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NYMAC
(New York-Mid-Atlantic Consortium for Genetics and Newborn Screening Services)

Welcome to NYMAC

NYMAC Collaborative, New York-Mid-Atlantic Consortium for Genetic and Newborn Screening Services

NYMAC Region

NYMAC States

Map of the NYMAC States of NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, WV, and VA

State Specific Resources for
People with Special Health
Care Needs

Newborn Screening Childbirth Education Toolkit
NYMAC was awarded a Newborn Screening Clearinghouse grant from the Genetic Alliance to develop an educational toolkit to be used by nurse midwives, doulas, and other childbirth educators to introduce newborn screening into childbirth education and literature produced for expectant parents. Both the toolkit and evaluation form are now available on-line:


Newborn Screening Childbirth Education Toolkit

Newborn Screening Childbirth Education Toolkit Evaluation Form
NYMAC Summit, May 18-19, 2011 Program and Presentations
Now available on line – click on the links below
Summit Program

Presentations and Speakers
Education and Outreach Initiatives for Consumer and Advocacy Groups Project
Contracts awarded to:

  • CARES Foundation
  • Genetic Alliance
  • Hunter’s Hope
  • Immune Deficiency Foundation
  • The Sickle Cell Disease Association of New Jersey
  • Sickle Cell Thalassemia Patients Network, Inc.
Transition Navigator for Youth with Heritable Disorders Project
Contracts awarded to:

  • Children’s Research Institute (Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders of Northern Virginia)
  • Nemours, AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  • University of Maryland