Category Archives: Guest Blogger

Guest Post: Putting GC into DTC

Jill Davies is a Genetic Counsellor and the Director of Genetics at the Medcan Clinic, Canada’s leading preventive health care clinic. She has over 10 years of experience in genetic counseling and has worked in partnership with Dr. Lea Velsher … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Letter to the Editor, CNN

Suzanna Schott has been a prenatal and pediatric outreach genetic counselor in New Mexico for the last 4 years.  She was trained at JHU-NHGRI, and prior to that was a graphic designer in Atlanta, Georgia, her home town.  She is … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Female Buyer Beware

By Lola Cook Lola Cook, a board-certified genetic counselor, currently works as a prenatal genetic counselor at a private hospital in Indianapolis. Previously, she worked in pediatric and adult genetics for 11 years at Indiana University Medical Center. She is … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Gene Patents- Why should genetic counselors care?

By Ellen T. Matloff Ellen T. Matloff, M.S. received a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude from Union College, and a Master’s in Genetic Counseling from Northwestern University. Ms. Matloff currently serves as the Director of Cancer Genetic Counseling at … Continue reading

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Guest Post: The “Wholistic” Genetic Counselor of Tomorrow

By Jordanna Joaquina Jordanna is Director of Genetics and Co-Founder of AccessDNA.com, the first comprehensive online resource for information about hundreds of genetic conditions, topics, tests and Direct-to-Consumer providers. She is a board-certified genetic counselor with a clinical background in … Continue reading

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