Faculty Bio: 

Jenny Geurts, MS, CGC is the Genetic Counseling Program Director in the Institute for Health & Equity at MCW.  She has been practicing cancer genetic counseling over the past 14+ years with an emphasis in pancreatic and endocrine disease.  She also serves as the Associate Director of Genetic Counseling for the Genomic Sciences & Precision Medicine Center.

• This course will discuss the construction of family pedigrees, factors influencing phenotype and inheritance patterns, and informed decision-making in genetic counseling.

Readings:

• Standardized pedigree nomenclature update centered on sex and gender inclusivity: A practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1621 ​

• Jorde LB, Carey, Bamshad. Medical Genetics. Chapter 4, section: Factors that affect expression of disease-causing genes​

• Genetic Counseling and the Central Tenets of Practice doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a038968