Category Archives: Guest Blogger
Guest Post: YouTube It!
BY JUSTIN LORENTZ Justin Lorentz is a genetic counselling student completing his second and final year of his MSc at McGill University. Before entering the world of genetic counselling he studied at the University of Waterloo and in 2010 graduated … Continue reading
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Guest Post: What Makes You Who You Are?
By Anne Madeo Anne Madeo is a genetic counselor who has worked for the National Institutes of Health for the past 11 years. The views expressed here are her own and do not necessarily represent the views of the National … Continue reading
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Guest Post: The Feminine Tightrope Walk
By Myra I. Roche, M.S., C.G.C. Myra I. Roche, M.S., C.G.C. is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Director of Pediatric Genetic Counseling Services, and an investigator in the Center for Genomics and Society at UNC, Chapel Hill. Her research interests … Continue reading
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Breast Cancer Counseling: Personalizing Medicine Beyond BRCA Testing
This commentary is contributed as part of the guest blogger series Diverse GC Roles. By Shannon Kieran Shannon Kieran is a board-certified Genetic Counselor at Navigenics, a premier personal genome testing laboratory. Shannon’s clinical experience has encompassed a wide … Continue reading
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Learning to Create Opportunity
This commentary is contributed as part of the guest blogger series Diverse GC Roles. By Sarah Waltho, MS, CGC Sarah Waltho received her undergraduate B.Sc. degree in Health Studies from the University of Waterloo in June 2006. She went on … Continue reading
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Starting Something New After 30 Years
This commentary is contributed as part of the guest blogger series Diverse GC Roles. By Vickie Venne, MS Vickie Venne, MS, is a licensed genetic counselor with Genomic Medicine Services of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior to joining … Continue reading
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Wherever You Go, There You Are
This commentary is contributed as part of the guest blogger series Diverse GC Roles. By Amelia Chappelle, MA, MS Amelia Chappelle graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2007 with a dual masters degrees in Human Genetics and Health Advocacy. … Continue reading
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Guest Blogger Series: Diverse GC Roles
We’re trying something new at theDNAexchange this week. In response to the feedback that we’ve received about people’s interest in learning more about job opportunities outside of the traditional genetic counselling route, we’ve asked a handful of friends and acquaintances … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Using your Skills Outside the GC Session
By Leslie Ordal Leslie Ordal writes and works in continuing medical education in Ottawa. A graduate of Wellesley College, she is in the process of making a career change to genetic counselling. She maintains the Twitter account GenCounsNews, devoted exclusively … Continue reading
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Guest Post: The Counselor Intimidated: A Professional and Personal Experience with Genetic Counseling
By Aimee Tucker Williams Aimee Tucker Williams is a board certified genetic counselor. She spent 8 years as an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and was a major contributor to their Genetic Counseling Program … Continue reading
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