Kelly has worked at Duke for over 12 years and currently serves patients through the Undiagnosed Diseases Network. After graduation she worked as a lab counselor at LabCorp for 3 years. When she joined Duke in 2008, she coordinated the 22q11 deletion syndrome clinical and research program and enjoyed leading… Continue reading…
Adam Buchanan spent 10 years at the Duke Cancer Institute after graduating from UNCG. While there he helped to set up telehealth cancer genetics clinics in rural North Carolina and led associated research. In 2014 he moved (remotely) to Geisinger Health, where as an assistant professor in the Genomic Medicine… Continue reading…
Shelly’s first job after graduation in 2004 was at Duke University in the Department of Pediatrics. After having her first son, she took a position at Rex Cancer Center in Raleigh. Her family then moved to Illinois where Shelly had her second son and started a hereditary cancer genetics program… Continue reading…
After graduating from UNCG, Rachel worked as a Cancer Genetic Counselor at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut for 10 years where she not only counseled patients, but also taught medical school and nursing students, helped to supervise genetic counseling students, and oversaw the scheduling and referrals to… Continue reading…
Jennifer has been practicing in the Indianapolis area since graduation. Her first role in the area was in prenatal, followed by almost 7 years in neurogenetics. She then spent 2 years working remotely for a neuro based lab before returning to prenatal. She has supervised many classes of genetic counseling… Continue reading…
After graduating from UNCG, Christina moved to the eastside of Cleveland, OH and married her husband, Frank. They now have three sons who keep them busy with all their athletic endeavors. Her family recently returned from an adventurous trip to national parks and the Rocky Mountains, as travel continues to… Continue reading…
Eddie is originally from Madison Heights, VA. He completed his undergraduate degree at the College of William and Mary. After graduation from UNCG, he worked as a laboratory genetic counselor in the Genetic Services department at LabCorp. In 2006, he moved to the position of Technical Supervisor where he was… Continue reading…
Following graduation in 2003, Ashley took a Director position at the Hereditary Cancer Program at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Two years later, a newly formed biopharmaceutical company, BioMarin Pharmaceutical was looking to start a medical affairs division with 3 genetic counselors as Medical Science Liaisons. Thus, in 2005, Ashley… Continue reading…
Following graduation in 2003, Tracey worked at Duke University Medical Center as a research genetic counselor/study coordinator in the laboratory of Douglas A. Marchuk, PhD and also as a clinical genetic counselor in the Duke Hereditary Cancer Clinic. She joined Ambry Genetics as a cancer reporting genetic counselor in 2014…. Continue reading…
After graduation, Heidi worked as a genetic counselor at Duke University for 17 years. Most of her genetic counseling career at Duke was spent as part of multidisciplinary research groups, such as the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, utilizing advanced genomic technologies to elucidate the genetic basis of rare diseases. In January,… Continue reading…