Genetic Counselors Catherine Mayo and Kira Dineen discuss this year’s NSGC conference in Chicago including their favorite sessions.
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#216 African American Ancestry with Nicka Smith
Pro genealogist Nicka Smith discusses direct to consumer DNA testing and its role in retracing African American Ancestry.
#210 Reproductive Medicine Family History with Tristan Hardy
Dr. Tristan Hardy provides an overview of reproductive medicine focusing on the relevant aspects of biological family health history.
#190 PhenoTips: Gender Affirming Care in Genetic Counseling
Perspectives from a trans patient advocate and prenatal/cancer genetic counselors about pedigrees, terminology, and overall gender affirming care.
#86 Dr. Michael Fossel on the Telomere Theory of Aging
The world’s foremost expert on the clinical use of telomerase for age-related diseases.
#81 Irina Brooke on BRCA2
Patient advocate shares advice from her genetic testing/counseling and breast cancer journey.
#80 Rafi Mendelsohn on DNA Quest for Adoptees
Biological families reunited through MyHeritage's free DNA testing initiative.
#76 Amy Sturm on Cardiac Genetic Counseling
Discuss red flags for inherited cardiovascular disease, genetic cascade screening, prevention/risk reduction and notifying at-risk relatives of patients.
#56 Brianne Kirkpatrick on Ancestry Genetic Testing
Entrepreneur/genetic counselor discusses the importance of family health history awareness month, ancestry DNA testing and other direct-to-consumer genetic tests.
#36 BRCA UCONN Event
I recap the UCONN BRCA event I MCed. It featured a panel of experts including a Certified Genetic Counselor Robin Schwartz, members of the department of Public Health Genomics Advisory, Physicians and Cancer survivors.