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Impacting lives: the Code Talker Award

Invitae honors genetic counselors who have impacted the lives
of their patients by sponsoring the Code Talker Award.
Read the stories honoring the 2018 finalists:

Hannah Scanga (winner)

Ophthalmology

Read her story

Margaret Au (finalist)

Rare disease

Read her story

Lisa Johnson (finalist)

Down syndrome

Read her story

Previous years' winners

Kira Dies (2017)

Rare disease

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Melanie Hardy (2016)

Cardiology

Read her story

"Because of Ben, we can say our story is one of life, miracles, love, and hope."

Read Diana's story

More stories from Genome magazine's Code Talker Award

RARE DISEASE

Deanna Leingang: One of a Kind
Pilar Magoulas: Pilar's Heart
Allison Goetsch: Going the Distance
Karlla Brigatti: A Gift for the Girls Margaret Au: Open Line of Communication

Melissa Gilstrap: A Familiar Voice
Gretchen MacCarrick: Beacon of Hope
Susan Schelley: Finally, a Diagnosis

CANCER

Amie Blanco: Compassion in her DNA
Faith Callif-Daley: Wellspring of Knowledge
Linda Robinson: Leader in her Field
Susan Thompson: My Best Friend
Peggy Walker: In Our Corner
Anu Chittenden: Team Player
Kathryn Mraz: The Luckiest Man I Know
Sarah Ruppert: Life Changer

PRENATAL & NEWBORN SCREENING

Anna Victorine: Our Angel
Alena Egense: Always Ready
Jennifer Marcy: A Voice of Logic
Mary-Frances Garber: A Debt of Gratitude

Watch Liz's story

For Liz Brown, being adopted meant that she always had questions about her health history. Diagnoses for both Liz and her daughter provided an answer to a lifelong question and gave Liz control of her family’s health and future.

Finding answers: more real stories about genetic disease

Hope with strength

Primary periodic paralysis

Read Gabriel's story

Finding answers for Ben

Creatine transporter deficiency

Read Ben's story

Is it better not to know?

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Read Bethany's story

Ghecemy Lopez

Breast cancer

Watch Ghecemy's story

Debbi Crowder

Cardiology

Watch Debbi's story

Watch Amanda's story

As a young girl, Amanda Burris knew more about breast cancer than most adults. “Our family has a long history of breast cancer,” she says. “My great grandma, grandma, aunts, mom, and her cousins—they all had it.”