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

• 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

Past research projects for our genetic counseling students

• 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)