Leah Seyoum-Tesfa

President
Reaching Families Advocacy and Support Group

Leah Seyoum-Tesfa is president of Reaching Families Advocacy and Support Group, a nonprofit organization that supports Ethiopian and Eritrean families raising children with special needs in the United States.

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By Laura Dattaro

16 February 2021

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How two researchers built the first genetics cohort of African children with autism

In this recorded interview, Maria Chahrour and Leah Seyoum-Tesfa talk about how they work closely with immigrant communities to increase diversity in genetic studies of autism.

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16 February 2021 | 24 min read

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