Class of 2007

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."

Class of 2006

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”

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Class of 2005

Tami Friedberg, MS Genetic Counselor: Mt. Sinai Hospital , Toronto , Ontario. Graduate research project title: “Predictors of Knowledge of Hereditary Breast Cancer among Ethnically Diverse Breast Cancer Patients”

Elizabeth Herr, MS Genetic Counselor: Henry Ford Hospital Medical Genetics, Detroit , Michigan. Graduate research project title: “The Clinical Presentation of Women with CMT Disease Type X (CMTX)”

Katie Moore Biro, MS Genetic Counselor: Henry Ford Hospital Medical Genetics, Detroit , Michigan. Graduate research project title: “Medical Students' Use of Genetic Knowledge and Skills During Year 3 Clerkships”

Ryan Rodarmer, MS Genetic Counselor: Spectrum Health System, Grand Rapids , Michigan. Graduate research project title: “Attitudes Towards Genetic Counseling, Testing, and Research”

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Class of 2004

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”

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Class of 2003

Bryanna Cox Gover, MS, CGC Genetic Counselor: Oakwood Hospital , Dearborn , MI. 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”

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