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Research Projects
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 current students
- Assessing recent genetic counseling program graduates for their perspectives on their multicultural counseling competency training by Baily Mallon
- Case Report Loeys-Dietz Syndrome by Deanna Fry
- Assessment of Patient Health Literacy in Genetic Counseling Sessions by Shannon Hefferan
- How do prenatal genetic counselors manage rare autosomal trisomies detected via NIPT by Hannah Jochem
- Barrier Genetic Counselors Encounter While Practicing in Rural United States by Taylor Smith
- Provision of Genetic Counseling for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Patients by Lindsey Orozco
- COVID-19 Impact on Practice of Clinical Genetic Counselors by Ann Faulkner
Research projects for our recent graduates students
- Education of Medical Examiners Regarding Postmortem Genetic Testing in Cases of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) and Sudden Unexplained Death (SUD) by Rachel Campagna (accepted 2020 NSGC Poster)
- Physician Opinions on Mosaicism in Preimplantation Genetic Screening and Genetic Counseling by Irene Ford (accepted 2020 NSGC Poster)
- 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 (accepted 2020 NSGC Poster)
- Understanding genetic counselors' perceptions of duty to warm by Lexi Lash
- 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 (preparing for publication)
- A Case Report on novel cancer associated with CHEK2 pathogenic variant by Kassi Brooks (preparing for publication)
- 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 (published)
- Primrose Syndrome Case Report and Literature Review by Caitlyn Ricks (preparing for publication)