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North America  (United States, Canada, Mexico)

     United States / some with international membership

• American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
• National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC)
• American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG)
• American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC)
• American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG)
• Natioan Coalition for Health Education in Genetics (NCHPEG)
• International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG)
• Council of Regional Networks (CORN) discontinued
• Association of Genetic Technologists (AGT) (formerly ACT)
• Genetic Society of America (GSA)
• Council of Medical Genetics Organizations (COMGO)
• Association of Professors of Human or Medical Genetics
• American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT)
• Ibero-American Society of Human Genetics of North America (IASHGNA)
• American Human Geneticists of Indian Subcontinent Origin

   Canada

• Canadian College of Medical Geneticists, Collège Canadien de Généticiens Médicaux (CCMG)
• Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors (CAGC) - Association Canadienne des Conseillers en Génétique (CAGC-ACAG)
• Canadian Collaborative Group for Cancer Genetics (CCGCG)

    Mexico

• Ibero-American Society of Human Genetics of North America (IASHGNA)
• Mexican Association of Human Genetics (Asociación Mexicana de Génetica Humana)

Europe

• EuroGenTest, includes unites on genetic testing: quality management, information databases, public health, new technologies and education
• European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG)
• European Genetics Foundation (EGF)
• European Cytogeneticist Association (ECA)
• European Society of Gene Therapy (ESGT)
• Clinical Molecular Genetics Society (CMGS)

    United Kingdom

• Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors (AGNC), United Kingdom
• Association of Clinical Cytogeneticists (ACC)
• British Society for Human Genetics (BSHG)
• Clinical Genetics Society (CGS)
• Clinical Molecular Genetics Society (CMGS), United Kingdom
• Genetics Society, UK
• Human Genetics Commission, (HCG) United Kingdom
  
• The United Kingdom Genetical Society

     Other European

• Austrian Society for Human Genetics
• Belgian Society for Human Genetics
• Czech Society of Medical Genetics
• Danish Society of Medical Genetics (Dansk Selskab for Medicinsk Genetik)
• Dutch Association of Clinical Genetics (VKGN)
• Finnish Society of Medical Genetics
• French Society of Human Genetics
• Association of French Speaking Cytogeneticists (Association des Cytogénéticiens de langue Française)
• Association des Cytogénéticiens de langue Française (ACLF)
• German Society for Human Genetics, (Committee for Public Relations and Ethical Issues) (Statements and declarations)
• German Society of Neurogenetics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurogenetik)
• Hellenic Society of Human Genetics, Greece
• Hungarian Society of Human Genetics
• Irish Society of Human Genetics
• Italian Society of Human Genetics (SIGU) (Società Italiana di Genetica Umana)
• Latvian Medical Genetics Society
• Lithuanian Society of Human Genetics
• Netherlands Society of Human Genetics
• Norwegian Society of Medical Genetics
• Polish Society of Human Genetics
• Portuguese Society of Human Genetics
• Romanian Society of Human Genetics
• Russian Society of Human Genetics
• Serbian Society for Human Genetics
• Spanish Association of Human Genetics (La Asociación Española de Genética Humana)
• Swedish Society of Human Genetics (Sektionen för Medicinsk genetik)
• Swiss Society of Medical Genetics (Société Suisse de Génétique Médicale)
• Turkish Association of Medical Genetics

Africa

• Southern African Society for Human Genetics

Asia

• East Asian Union of Human Genetics Societies
• Association of Chinese Geneticists in America
• Hong Kong Society of Medical Genetics
• Japan Society of Human Genetics
• Genetics Society of Korea (GSK)
• Korean Society of Human Genetics
• Genetics Society of Vietnam
• Turkish Association of Medical Genetics
• Japan Society of Gene Therapy

 Australia

• Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA)
• Australian Society of Genetic Counsellors
• Genetic Society of Australia (GSA)

India

• American Human Geneticists of Indian Subcontinent Origin
• Indian Society of Human Genetics

Middle East

• National Laboratory for the Genetics of Israeli Populations
• Israeli Society of Medical Geneticists
• Middle East Genetics Association

South America

• Argentina Society of Medical Genetics [Sociedade Argentina de Genética Médica]
• Sociedade Argentina de Genética
• Brazilian Clinical Genetics Society [Socidade Brasileira de Genética]
• Sociedad de Genética de Chile, Chilean Genetics Society
• La Sociedad de Genética de Chile (affiliated with Chilean Biology Society)
• Latin American Human Genetics Network [Red Latinoamericana de Genética Humana], (RELAGH)
• Latin American Society of Genetics (ALAG)
  

International

• International Federation of Human Genetics Societies (see Member Societies List)
• Human Genome Organisation (HUGO)
• Human Genetics Programme, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Society for The Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM)
• International Consortium  For Oral Clefts Genetics (ICOCG)
• International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES)

Other:

• Genetic Conditions / Rare Conditions Support Groups
• Association for Molecular Pathology (see genetics subdivision)
• The Genome Action Coalition (TGAC)
• National Cancer Institute - Directory of Genetic Counseling Experts
• World of Genetic Societies - Federation of Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
• Coalition for Genetic Fairness (CGF)
• Genetic Resources on the Web (GROW)
• Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (HMHB)
• Public Health Genetics Society
• National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics (NCHPEG)
• National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR)
• Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing (SACGT)
• National and Regional Genetics Societies and Associations, Illinois State Academy of Science
• Genetické spolecnosti ve svete, lists of genetic societies

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