Vision
"All individuals with genetic conditions in New England have the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential."
Staff
Angela Shepard, MD
Director
UNH Institute on Disability
10 West Edge Drive
Durham, NH 03824
(603) 862-0555 (fax)
angela.shepard@unh.edu
Karen Volle
Project Manager
UNH Institute on Disability
10 West Edge Drive
Durham, NH 03824
(603) 862-3454
(603) 862-0555 (fax)
karen.volle@unh.edu
Leah Burke, MD
Clinical Genetics Consultant
Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont
S-253 Given Courtyard
89 Beaumont Avenue
Burlington VT 05405
leah.burke@uvm.edu
Toni Sumner-Beebe
Senior Program Support Assistant
UNH Institute on Disability
10 West Edge Drive
Durham, NH 03824
603-862-2175
toni.sumner-beebe@unh.edu
Objectives
- Partner with family-led and other regional organizations to improve knowledge of and access to genetic services.
- Expand the use of telehealth for genetic consults and care.
- Engage non-genetics health professionals in training and education about genetics.
- Focus on reaching and including medically underserved areas and populations.
- Increase the availability and use of genetic resources.