The following organizations and societies may be of interest to researchers who study structural birth defects:
- American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
- American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association
- American Society for Human Genetics
- Birth Defects Study To Evaluate Pregnancy exposures
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- Genetics Society of America
- National Birth Defects Prevention Network
- National Birth Defects Prevention Study
- Society of Craniofacial Genetics & Developmental Biology
- Society for Epidemiologic Research
- Society for Developmental Biology
- Teratology Society