2022 MDCGC Annual Education Conference Slides & Recordings

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Keynote Speaker: Empathy as a Bias Mitigation Strategy - Cheri C. Wilson, MA, MHS, CPHQ – Program Director, Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity, Johns Hopkins Medicine

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A web-based approach to teaching and assessing genetic counseling students' patient-centered communication skills: results from a national, randomized trial and implications for clinical supervisors, educators, and students - Chenery Lowe, ScM, CGC, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Polygenic risk and result return for individuals with treatment resistant depression - Rachel Gore, ScM, CGC and Jia Yan, MS, PhD, CGC – NIAID Centralized Sequencing Program

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Filling the Gaps: Assessing the Role of NGS Backbone Design in Test Quality - Kim Gall, MSc, CGC and Colleen Schmitt, MGC, CGC - Blueprint Genetics

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Review of complex NIPT cases and implications for patient management - Kelly Curd, MS, M.Ed., CGC, - Labcorp

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Empowering families through hereditary cancer testing: Clinical updates through interesting cases Matt Burgess MAPP, FHGSA - Natera

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Looking Ahead to Licensure - Carolyn D. Applegate, MGC, CGC – Genetic Counselor Manager, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Practical Applications of Behavior Change Models for Adults with Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEMs) - Kendra Bjoraker, Ph.D., L.P. – Pediatric Neuropsychologist, 3:1 Neuropsychology Consultants, PLLC - Chiesi

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Spirituality, Healing & What Chaplains Do - Rev. David Harness – Staff Chaplain for Women’s & Children’s Health, University of Maryland Medical Center

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MDCGC scholarship winners from 2021

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  • Evaluating reproductive justice advocacy efforts of genetic counselors and family planning providers - Hannah Johnstonbaugh, MGC, CGC – University of Maryland School of Medicine

  • Exploring the Perceptions of Community Members in Baltimore from Primarily Underrepresented Groups Regarding the My Healthy Maryland Study - Michelle Raymond, MSW, MGC, CGC– GeneDx