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Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Sunnyvale, California, United States

- Engaging in medical and scientific outreach to key stakeholder groups including healthcare providers, healthcare organizations, academic institutions, professional and scientific organizations, policy and governmental bodies, and consumer advocacy groups - Establishing and maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders - Providing genetics and clinical support for HCPs by answering questions and developing content themes for 23andMe’s Healthcare Professionals website - Participating in the promotion of CME materials and programs by developing strategic initiatives with external partners- Facilitating the utilization of 23andMe as a personal genetic testing experiential learning opportunity in the classroom and for healthcare providers and other stakeholder groups - Participating in genetic counseling student industry rotation through educational activities, mentorship, and supervision

Columbus, Ohio, United States

- Providing asynchronous supervision for first-year graduate students completing a standardized patient prenatal genetic counseling rotation.- Conducting in-depth reviews of recorded standardized patient sessions, offering constructive feedback to enhance students' clinical and communication skills.- Orchestrating scheduled case preparation meetings, guiding students in thorough preparation for diverse prenatal genetic counseling scenarios.- Assessing and providing feedback on students' documentation skills, emphasizing accuracy, clarity, and adherence to professional standards.- Participating in the development and implementation of assessment strategies to measure student performance and the effectiveness of the rotation.- Utilizing feedback mechanisms to continuously refine and improve the educational experience for future cohorts.

Sioux Falls, Sd | San Diego, Ca

The ASGCGP Board shapes the graduate program by evaluating successes, considering future improvements, and assessing program alignment to accreditation standards.

San Diego, California, United States

- Designed, produced, and implemented reproductive health multimedia content for a novel, digital patient platform using a variety of tools including, but not limited to, video, YouTube, chat, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and podcasting.- Drove innovation in genetic counseling and reproductive health communications, both in clinical encounters as well as in digital and social media marketing endeavors.- Partnered with Commercial Operations to improve performance with policies, processes, and technologies that enabled our teams to provide consistently excellent support in the e-commerce and telehealth space.- Evolved staffing strategy to optimize JunoDx customer satisfaction, response time, productivity, and effectiveness.- Supported clinical laboratory operations in shaping the next generation of prenatal testing.- Developed, monitored, and reported on continuous quality improvement activities.- Established strategic vision for advancing genetic counseling professional practices at JunoDx.- Established a culture of performance by clearly setting and communicating goals throughout the organization.- Provided in-depth genetic counseling to JunoDx members, offering risk assessments for each pregnancy and providing supportive counseling to JunoDx members with high-risk results.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

- Provided exceptional clinical care to all patients presenting for reproductive genetics care at JHH, including optimizing the provision of telehealth genetic counseling services to safely promote equitable reproductive genetic counseling care in Maryland.- Provided reproductive genetics education for obstetrician/gynecologists at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center so that expanded carrier screening could be accessible for all patients, not just those receiving GC services.- Identified, developed, and implemented more structured reproductive genetics educational opportunities for GYN/OB residents and Maternal-Fetal Medicine post-doctoral fellows, in addition to providing clinical supervision for MFM fellows, GYN/OB residents, medical students, and genetic counseling graduate students.- Engaged in medical genetics/genetic counseling research through multiple avenues, including but not limited to cross-disciplinary collaboration and scientific publication, participation in the national Fetal Sequencing Consortium, and leadership within the NSGC Practice Guidelines for Expanded Carrier Screening.

Baltimore, Md

- Provided exceptional clinical care to all patients presenting for reproductive genetics care at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.- Provided classroom instruction and clinical supervision to Maternal-Fetal Medicine post-doctoral fellows, GYN/OB residents, medical students, and genetic counseling graduate students.

Houston, Texas, United States

- Observed laboratory genetic counseling, created chromosomal microarray reports, and classified whole exome sequencing variants.

Houston, Tx

- Assisted with study recruitment and data collection.- Entered hand-drawn pedigrees into Progeny software.- Abstracted relevant medical data from electronic medical records and entered it into appropriate research databases.

Houston, Texas, United States

I completed my cancer genetic counseling clinical training at the following institutions/clinics: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, & Harris Health Smith Clinic.- Counseled patients with personal or family histories suggestive of a variety of hereditary cancer syndromes.- Gathered detailed, cancer-focused family histories to determine differential diagnoses and identify other at-risk family members.- Applied NCCN guidelines to ensure proper use of genetic testing and provide appropriate surgical and/or screening recommendations.

Houston, Texas, United States

I completed my prenatal genetic counseling clinical training at the following institutions/clinics: University of Texas Maternal Fetal Medicine Center, Memorial Hermann Hospital System, Harris Health System, Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor Genetics, & Texas Children's Pavilion for Women.- Counseled pregnant and preconception patients on a variety of indications, including advanced maternal age, positive serum screening and non-invasive prenatal testing results, ultrasound abnormalities, chromosome abnormalities, recurrent miscarriages, histories of infertility, and family histories of a hereditary condition. - Offered carrier screening, first trimester screening, noninvasive prenatal testing, and options for prenatal diagnosis

Houston, Texas, United States

I completed my medical & pediatric genetic counseling clinical training at the following institutions/clinics: University of Texas Physicians Medical Genetics Clinic, Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Center, Harris Health System, Shriners Hospital for Children.- Obtained patients’ family histories, completed a detailed intake, and carried out a limited physical exam in both the outpatient and inpatient/NICU/PICU settings.- Counseled adult and pediatric patients with a history of a genetic indication on the condition’s natural history, available testing, appropriate management, and recurrence risk in future pregnancies. - Consented patients for appropriate testing, including metabolic profile analysis, karyotyping, FISH, chromosomal microarray, whole exome sequencing, and research options

Master'S Degree, Genetic Counseling/Counselor

Activities and Societies: Houston Walk to End Mitochondrial Disease, Houston Walk to End Huntington Disease

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biopsychology & Counseling

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi, Active Minds, Special Olympics, NCAA Division III Swimming, Department of Psychology - Work Study.

B.S., Psychology; B.S., Biology; Honors Minor

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi, Beta Beta Beta, Psychology Club, Student Honors Association, Student Honors Association Activities.