up (whether due to lack of NBS, NBS failure, patient immigration , or other causes). Note: deadline 7-Sep-2020. You can find information and a link to the survey here. Posted 8/20/20 
  
• Call for Manuscripts:  Dr. Thomas Morgan, SIMD member and Guest Editor of a special issue of Pediatric Medicine on "Therapies for Rare Disorders" has brought to our attention this great opportunity to publish and to get the word out about IEMs. For further information, please log in and see the Messages section. Posted 8/18/20 
  
• SIMD Annual Meeting 2021:  The Board of Directors of the SIMD regrets to announce the cancellation of our annual meeting for 2021. We believe it is important to honor our commitment to refrain from having a national meeting in the same year as the every-fourth-year international (ICIEM) meeting. In recognition of our commitment to education for our members, our Program and Education committees are working hard to repackage the outstanding planned program into a virtual platform. Although this is still a work in progress, we anticipate it will involve a series of webinars and other programs (rather than a concentrated virtual meeting). Keep a sharp eye out for more on this topic. Posted 7/5/20 
  
• NAMA:  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, North American Metabolic Academy 2020, originally scheduled from October 4-10, is being postposed until next spring. The planned dates are May 16-22, 2021.  Please refer to  www.simdnama.org. Posted 7/5/20 
  
• Improving Newborn Screening of Homocystinuria (and related disorders):  HCU Network America has prepared a discussion of the current state of newborn screening for homocystinuria and has released a document that will be interesting to our membership, including talking points to guide discussion with your state or regional Newborn Screening Program. Log in to see the document under the Messages section.  
  
• New Book:  An exciting new book (and eBook) is out: Mitochondrial Disease Genes Compendium: From Genes to Clinical Manifestations, edited by Dr. Marni Falk.  Members: Please log in and see Messages for details, including discount promo code for SIMD members. Posted 5/14/20 
  
• IEMbase SIMD is participating in the exciting project begun by Drs. Nenad Blau,  Clara van Karnebeek, Wyeth Wasserman and Carlos Ferreria: IEMbase. Posted 5/14/20
  

  IEMbase, a searchable Inborn Errors of Metabolism Knowledgebase See information here.

  
  

• Virtual Conference:  The Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency (SSADHD) Association has changed its plans for a July meeting in Boston, and instead is hosting a two-day virtual meeting July 9-10. Log in to Opportunities or Meetings section to see information. Posted 5/22/20 
  
• Webinar:  ER Doc as Master Diagnostician: The Patient with Recurrent Encephalopathy, a presentation prepared by Dr. Mark Korson, is approved for 0.5 AMA/PRA Category 1 Credit™. Posted 5/15/20 
  
• Webinar:  Free multi-media online/mobile/podcast activity about adjunctive therapy for PKU, sponsored by Biomarin. Ongoing availability. Posted 4/21/20 
  

• Employment Opportunity:  The Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre and Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, is seeking a fully certified Clinical Geneticist to join its metabolics team. Posted 7/6/20 
  
• Employment Opportunity:  A postdoctoral position is available in the Metabolism, Infection and Immunity Section (MINI Section), NHGRI/NIH, Bethesda Campus, Bethesda, The project for this position is focused on leveraging genomic technologies to better understand viral pathophysiology in mitochondrial disease. Posted 7/5/20 
  
• Employment Opportunity:  The Department of Pediatrics, Section of Genetics and Metabolism at The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the Children's Hospital Colorado seek an ABMGG certified Clinical Biochemical Geneticist to provide leadership and vision for the future in a well-known and respected Biochemical Genetics Laboratory at the Children's Hospital Colorado. Posted 6/8/20 
  
• Employment Opportunity:  VMP Genetics Physician Support Service is advertising for certified Biochemical Geneticists to be part of an innovative program to provide remote coverage for metabolic faculty. Posted 5/31/20 
  
• Employment Opportunity:  The CHOC Children's Specialists (Orange, California) has a full-time opportunity for a physician who is BE/BC in Biochemical Genetics to join their growing Metabolic team. Posted 4/16/20 
  
• Study Opportunity:  A federally funded multi-center Trial of Dichloroacetate in Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency is underway at U of Florida. Referrals of candidate patients requested; review and consent can be performed remotely Posted 4/9/20 
  
• Educational Opportunity:  On April 29, 2020 at 15:00-17:00 EDT, the "Electronic Genetic Nutrition Academy" is planning a virtual case-based learning project. Posted 4/2/20 
  
• Employment Opportunity:  UCSD Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics is recruiting for an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Medical and Biochemical Genetics. Posted 3/19/20 
  
• Study Opportunitiy:  Applied Therapeutics is enrolling a Phase 1/2 study of a CNS penetrant aldose reductase inhibitor in galactosemia. Posted 2/23/20 
  
• Employment Opportunities:  The NIH National Human Genome Research Institute is recruiting for two Post-Doctoral Fellows to conduct research on (a) CNS models and mitochondrial disease pathophysiology, and (b) the role of macrophages in mitochondrial disease pathophysiology. Posted 1/31/20 
  
• Employment Opportunity:  NICHD Division of Intramural Research (DIR) is recruiting for a Staff Clinician . Posted 12/10/19 
  
• Employment Opportunity:  University of South Florida is seeking a full time Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. Posted 12/09/19 
  
• Survey Participation:  Survey on Gyrate Atrophy, Upcoming workshop. Posted 11/18/19 
  
• Study Opportunity:  Phase 1/2 study for adults with galactosemia. Posted 10/19/19 
  
• Employment Opportunity:  LabCorp is seeking a full-time Clinical Laboratory Director to join the Biochemical Genetics department. Posted 10/19/19 
  

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