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• SIMD Virtual Meetings: This is a year for the International Congress, but following cancellation of the 2020 meeting, there is material at hand and a need for scientific interaction, so virtual meetings are being planned. The virtual meetings will be short in duration but full-featured, with presentations, interactive Q&A, chat rooms, virtual sponsor booths, and CME available. Save the date: The first meeting will be Monday, May 10, 2021, 16:00-19:00 EDT (13:00-16:00 PDT). Details posted here. Posted 03/25/21, Revised 04/07/21
  
• Virtual Symposium/ HST5040: Hemoshear is sponsoring a virtual symposium on the subject of HST5040, a small molecule therapeutic being developed to reduce propionyl-CoA in methylmalonic and propionic acidemia. The moderator will be Gregory Enns, MD, and speakers will include Kimberly Chapman, MD, PhD, Brian Wamhoff, PhD, and Gerald Cox, MD, PhD. Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 13:00-14:00 EDT (18:00-19:00 GMT) See flyer posted here. Posted 03/24/21
  

• The Long-Term Management of Morquio A Syndrome: BioMarin is sponsoring this virtual educational event, presented by Dr. Barbara Burton, by Zoom, on April 29, 2021 at 16:00 PST. Registration is required. Please see the eLearning section. Posted 03/30/21 
  
• electronic Genetic Nutrition Academy (eGNA): A series of seminars, discussions and journal review sessions, organized by Dr. Rani Singh of Emory University. Registration is required. Please see the eLearning section. Posted 02/04/21 
  
• Medical Biochemical Genetics Clinical Core Seminar Series (MBG-CCSS): SIMD is happy to present the slides presented in the MBG-CCSS, a series of seminars supported by MBG programs across the country, which provides an advanced, clinically based curriculum for MBG fellows in the setting of an interactive virtual platform. These high yield didactic sessions are taught by experts in the field, and they emphasize salient points in the diagnosis and management of inborn errors of metabolism, as well as highlight current thoughts in research and experimental therapies. Please see information here. Posted 10/4/20 
  
• 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:  Baylor College of Medicine Department of Molecular and Human Genetics is seeking a postdoctoral associate in the area of inborn errors of metabolism. Posted 04/08/21  Expires 04/08/22
  
• Employment Opportunity:  Loma Linda University Department of Pediatrics is seeking a Pediatric Metabolic Geneticist / Clinical Geneticist. Posted 03/30/21  Expires 08/31/21
  
• Employment Opportunity:  University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital is seeking a Biochemical Geneticist to join as the Medical Director for their Biochemical Genetics Program. Posted 03/08/21  Expires 03/08/22
  
• Employment Opportunity:  Children's Hospital of Michigan is seeking applicants for an additional MD/DO Clinical or Medical Biochemical Geneticist. Posted 03/04/21  Expires 12/31/21
  
• Employment Opportunity:  Quest Diagnostics, San Juan Capistrano, California seeks a board certified/board eligible clinical biochemical genetics candidate to join their team as a Biochemical Genetics Director. Posted 02/25/21  Expires 12/31/21
  
• Employment Opportunity:  Cohen Children's Medical Center at Northwell Health, New Hyde Paerk, New York, Division of Medical Genetics and Human Genomics, seeks a Clinical Geneticist with additional certification and/or interest in Biochemical Genetics/Metabolic Disorders. Posted 02/09/21  Expires 08/09/21
  
• Fellowship Opportunity:  Request for Applications: Genetic and Genomic Medicine at the Nationwide Children's Hospital (affiliated with Ohio State University) is seeking a candidate for the one-year Medical Biochemical fellowship program. Posted 02/04/21  Expires 06/30/21
  
• Employment Opportunity:  CHLA (Children's Hospital Los Angeles) is regruiting for a Biochemical Geneticist (Assistant or Associate Professor level) to join their large Inborn Errors of Metabolism Program. Posted 01/30/21  Expires 06/30/21
  
• Employment Opportunity:  UCSF has a position open in Medical Genetics, with emphasis on Biochemical Genetics. There is a mature team serving a vibrant region, with a new Children's Hospital, serving a diverse population across several campuses in San Francisco and Oakland. Posted 01/17/21 
  
• Employment Opportunity:  SUNY Upsate: The Department of Pediatrics, Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital and SUNY Upstate Medical University are conducting a national search to identify a new Medical Genetics faculty member to join their growing team. Posted 10/4/20 
  
• Employment Opportunity:  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Division of Human Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor position. Posted 9/4/20 
  
• Employment Opportunity:  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: The Mitochondrial Medicine Frontier Program (MMFP) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) seeks qualified candidates for the position of Attending Physician and Clinical Research Director, as Clinical Geneticist/Biochemical Geneticist/Neurologist. Posted 9/4/20 
  
• 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 
  
• 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  
  

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