MGC News

Every February, advocates and organizations from the rare diseases community meet in Washington, D.C., for Rare Disease Week. EveryLife Foundation hosts the conference that prepares attendees to meet with lawmakers and advocate for policies that impact rare diseases. This year’s Rare Disease Week resulted in 332 meetings with members of… Read More

As part of 2023 Commencement, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Master of Genetic Counseling program presented sevreral faculty awards. Congratulations to the honorees. Excellence in Mentoring:  Katherine Anderson Presented to a faculty member who embodies personal and professional mentorship of genetic counseling students, this year’s Excellence in… Read More

Genetic counseling student Dave Baker completed cancer genetics rotations in each of Tennessee’s Grand Divisions By: Lexie Little Dave Baker looked out at the road ahead. Nearly three hours of his five-hour drive between Kalispell and Bozeman, Montana, had passed since leaving the clinic where he shadowed genetic counselor… Read More

Students in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine master of genetic counseling program match with peer mentors and mentees to establish a sense of community By: Lexie Little As Kelsey Schulz waited to enter their classroom at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) for the first time, they drummed their… Read More

Perinatal Genetic Counselor Carly Smith, MGC, LCGC helps families along the West Coast by Lexie Little In 2021, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) celebrated the graduation of its first class of genetic counselors. The Master of Genetic Counseling program launched in 2019. Each member of the… Read More