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Theses from 2023
Evaluation of Targeted On-Demand Genetic Counseling Model for Familial Variant Cascade Testing, Elizabeth Hain and Jonathan Ploeger
Reflections of the Pioneers: An Oral History of the Early Years of Genetic Counseling, Talia K. Sanford and Danielle J. Clynes
Simulated Patient Case Development for Cultural Competency Training of Genetic Counseling Students, Makenzie Woltz
Theses from 2022
Script Concordance Testing in Genetic Counseling Training: A Pilot Study, Yakira Begun and Lila Rae Stange
Clinical psychology trainees' perspectives on psychiatric genetic counseling and the genetic contribution to psychiatric disorders, Talia Belcher and Celine Aziz
Child Welfare Professionals' Perceptions of Referring Foster Children to the Genetics Clinic, Laura Cooper-Hastings
The Role of High Throughput Functional Evidence In Reducing-Population Specific Differences In The Quality of Variant Interpretation, Makenzie Fong and Taylor Silkey
Restrictions on Abortion Affect Genetic Counseling Practice: Genetic Counselors in Abortion Unfriendly States Reflect on Current and Impending Challenges, Grace Amelia Getchell and Sofia Angela Horan
A Systematic Review of Conceptualization of Trust in Precision Medicine Research from Historically Underserved Racial and Ethnic Groups and Populations with Disabilities, Chanyong Tina Kim and Revathy Suresh
Assessing a Diagnostic Tool for Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Helping Users Find Appropriate Care For a Relatively Common But Often Unfamiliar Genetic Disease, Abby Kosmin and Natalie Laible
Missing Heritability in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) IIn: A Case Report, Tari Little
The Conversion to Telegenetics Through the COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on the Accessibility to Genetic Counseling for Remote Indigenous Communities, Kaitlyn Mowat and Caroline A. McCrae
Primary Care Providers' Perspectives of Precision Medicine in a Tribal Healthcare System, Katie Neimeyer
A Sharp Increase In The Use Of PGT To Prevent Mendelian Disorders: A Review of Patient Data From 2004-2021 In A Single New York City Center For Reproductive Medicine, Emily Oddo and Hallie Metzger
The Stream Study: Streamlining The Genetic Counseling Process For Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients, Erika M. Renkes and Tina N. Tran
Contemporary Initiatives to Enhance Racial Diversity in Genetic Counseling Programs: A Snapshot of Current Efforts, Mirriam Sang and Chelsea Miller
Exploring Parental Attitudes on Autism Genetic Testing After Receiving Non-Pathogenic Results, Christina Szi
Return of Results from Genetic Research: A Study Of Nephrologists, Robyn Weiss
Theses from 2021
Genetic Counseling Around the Globe: Prenatal Screening Practices During the First Trimester, Anna Bauer, Dhart Adhia, Rachel K. Lanning, and Jenny G. Zhang
The Impact of a Lynch Syndrome Diagnosis by Population Genomic Screening on Family Communication, Medical Management, and Lifestyle Changes, Reem Ibrahim Bux and Brooke Nicole Delehoy
Utilization and Perceived Value of Genetic Counselors Within U.S. Hemophilia Treatment Centers, Caylynn Carls
Exploring Attitudes Towards Newly Approved Therapeutics in Prenatal Genetic Counseling Practice, Charlotte Close
On the Development of Psychosocial Skills in Genetic Counseling Programs: Perspectives from Recent Graduates, Emily Johnson and Daniel Morrice
Investigating the Experience of Underrepresented Groups Applying to Genetic Counseling Training Programs, Enas Louzy-Hanna
Psychiatric Professionals Believe Polygenic Risk Scores for Schizophrenia Have Future Clinical Utility: Reservations about Current Integration, Tiahna Moorthy and Huyen Nguyen
Towards The Growing Edge: Integrating Simulation In A Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, Cassandra Pisieczko
Lessons Learned from COVID-19: Genetic Counseling Adaptations and Challenges to Alternate Service Delivery Models, Aisha Rekab and Angel Nguyen
Relationship Between Outcomes of Psychiatric Genetic Counseling and Time Since Onset and Diagnosis of Psychiatric Illness, Sarah Saxton
Patient and Provider Response To A Prenatal Pre-Visit Chatbot, Catherine Urbina, Chantal Marie Marie Muyalde, and Sabina Gudmundsson
How Genetic Findings Associated with Autism are Used: A Study of Parents and Caregivers, Veronica Sue Yamane and Tzofia Nechama Drori
Theses from 2020
Exploration Of Patient Attitudes Toward Receiving Incidental Diagnoses Of Lysosomal Storage Disorders Through Expanded Carrier Screening, Ally Abbott and Xindi Song
Post Mortem Genetic Testing in Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy [SUDEP]: A Pilot Story, Yu An and Alejandra M. Cantú Villarreal
The Efficacy of Whole-Genome Sequencing in the Diagnosis Of Complex Neurological Phenotypes, Bianca Blake
Test Ordering Practices in Cancer Genetic Counseling, Lauren Costantin and Tiana Grgas
Impact of Psychiatric Genetic Data on Tort Litigation and Its Relationship With Stigma, Ashlyn Enokian and Kira Dineen
The Utility Of Adding Key Phenotypic Criteria Refinement To ACMG Guidelines, Lauren Frank
Current Practices in Post-Mortem Cariogeentic Test-Ordering an Genetic Counseling In Cases of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), Kiran Gangwani and Miranda Di Biase
A Survey Of Autistic Adults' Opinions On Data Security and Privacy In Precision Medicine Research, Bianca Haser
Safety and Feasibility of Early Prenatal Diagnosis Via Celocentesis, Elisheva Kleinman
An Analysis of Fitness Affiliated Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests, Karl N. Krahn and Nicole D. Wengrofsky
Primary Care For Disease Patients: Exploring Services Received, Healthcare Providers Involved, And Patient Satisfaction, Catherine Mayo, Eliana Kahan, and Jasmine Chao
Clinical Implementation of Polygenic Risk Scores For Cardiovascular Disease: An Assessment of Cardiovascular Genetic Counselors' Knowledge and Opinions, Maryam Nazir and Maria van Noordenne
The Career Arc Of Genetic Counselors: Trends, Transitions, And Motivations, Michael Peneycad, Wanchun Janice Smires, Kara Williams, and Jovanni Cuevas
Genetic Counselors' Views Of Traits That Make For Effective Leaders, Jennifer Rand
Psychosocial Outcomes Associated With ctNA-Based Cancer Screening Test, Gabrielle Shermanski and Simone Biggers
An Investigation Into The Reasons Behind Quality Of Life Perception In Individuals With HNPP As Compared To Individuals With CMT1A, Caitlin Walsh and Sophia Rodriguez
Theses from 2019
Descriptive Analysis of the Testing Outcome Populations of a Highly Facilitated Cascade Genetic Testing Framework for Cancer Predisposition, Samantha R. Anderson
Adolescents’ Attitudes Towards Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing, Carli Andrews, J. Fitzpatrick Doyle, Rebekah Hutchins, and Katherine Orr
Disability Service Learning: A Study on the Potential Impact of an Educational Intervention on the Attitudes and Biases of Genetic Counseling Students Toward Disability, Michelle Bina and Lucas Hollifield
What do Teenagers Think about Precision Psychiatry?, Erika Brockhoff and Fiorella Herrera
Recall Of Informed Consent For Prenatal Aneuploidy Screening, Taylor Cain, Michelle Kao, Elena Cothalis, and Pranali Shingala
Exploring Perceptions of What Genetic Counseling is Amongst Families Affected by Genetic Conditions, Who Have Not Yet Had Genetic Counseling Themselves, Stephanie Briana Cordeiro
Exploring the Implementation of Non-Traditional / Expanded Training for Genetic Counselors, Katia Dergham
Assessing The Impact Of Predictive Testing Protocols On Provider Burden For Huntington's Disease, Paige Ernste and Abigail Patenaude
Genetic Counseling Students’ Attitudes Towards Psychiatric Illness, Rebecca Haegedorn and Patricia Thompson
Group Genetic Counseling for Low-Risk Prenatal Patients, Sarah Hopkins
Genetic Counseling Referrals and Genetic Profiles of Male and Young Female Breast Cancer Populations, Ji-Sun Kim
Motivations, Barriers, and Interests in Genetic Testing for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer, Anna Kolbuszewska
Sun exposure as a risk factor for precipitating vision loss for individuals with LHON mitochondrial variants, Michelle Kowanda
Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals Towards the Utilization of Genetics Professionals Following the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sydney Alexandra Lau and Tova Lejtman Wagner
Parental perception of pediatric clinical exome sequencing in a Latino population, Daniel Luksic and Radha Sukhu
Experiences of Adults at 50% Risk of Inheriting a Genetic Mutation for Early-Onset Dementia, Margalit E. Rosenblatt
Genetic Counseling Approaches To Moderate-Penetrance Breast Cancer, Tanaya Shroff and Elizabeth Del Buono
Should Genetic Information be Used to Determine Special Education Eligibility and Other Educational Services?, Nicholas Staropoli
Theses from 2018
Cardiovascular Genetics: Getting a “Pulse” on How Cardiologists Assess and Act on Cardiogenetic findings that May Lead to Sudden Cardiac Death, Tamar Ailenberg, Anna (Schon) Levy, and Samone Schneider
Current Attitudes and Practices in Genetic Counseling Concerning Noninvasive Prenatal Screening – A Follow Up Study, Carla Bennett and Abigail Whiting
Genetic Counselors’ Preparedness for Incidental Findings from Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing, Janel Case and Paige Hazelton
Adolescent Perspectives on Genetic Testing for Huntington’s Disease, Katelyn Cooke, Elizabeth Crate, Ravneet Grewal, and Jennifer Huynh-Lim
Accessibility of Pregnancy Termination: A Pilot Study of Genetic Counselors and Abortion Providers Throughout the United States, Lauren Facchini, Brianne Dingmann, Kaitlyn Brown, Laura Hercher, Caitlin Cooney, and Komal Bajaj
Pancreatic Cancer screening in a Population With Predisposing Germline Mutations, Hailey Funk and Angelica Goulbourne
An exploration of factors influencing patient outcomes of psychiatric genetic counseling, Sarah Gerrard, Angela Inglis, Emily Morris, and Jehannine Austin
The Utility of GeneMatcher: a Candidate Gene Database, Halie Holmes and Laura Fisher
Genetic Counselor’s Attitudes Toward Continuing Education Options, Kelsey Johnson, Jessica Shiles, and Talya Boisjoli
The Value of Performing a Post-Mortem Cardiovascular Genetic Panel Test, Elizabeth Manderski and Sarah Stewart
Healthcare Transitions for People with Thalassemia, Lauren Ariana Morse
Role of Genetic Counselors in Prenatal Zika Care, Monisha Sebastin, Erica Poole, and Emily Goldberg
Understanding Gene Panel Testing for Breast Cancer Risk, Angelina Tryon and Gord Glendon
Theses from 2017
Survey of genetic counselors on attitudes toward directto- consumer genetic testing and of integrating result interpretation into genetic counseling practice., Tamara Braid and Vicky Hsieh
Knowledge and Attitudes After Using Videos to Educate a Non-Clinical Cohort About Prenatal Cell-Free DNA Screening, Teresa Cacchione and Safa Yusuf
Adolescent Perspectives on Genetic Testing for Adult Onset Conditions, Olivia D’Accordo, Erin Davidson, Christina Miller, and Yael Weinstein
A Retrospective Chart Review Examining the Clinical Utility of Family Health History, Katherine Dao and Julia Russo
Self-reported patient ethnicity in genetic counseling practice: a closer look at its current role and room for improvement, Sonya Elango and Isha Gupta
Genomic Context: Lessons from Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Bonnie Federman and Kelly Nori
The Psychosocial Effects of Next Generation Sequence Panels for Predictive Testing of Hereditary Dementias, Dina Green
Genetic Counselors’ Assessment of Videos to Augment Whole Exome Sequencing Patient Education, Rebecca Hernan
Genetic Counselor Drift: Exploring contributors to the recent growth of non-clinical genetic counseling positions and the resulting impact on the profession., Maki Kaneko and Robert Rigobello
DNA Unicorn: An N-of-1 Community Advocacy Resource, Allison Knickle, Taylor Laut, Kari Magnussen, and Marianne Vivien
Developing an Alternative Model for Pre-Test Genetic Counseling for Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, Maira Pires and Caroline Augsburger
Quality of Life and Psychosocial Impacts of Persons With a Genetic Predisposition to Thoracic Aortic Dissections or Aortic Aneurysms, Megan Soucy, Amelia Tahmassi, and Nathan Hassel
Preparing Genetic Counselors for Patient Disclosure of Intimate Partner Violence: An Assessment of an Intervention Toolkit, Tawanna St. Lewis and Scott Robinson
Theses from 2016
The Utility of Genomic Variant Databases in Genetic Counseling, Colleen Ahern and Elly Brokamp
Examining Psychological Outcomes Associated with Genetic Testing for Primary Arrhythmic Disorders in Adult Patients, Samantha Colaiacovo and Erin Kelter
Experience with SNP-based NIPT in a general population cohort in the Bronx, NY, Megan Crawley and Suvina To
Development of a Prenatal Genetic Testing Education Tool, Laurel Hochstetler and Andrea Cantor
Studying the Needles in the Haystack: A Qualitative Study of African-American and Latino Genetic Counselors, Amanda Kass and Larissa Veres