Iowa Newborn Screening wil be attending. Thank you Arlena Pugliese On Thu, May 11, 2006 12:45 pm, Beck, Carol D. (HSC) wrote: > The Hematology Center at Washington University, Missouri called to > say they would like to apply for the Sickle Cell Treatment > Demonstration > Program. This grant is very similar to the Heartland Regional > collaborative in that they too need to work with the regional states > to form a network to accomplish goals and objectives determined by the > network. A conference call has been scheduled for Monday, 5/22/06 at > 9am > with Wash U, the Heartland Center, and all of you to let the > Hematologist Dr. DeBaun who is internationally and nationally known > for his expertise in Sickle Cell Disease. He would like to propose > that Missouri be the pilot state to determine the standards of care > for Sickle Cell trait counseling as well as treatment and management > of disease by medical entities that may not have hematology centers > such as the Federally Qualified Health Centers. Please let me know if > you will be interested in this project. The Heartland Center will be > participating in this conference call. Please let me know if you can > make that time. > > > > The conference call dial-in information is: > > > Toll Free ph#: 888-296-1938 > > > Participant Code: 325076 > > > > > > > Thank you,, > > > Dr. Sharmini V. Rogers, MBBS, MPH > > > Chief Bureau of Genetics, and > > > Healthy Childhood Section for Healthy Families, and > > > Youth Division of Community, and > > > Public Health Missouri Department of Health, and > > > Senior Services 930 Wildwood Drive > > > Jefferson City MO 65109 > > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > > Tel: 573-751-6214 > > >