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title: "Webinar: Cystic Fibrosis Screening: Laboratory Perspectives and Best Practices"
description: Learn CF carrier screening best practices — CFTR panel design, residual risk, ethnicity-aware testing & ACMG/ACOG guidelines. Free on-demand webinar for lab professionals.
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# **ON-DEMAND WEBINAR:** Cystic Fibrosis Screening: Laboratory Perspectives and Best Practices

## Webinar Overview

CFTR variant panel guidelines have evolved significantly, from the original ACMG23 panel to today's expanded variant lists. This on-demand webinar walks laboratory professionals through that evolution and its practical implications for panel design, population diversity, and variant interpretation.

Topics include the shift from ACMG23 to expanded panels, alignment with current ACMG, ACOG, and CF Foundation guidance, panel design across diverse populations, ethnicity-aware analysis, residual risk calculation, and managing variants of uncertain significance (VUS).

Intended for laboratory scientists, directors, and professionals involved in CFTR variant analysis.

 

**Learning Objectives**

After completing this webinar, attendees will gain insights into: 

- The evolution of ACMG CFTR panel guidelines, from ACMG23 to the expanded panel
- Current ACMG, ACOG, and CF Foundation guidelines to CFTR panel design
- CFTR panel design approaches across diverse populations
- Calculating residual risk and manage variants of uncertain significance (VUS)

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## Speakers

**Josh Deignan, PhD, FACMG **  
*Associate Director, Molecular Diagnostics; Program Director, LGG Fellowship Program *

**Fen Guo, PhD, FACMG, FCCMG **  
*Scientific Director & CLIA/CAP Lab Director, UPMC Clinical Genomics Laboratory; High Throughput Genomics Core, University of Pittsburgh *

**Dr. Vicky Pratt, PhD **  
*Director of Scientific Affairs, PGx, Agena Bioscience *

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