The conference will feature results from studies sponsored by the
Texas Birth Defects Research Center and others;
educational sessions on embryology and teratology;
and information about services for Texas children with birth defects.

Educational displays and posters will be available.

Proposed Topics: Findings from the Texas Birth Defects Registry Beyond Folic Acid: New Opportunities for Preventing Birth Defects Services for Children with Birth Defects in Texas Folic Acid and Texas Update Texas Birth Defects Research Center Update Focus on an Innovative Project in Texas for Families and Children affected by Birth Defects Focus on a Specific Birth Defect or Syndrome (embryology, epidemiology, treatments, etc.) Using Birth Defects Registry Data for Service Delivery Planning Health Risk Communication Government and Nonprofit Collaboration in Prevention Initiatives Survival Rates of Children in the Texas Birth Defects Registry The Impact of the Human Genome Project Linking registry to environmental exposures Results from the Texas NTD Project Texas Teratogen Information Service & Prevention of Birth Defects National Centers for Birth Defects Research National data PRIVACY NOTIFICATION / NOTIFICACIÓN SOBRE PRIVACIDAD With few exceptions, you have the right to request and be informed about information that the State of Texas collects about you. You are entitled to receive and review the information upon request. You also have the right to ask the state agency to correct any information that is determined to be incorrect. See http://www.tdh.state.tx.us for more information on Privacy Notification. (Reference: Government Code, Section 522.021, 522.023 and 559.004) Tan solo por unas cuantas excepciones, usted tiene el derecho de solicitar y de ser informado sobre la información que el Estado de Texas reúne sobre usted. A usted se le debe conceder el derecho de recibir y revisar la información al requerirla. Usted también tiene el derecho de pedir que la agencia estatal corrija cualquier información que se ha determinado sea incorrecta. Diríjase a http://www.tdh.state.tx.us para más información sobre la Notificación sobre privacidad. (Referencia: Government Code, sección 522.021, 522.023 y 559.004)