International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 188/6/4
• Dates of Creation:1994-2006
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  10 folders

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis was founded in 1996. It sprang from the International Congresses on Early Prenatal Diagnosis which had begun in the UK in 1984. The following two Congresses were also held in the UK but the 4th took place in Athens in 1988. The early Congresses were not formally codified gatherings but it became evident that lack of a formal organisation hampered local organisers. At the Jerusalem Congress (1994), it was decided to establish an International Society. The initial officers were selected by the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Goa Congress (1996) and the first President was Joe Leigh Simpson (USA). Ferguson-Smith was a member of the Board and served as President 1998-2002. The Society developed a special relationship with the journal, "Prenatal Diagnosis," which became the official journal of the Society.

• Arrangement

  Chronological.

• Other Finding Aids

  See also University of Glasgow Collections