Students are required to complete a customized Capstone Project.  This is an opportunity for students to select a topic of interest and build their own research project.  Students will work with a customized advisory committee of program leadership, faculty, and genetic counselors to complete this aspect of their training. 

Research projects for our current students

• Education of Medical Examiners Regarding Postmortem Genetic Testing in Cases of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) and Sudden Unexplained Death (SUD) by Rachel Campagna
  • Additional SCD Educational Material.pdf

• Physician Opinions on Mosaicism in Preimplantation Genetic Screening and Genetic Counseling by Irene Ford

• The Effects of Practicing Mindfulness on Levels of Compassion Fatigue in Genetic Counselors by Cartney Knecht

• Comparing Genetic Counseling Admissions Processes: Pre- and Post Third Pary National Matching Service by Audrey Samuelson

• Factors Influencing Current and Prospective Genetic Counselors’ Awareness of and Preparation for the Genetic Counseling Profession by Amanda Hoff

• Strategies that Counselors Use to Prepare for New Specialty Positions by Ellen Fellers

• Factors Contributing to Patient Engagemetn in Services Following Consumer-Initied Genetic Testing by Sami Witt

• Factors that inform genetic counseling students' personal opinions about abortion by Courtney Schuiteman

• Understanding genetic counselors' perceptions of duty to warm by Lexi Lash

Past research projects for our genetic counseling students

• Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patient Knowledge Assessment by Samantha Toy
• Genetic Counseling Perspectives of Current Informed Consent for Prenatal Screening by Courtney Asman
• Dissecting the Role of Genetic Counselors in Patient Informed Consent for Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) by Nicole Collins
• Patient Reported Outcome Measurement as a Treatment Tool in Genetic Counseling by Katherine Ross
• A Case Study of Prenatal Liver Tumor Presentation in Simpson-Golabi-Behmel Syndrome by Brooke Sample
• A Case Report on novel cancer associated with CHEK2 pathogenic variant by Kassi Brooks
• Sources of Patient Education and Knowledge of Genetic Contributions to Diabetes by Adam Stucke
• Patient Understanding of Variants of Uncertain Significance by Jessica Caboatje
• Primary Care Provider Use of Family History for Referral Strategies to Genetics/Genetic Counseling by Caroline Estes
• Factors Influencing the Information on Prenatal Diagnosable Disabilities Given to Parents by Trisha Neidlinger
• Trends in Options Discussed During Prenatal Genetic Counseling Session by Miranda Ruben (Poster at NSGC 2018)
• Hereditary Sensory Autonomic Neuropathy (HSAN) Rase report and Literature Review by Kyra Firestone (under review for publication)
• Primrose Syndrome Case Report and Literature Review by Caitlyn Ricks (preparing for publication)