Capstone Project Abstracts
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Class of 2013
An Exploration of the Availability of Perinatal Palliative Care Services: Services Genetic Counselors Provide When No Formal Perinatal Palliative Care Service is Available By Erin Eaton
Perceptions of Self-Efficacy in Select Supervision Competencies Among Clinical Supervisors in Genetic Counseling By Sabra Ledare Finley
Billing, Reimbursement, and Barriers of the Genetic Counseling CPT Code: The North Carolina Experience. By Rebecca Fowler
Application of the NSGC Practice Guidelines for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genetic Counseling to Male Patients. By Kati L. Joseph
Standardization of Nuchal Translucency Assessments: Cutoffs, Recommendations and Counseling Approaches. By Amy Kendall
Knowledge, Understanding and Coping Strategies of Siblings of Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. By Rebecca A. Okashah
Needs Assessment and Evaluation of Resources Available to Couples Following Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Indications. By Anna Wesseler
Class of 2012
Exploring Genetic Counseling Licensure in North Carolina: Current Attitudes and Pursuits of Licensure Borth Nationally and Locally. By Michelle Burch
Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: A systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. By Natanya Fleming
Strategies to Increase Student Awareness of Genetic Counseling as a Career Option as Perceived by High School Science Teachers. By Brittney N. Guerrero
Coping Mechanisms in Fathers of Children with Mucopolysaccharidoses. By Julie D. Jesiolowski
The Natural History of Pregnancies Diagnosed with Down Syndrome: Developing Counseling and Pregnancy Management Guidelines. By Courtney Kiss
The Incorporation of Predictive Genomic Testing into Genetic Counseling Programs. By Ryan Noss
College Students’ Knowledge of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). By Sara Wienke
Exploring the Relationship Between Diagnoses of Congenital Anomalies or Genetic Conditions and Postpartum Depression: A Retrospective Study. By Meagan Wisenhart
Class of 2011
Assessment and Resource Development for the NC Neurofibromatosis Support Group By Amy Furches Blevins
Cutaneous Melanoma Risk Factors and Risk Perceptions: A Comparison between Positive Family History and Negative Family History Melanoma Patients. By Jessica Bogacik
Development of an Interview Guide to Assess Parental Disclosure of a 22q11 Deletion Syndrome Diagnosis to the Child as well as Informational and Support Needs. By Dana Faux
Increasing Undergraduate Student Awareness of Genetic Counseling as a Career Choice. By Melanie Hardy
Descriptive Life Experiences of Adults with Myelomeningocele By Kelly McMahon
Knowledge and Attitudes of Pharmacists on Pharmacogenetics By Michael Osborne
Public Health Genetic Counselors: Roles, Knowledge, Skills and Where to Learn. By Mallory Schultz
Impact of EGAPP Recommendations for Colorectal Cancer Genetic Testing On Genetic Counseling Sessions. By Emily Walsh
Class of 2010
Conceptualizations of “Genetic Disease’ Among Undergraduates: How Common are Beliefs in Genetic Exceptionalism, Really? By Deanne Alexis Carrere
North Carolina Primary Care Providers Awareness, Perceptions, Experience and use of Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests. By Whitney Cogswell
Talking to Those Who Have Been There: Identifying Barriers to Adult Health Care for Individuals with Phenylketonuria. By Kristen Cornell
Evaluation of Biotech 101: An Educational Outreach Program in Genetics and Biotechnology. By Kelly M East
Genetic Counseling Inter-personal and Intra-personal Individual Variability in Risk Assessment and Prediction of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations. By Courtney McGuire
Factors Influencing Patient Decisions to Decline Prenatal Genetic Counseling: A Pilot Study. By Theresa Mihalic
The Relationship Between Nuchal Fold Measurement and Ethnicity. By Holly Taylor
Pregnancy Outcomes in Survivors of Abdominal Wall Defects. By Brooke Rush
Class of 2009
Informational and Logistical Needs of Women with BRCA Mutations Post-Results Disclosure. By Angie Anido
Practice Patterns of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in North Carolina Regarding Screening and Testing for Aneuploidy. By Lori Carpenter
A Survey of Patient
Goals and Outcomes in the Adult Genetic Counseling Session. By Katie Farmer
Follow-up Support: How
State-Level Newborn Screening Programs Educate the Parents of Newborns
Identified as Carriers of Cystic Fibrosis. By Kate Major
Prevalence of Major
Aneuploidy Markers for Down Syndrome in the Hispanic Population. By Lindsay Presley
Development of a Genetic Counseling Career Assessment Tool: Finding the Right Fit. By Diana Smith
Genetic Counselors’ Knowledge and Utilization of the Implications of the Cognitive and Behavioral Phenotype of Fragile X Syndrome. By Asheley Supik
Development of a Resource for Genetic Counselors Addressing Guidelines and Ethical Issues in Genetics Research. By Tomi Toler
Class of 2008
Multiple Role Relationships in the Training of Genetic Counseling Students. By Leah Betman
Genetic Counseling Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Individual
Variability in Risk Assessment and Prediction of BRCA1 and BRCA2
Mutations. By Claire Healy
The Student Perspective
of Clinical Supervision for the Training of Genetic Counselors. By Beth Hudson
Determining the Level of Audience Interest in Journal Podcasting. By Tanya Lehfeldt
Methods of educating Physicians About Uncommon Genetic Disorders: The Stickler Syndrome Awareness Project. By Rachel Mills
Knowing your
“Beginnings” Make for Better “Endings”: Community Outreach and The Importance
of Family Health History. By Jackie Powers
Patient Perceptions of Usefulness of Cancer Genetic Counseling Summary Letters. By Emily Rettner
A Medical Records Review of Pregnancy Outcomes of Patients with Type I Gaucher Disease Either On or Off Enzyme Replacement Therapy. By Kate Watson
Class of 2007
Prevelence and Patient Satisfaction of Telephoned BRCA1/2 Genetic Test Results. By Larisa Baumanis
Stem Cell Transplantation for the treatment of Krabbe disease: An update for Practicing Genetic Counselors. By Rebecca Crimian
Development of a JEMF Proposal to Identify Core Areas of Knowledge, Competencies and Personal Traits that Promote Effective Genetic Counseling Student Supervisors. By Kim Guthrie
Are Health Professional Advisors an Under-Utilized Resource for Recruiting Students and Diversity into the Genetic Counseling Field? By Amanda Noyes
Treatment Options for
Patients with MPSII (Hunter Syndrome) and MPS III (Sanfilippo Syndrome): How Do Families Make the Choice? By Amanda Padro
A Comparison of African
American and Caucasian Women: With Whom They Share BRCA1/2 Genetic Testing Results and
Why. By Kacey Platky
How African American men share prostate cancer risk with family members: a pilot study. By Linda Smith
Class of 2006
Genetic Counselor's
Attitudes Towards Anonymous Testing for BRCA 1/2. By Tammy Ader
A Pilot study screen for
prevalence of iron deficiency in child with Down syndrome. By Melissa Alderdice
Giving Good Information: Health Literacy and a 3 MCC Deficiency Educational Brochure. By Amanda Buglio
Development of a Female
Adolescent Sibling Support Group. By Katie Fritinger
Characterization of Preoccupations in Children with Williams syndrome. By Christine McPhillips
Improving Patient Care Through the Use of Genetic Testing Forms that Adhere to Professional Recommendations. By Alice Kraemer Tanner
The Support Needs and Barriers of Minorities: Hispanic Families and the Down Syndrome Network of Central Carolina. By K. Gayle Simpson
Nondirectiveness Genetic Counselors
Perceptions, Practice and Purpose: . By Sarah Von Schuch
