The idea for this directory grew directly from a recurring problem. For years, genetics professionals posted requests on community pages and emailed organization leadership looking for help identifying colleagues in other countries. Providers needed to connect patients with genetics services abroad, facilitate cascade testing for families living on different continents, and find reliable contacts across language and geographic barriers. While valuable regional and professional networks exist, no single resource brought the global genetics community together in one place.

Monisha Sebastin, together with her Global Genetics Directory team, created this resource to fill that gap. Supported by the Audrey Heimler Special Projects Award from the National Society of Genetic Counselors — granted in recognition of projects that advance the future of genetic counseling — the Global Genetics Directory launched as a consent-based, professionally verified platform designed to serve the needs of the genetics workforce worldwide. The directory is still growing. Every new member makes it more useful for all of us.

• Professionally Verified : membership is limited to credentialed genetics and genomics professionals

• Closed membership: it is a peer-to-peer resource to ensure privacy

• Consent-based: You control the visibility of your information

• Globally Inclusive: designed to represent genetics professionals in every region of the world

• Free to join and free to use

• Built by genetics professionals, for genetics professionals