Conversations around Tiered Screening Webinar Series Part 2: What is the Role of the Newborn Screening Program Moving Forward with Tiered Testing

The purpose of this webinar is to explore the role of the newborn screening program in providing tiered testing, as more disorders are added to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP). Speakers examined the future application and feasibility of tiered testing for newborn screening disorders and the potential consequences. This is the second webinar in the four-part series regarding conversations around tiered screening. 

Speakers:

• Sue Beryy, MD, Professor and Director, University of Minnesota
• J. Austin Hamm, MD, FACMG, Medical Director of Pediatric Genetics, East Tennessee Children's Hospital
• Joseph Orsini, PhD, Director of Operations for the New York State Newborn Screening Program and the Direction of the Lysosomal Storage Disorder Testing Laboratory
• Kostas Petritis, PhD, Laboratory Chief, Biochemical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Newborn Screening and Molecular Biology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Miriam Schachter, PhD, Research Scientist, Newborn Screening Laboratory, New Jersey Department of Health

This resource is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant # U22MC24078. This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the US Government.