Clinical and Research Genetic Counselor (GC) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Children's of Alabama Hospitals working primarily in Pediatrics. GC Team Lead for Pediatrics Clinics. Research concerns the Alabama Genomic Health Initiative (AGHI). Currently attending the following clinics: Pediatric General Genetics and Genetic Counseling Clinics, and UAB Marfan and Related Disorders Clinic with Pediatric Cardiology. Past clinics attended include: Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening Follow-up Clinic, Turner Syndrome and Metabolic Bone Clinics with Pediatric Endocrinology, Adult General Genetics Clinics, Cardiogenomics Clinic with Adult Cardiology, and genetic testing and counseling consult service for Adult Neurology.

Paid cardiogenomics consultant for My Gene Counsel. Worked to update and revise Living Lab Reports on known cardiomyopathy genes.

Conduct clinical research tasks such as scheduling patients for genetic counseling consultation following expanded carrier screening and oncology genetic testing and databasing PHI. Monitor scheduling and genetic counseling hotlines to answer patient and provider questions related to expanded carrier screening. Contact provider practices to confirm critical results and patient consents. Maintain database of clinical genetic information.

Conducted clinical research such as databasing, calling patients to collect information, pedigree creation, and organizing home test kit shipments. Primary research project is examined the heredity link between endometrial (uterine) cancer and Lynch syndrome in families.

Provided administrative support to the Director of Quality Initiatives, took minutes at executive committee meetings, wrote the health IT column for the monthly AAP newsletter, prepared budget reports, developed tracking documents, and prepared the division for the budget close of FY16-17.

Performed archival duties to organize, maintain, and provide access to historical research documents for the AAP.

Took customer orders, operated cash register, and fulfilled customer orders; trained new employees; assisted with opening/closing of store.