About Academic League on Medical Genetics
Our mission is to encourage and to develop activities in the field of Medical Genetics in the Brazilian State of Maranhao, in order to add more concepts and basic health practices related to attention in Medical Genetics at various levels of professional attention, thus reinforcing the importance of genetic counseling made by a multidisciplinary team. Through advances in our state, we hope to get enough know-how for cooperation with other academic leagues, as well as to reinforce the adoption and optimization of related public policies. Also, among our goals are to develop collaborative research projects and improvements to the notification system diseases of genetic origin in Brazil.