As of May 2015, all Sarah Lawrence College Master’s theses are available digitally. They are made accessible in one of three ways:
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Theses from 2018
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
Assessing Tumor Genomic Profiling Reports for Genetic Counseling Referral Indications, Margaret McDuffee and Michelle Ning
Mitochondrial Transfer in the Media, Sharon Pollack
Exploring the Role of Genetic Counselors in Tumor Genomic Sequencing : A Survey of Genetic Counselors, Michelle Weinberg
An Assessment of Expansion in Fragile X Syndrome Premutation Carriers Undergoing Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and an Exploration of Psychosocial Implications, Nori William and Devon Olsson
Theses from 2015
Knowledge and Attitude of Physicians, Cancer Patients and Public about Cancer Related Genetic Tests in Saudi Arabia, Lamia Fahad Alsubaie
American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Incidental Findings: Genetic Counselors’ Views on Disclosure, Sherry Mae Ancheta and RaeAnn Kragenbring
Becomeageneticcounselor.org: A Website to Facilitate Recruitment of African- Americans and Latinos into the Genetic Counseling Profession, Kara Anstett and Sharon Chen
Shadowing of Clinical Genetic Counselors as an Admissions Criteria for Genetic Counseling Programs, Sara Bermish-Bienenfeld, Rita Kodida, Sarah Kristofik, and Madeline Loomer-Vandersluis
An investigation into the potential clinical use of APOE testing in the population of athletes at risk for traumatic brain injury: A survey of athletes, Michelle Caudle, Diana Matviychuk, Matthew Herzog, Julie Griffin, and Jenna Tidwell
Addressing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Cultural Competency Gap in Genetic Counseling: A Curriculum Pilot Study, Katie Gallagher, Thomas Ward, and Amber Gamma
Evaluating the impact of group cancer genetic counseling sessions in the BRCA Community Study, Beth Georges, Ronit Lebor, and Anne Greb
Online Cognitive Assessment of 15q11.2 Deletion Carriers Reveals Domain Specific Impairments, Parisa Hemati
LEND-Genetics Fellows: Long-Term Assessment of Interdisciplinary Skills, Service and Leadership, Cathryn Koptiuch
Development of a Genetic Counseling Clinical Supervisor Evaluation Tool, Jacqueline Mattick, Mira Furgoch, Rebecca Sutton, and Sara Gilvary
Evaluation of the Impact Program, a Disability Immersion Experience, in Genetic Counseling Education, Xueying Qiao
NIPS + FTS = ?: A consideration of the next steps of prenatal screening, Emily Suskin
Diagnostic Dilemma: Mild and Moderate Forms of Osteogenesis Imperfecta, LEYLA TABANFAR
Views of Genetic Counselors on the Use of PGD for Social Sex Selection Purposes, Bi Liu Yu