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#76 Amy Sturm on Cardiac Genetic Counseling
Discuss red flags for inherited cardiovascular disease, genetic cascade screening, prevention/risk reduction and notifying at-risk relatives of patients.
#73 Jenna Guiltinan on Laboratory Genetic Counseling
Discuss classification of genetic variants including Variants of Unknown Significance (VUS)
#72 Megan Maxwell on Genomes2People
The Genetic Counselor Project Manager for The MilSeq Project shares on the research.
#71 Eleanor Griffith on Genetic Counseling Grad School Applications
A member of Sarah Lawrence’s genetic counseling admission committee offers advice for applicants.
#69 Jackson Lab's Forum on Healthcare Innovation
Highlights from Jackson Lab’s Forum on Healthcare Innovation about genetic testing/genomics, microbiome and the new "All of Us" program.
#66 Dr. Susan Capasso on Genetic Counseling
Her personal journey to become a genetic counselor and advice for students.
#62 Cytogenetics Basics
A Clinical Cytogeneticist talks about the field of cytogenetics which studies chromosomes.
#59 Scott Weissman on Genetic Counseling Private Practice
Discuss the subfields of genetic counseling cardiogenetics, hereditary cancer genetics, direct-to-consumer tests and carrier screening.
#56 Brianne Kirkpatrick on Ancestry Genetic Testing
Entrepreneur/genetic counselor discusses the importance of family health history awareness month, ancestry DNA testing and other direct-to-consumer genetic tests.
#53 Ginger Nichols on MotherToBaby
Genetic counselor, Ginger Nichols, shares about what the MotherToBaby service offers and other information for pregnant and nursing women.
#49 Brittany Gancarz on Prenatal Genetic Counseling
Prenatal genetic counselor Brittany Gancarz talks about the field of genetic counseling, busts a few genetic counseling myths and announces a new genetic counseling program in Connecticut!
#42 Women In Bioscience: Let There Be No Limit
Jackson Laboratories held The Bioscience Career Forum II: Women in Biosciences. The Forum centered on recruiting and retaining women in the biosciences. Women leaders in the bioscience industry discussed what it takes to enter Connecticut's most rapidly developing sector. Topics included equalizing the the gender gap in the biosciences, vital skill acquisition and training, the importance of networking and finally, how to land job.
#36 BRCA UCONN Event
I recap the UCONN BRCA event I MCed. It featured a panel of experts including a Certified Genetic Counselor Robin Schwartz, members of the department of Public Health Genomics Advisory, Physicians and Cancer survivors.
#33 Syndromes Raise Cancer Risk
What are syndromes that elevates one’s risk for developing cancer? There are many different conditions, this episode highlights Cowden’s Syndrome, Lynch Syndrome and Li-Fraumeni Syndrome.
#31 Robin Schwartz, A Hereditary Cancer Genetic Counselor
Robin Schwartz shares her experience as a hereditary cancer genetic counselor.
#25 Interview with Cancer Hereditary Experts
Hereditary cancer experts share about Lynch syndrome, breast cancer, genetic counseling, and genetic testing.