Genetic counselor Catherine Mayo and student Ariel Modeste perform a mock cancer genetic counseling session.
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#302 DNA Dialogues: Gender-Affirming Terminology and Hereditary Cancer Care
DNA Dialogues episode discussing the importance of gender-inclusive language in genetic counseling and the specific challenges transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals face in accessing hereditary cancer care.
#259 NSGC 2023 Recap and Reflections
Genetic Counselors Catherine Mayo and Kira Dineen discuss this year’s NSGC conference in Chicago including their favorite sessions.
#239 Duty To Warn with Janice Berliner
Genetic Counselor Janice Berliner shares about her second genetics novel, “In Good Conscience”.
#238 Secondary Findings with Caralynn Wilczewski and Andrea Alvarez
Genetic testing secondary findings and a study exploring what they mean for the patients who receive them. Learn more in this 30 minute podcast episode with a patient advocate and an expert from the NIH.
#237 Digital Tools for Cancer Outreach with Michelle Bowman
Australian cancer genetic counselor, Michelle Bowman discusses utilizing digital tools to reach patients who can benefit from cancer genetic counseling.
#230 Cancer Pharmacogenetics with Dr. Jamie Fettig
Dr. Jamie Fettig, Founder/CEO of TrueGene Diagnostics, shares how his team is eliminating variants of unknown significance and pharmacogenetics in oncology.
#212 NSGC Recap 2022
Our reflection of the 41st annual National Society of Genetic Counselors conference including favorite sessions and what we learned in Nashville.
#199 Prostate Cancer Genetics with Heather Cheng
Dr. Heather Cheng, prostate cancer expert, discusses the PROMISE Study for prostate cancer patients.
#175 Hereditary Cancer Variant Network with Brian Shirts
Dr. Brian Shirts discusses ConnectMyVariant and the importance of connecting individuals with the same cancer variants.
#169 Cytogenomics with Phase Genomics
Next generation cytogenomic applications in the reproductive genetics and oncology spaces are explored with Dr. Ivan Liachko and Dr. Stephen Eacker.
#168 Polygenic Risk Scores with Giordano Bottà
Allelica CEO and Co-Founder explains the power of PRS to assess people’s risk of common diseases.
#167 PhenoTips: Future of Cancer Genetics
Dr. Banu Arun and Dr. Mark Robson discuss how to prepare practitioners for the future of cancer genetics in this installment of the PhenoTips Speaker Series.
#165 Sequencing for Cancer Risk with Sandra Balladares
Scientist and breast cancer survivor explores how to utilize Illumina’s sequencing technology to assess inherited cancer risk.
#134 Dr. Kat Arney on Cancer Evolution
Author of “Rebel Cell” book explores viewing cancer through an evolutionary lens.
#132 DTC Series: Michael Schnall-Levin on Single Cell Sequencing
Founding Scientist at 10x Genomics shares genetic testing technology including next-gen sequencing and bioinformatics.
#95 Kieger Family on Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
Author Laura Kieger and her son, Dr. Alexander Kieger, share their family’s courageous, century-long struggle with a rare genetic cancer syndrome.
#93 Team Telomere
A community for telomere biology disorders discusses dyskeratosis congenita.
#33 Syndromes Raise Cancer Risk
What are syndromes that elevates one’s risk for developing cancer? There are many different conditions, this episode highlights Cowden’s Syndrome, Lynch Syndrome and Li-Fraumeni Syndrome.
#19 Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative
President Barack Obama proposed the Precision Medicine Initiative. It has a $215 million investment in the President’s 2016 Budget.