Tiara Johnson, MS
Genetic Counselor, Henry Ford Hospital & Medical Centers, Department of Medical Genetics.
Graduate research project title: “Collecting a Family History of Adult-onset Disorders in Pediatric Genetics Setting".
Kelley Kennelly, MS
Genetic Counselor
Graduate research project title: “Assessing the Validity of Family History Collection in a Pediatric Genetics Setting".
Mary Nyhuis, MS
Genetic Counselor, Henry Ford Health System, Genetics Clinic, Detroit, Michigan.
Graduate research project title: “The Accuracy of the Cancer Gene Program to Assess the Probability of a BRCA1/2 Mutation: The impact of limited family structure"
Preethi Premkumar, MS
Genetic Counselor
Graduate research project title: “Qualitative Evaluation of the CMT and Pediatric CMT Neuropathy Scoring Systems for Children in a Multidisciplinary CMT Clinic"
Abbey Putnam, MS
Genetic Counselor
Graduate research project title: “Dominant vs. Non-dominant Hand Strength in CMT1A"
Kate Zellmer, MS
Genetic Counselor
Graduate research project title: “Comparison of Methods: Family history questionnaire versus a 3-generation pedigree interview in an infertility setting"
Jennifer Barrick, MS
Genetic Counselor, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Cancer Genetic Counseling Service, Detroit, Michigan.
Graduate research project title: “Outcomes of Clinical Application of Published Diagnostic Criteria for Fetal Alcohol SpectrumDisorders (FASD)".
Lindsey Bennett, MS
Genetic Counselor: Children's Hospital of Michigan, Pediatric Neurology, Detroit, Michigan.
Graduate research project title: “Pelizaeus-Merbacher Disease: Natural History and Progression".
Jacqueline Gauthier, MS
Genetic Counselor: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cancer/Prenatal Genetics, Birmingham, Alabama.
Graduate research project title: “The Most Kept Secret: Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Hereditary Breast Cancer in Low-Income Arab-American Women"
Sarah Kramer, MS
Genetic Counselor: Spectrum Health Genetics, Genetics, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Graduate research project title: “Family, Demographics and Adherence in the Pediatric PKU Population"
Lindsey Miller, MS
Genetic Counselor: Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Neurology, Detroit, Michigan.
Graduate research project title: “Association Between Certain Demographic and Pregnancy Characteristics and the Outcome of Pregnancies Following the Prenatal Diagnosis of Birth Defects in Michigan"
Emily Swan, MS
Genetic Counselor: Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center, Clinical Cytogenetics, Dearborn, Michigan.
Graduate research project title: “Reproductive Decision-Making in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease"
Rupin Dhamankar, MS
Genetic Counselor: Center for Medical Genetics, Houston, Texas.
Graduate research project title: “Outcome of Pregnancies Detected With Non-mosaic Trisomy 16 by Chorionic Villus Sampling."
Stephanie Farner, MS
Genetic Counselor: Center for Maternal Fetal Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Graduate research project title: “Client Expectations of Genetic Counseling: What Are They and Are We Meeting Them?"
Lori Felczak, MS
Genetic Counselor: Department of Pediatrics, University of Toledo School of Medicine, Mercy Children's Hospital at St. Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio.
Graduate research project title: “The Natural History of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease: Patients with Duplications.
Lindsey Weed, MS
Genetic Counselor: Center for Maternal Fetal Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Graduate research project title: “Evaluation of Patient Satisfaction with Genetic Counseling Services."
Lauren Hickson, MS
Genetic Counselor: Henry Ford Hospital , Medical Genetics, Detroit , Michigan.
Graduate research project title: “Advice for Families: How to Communicate BRCA1/2 Results with Your Relatives”
Allison Lawrence, MS
Genetic Counselor: Perinatal Associates of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico.
Graduate research project title: “The Impact of Not Proceeding with Predictive Genetic Testing in Individuals at Risk of Huntington Disease”
Karen Metzler, MS
Genetic Counselor: St. Vincent's Hospital, Green Bay , Wisconsin.
Graduate research project title: “A Self-Administered Screening Tool to Select Patients at Risk for Hereditary Breast Ovarian Cancer: A Pilot Study Using a Revised Family History Assessment Tool”
Gwenn Sickles, MS
Genetic Counselor: Hutzel Hospital , Reproductive Genetics, Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, Detroit , Michigan.
Graduate research project title: “Women's Knowledge and Expectations of Fetal Ultrasound”
Dima El-Khechen, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor: Medical Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Center , St. Vincent's Children's Hospital, Indianapolis , Indiana.
Graduate research project title: “Assessing the Validity of the CancerGene Program, a BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Mutation Risk Assessment Tool, Using a Chart Review Process”
Jennifer Griffin Burton , MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor and Instructor, Clinical Genetics: Carle Clinic Genetics, Urbana , Illinois.
Graduate research project title: “Undergraduate Biology Professors' Knowledge of and Advising Practices Regarding the Field of Genetic Counseling”
Stephanie Hurst, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor: Toronto General Hospital , University Health Network, Toronto , Ontario.
Graduate research project title: “Quantifying the Female Carrier Phenotype of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease”
Kate Shane, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor: Columbus Children's Hospital, Ohio State University , Columbus , Ohio.
Graduate research project title: “Improving Cancer Risk Assessment in Primary Care”
Graduate research project title: “Identifying Barriers to Seeking Genetic Services for Children with Confirmed Hearing Loss”
Erica Horger, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor.
Graduate research project title: “Factors associated with a heightened perception of risk among African-American women with a family history of breast cancer.”
Seema Panchal, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor: Familial Breast Cancer Clinic, Marvelle Keffler Breast Center , Mount Sinai Hospital , Toronto , Ontario.
Graduate research project title: “Practice-base guidelines for genetic counseling of patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease”
Genetic Counseling Graduate Program
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Wayne State University School of Medicine
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540 E. Canfield Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
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