University of Utah Hooding of Masters of Genetic Counseling, May 22, 2010
The graduating class of genetic counselors, receive their hoods and diplomas at the commencement ceremony of May 22, 2010.
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Meet Lisa and Sherrl: Genetic Counseling
Lisa Owens was stunned when her cousin was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, but the situation took a more personal turn when genetic testing revealed that she and her mother, Sherrl Wenzel, carried the gene that increased their risk of contracting ovarian or breast cancer from less than one to 94 percent. In this Children’s Channel video podcast, Lisa and Sherrl share the story of how a visit to the Center for Genetics and Metabolism changed, and possibly saved, their lives.
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What life is like for those married to genetic counseling students.
Ask The Experts About Genetic Counselors
Maria asks…
why do genetic counselors need information about many generations of a family in order to draw conclusions abo?
admin answers:
Generally I wouldn’t say that genetic counselors ‘need information about many generations of a family.’ Usually they probably work with 3 – 4 generations, and most people probably don’t have much info farther back than their grandparents or maybe their great grandparents.
That said, I guess the answer is that the more generations the counselors have reliable info about, the better counseling they can provide.
Also note that in many cases, they only need info about siblings – i.e. If one sibling is born with fragile X syndrome or develops Huntington’s disease, then the counselor can offer pretty good info about the risks to additional children without needing to know much else.
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Benefits of Genetic Counseling
Thea Johnson, Affinity’s genetic counselor; Brenda, a cancer patient; and Karen, Brenda’s sister, discuss how genetic counseling impacted Brenda’s treatment plan. The family has made preventative health a focus after going through the genetic counseling process. To learn more about genetic counseling, visit www.affinityhealth.org
From www.beetmedicine.tv Breast and ovarian cancers are among the few diseases where a blood test can demonstrate whether a woman has a mutation of genes BRCA1 and 2 which are specific and predict for hereditary cancer. Shivani Nazareth, a genetics counselor, describes who should be tested, what can be learned from the blood test and why it useful in making decisions about treatments whether it is positive or negative. — Peter Pressman, MD About our interviewee: Shivani Nazareth, MS, is a Certified Genetic Counselor at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
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