Our Advisory Board guides the program’s development, implementation, and ongoing evaluation. Its members are familiar with the genetic counseling profession and the communities our graduates serve They meet annually to review the program and recommend improvements. In keeping with ACGC standards, the board includes program leadership and faculty, at least one member with lived or professional experience with populations underrepresented in genetic counseling, a board-certified medical geneticist, and at least one member external to the program and university.

1	Jaclyn Beirne, MD	Division Chief, UConn Health Medical Genetics; Medical Geneticist, UConn Health
2	Pamela Chudzik, MA	Community member and advocate for the Cystic Fibrosis Community
3	Emily Germain-Lee, MD	Professor of Pediatrics, UConn Health; Head, Academic Affairs & Research, Pediatric Endocrinology, CT Children’s; Director of Center for Rare Bone Disorders, Albright Center, OI Center, Scientific Center for Rare Disease
4	Brenton Graveley, PhD	Professor and Chair, Genetics and Genome Sciences Health Net, Inc. Endowed Chair in Genetics and Developmental Biology, UConn Health
5	Mark Greenstein, MD	Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut
6	Charles Lee, PhD, FACMG	Associate Dean of Translational Genomics and Professor of Genetics and Genome Science in the School of Medicine
7	Ellen Matloff, MS, CGC	President and CEO of My Gene Counsel
8	Carly Murphy, MS, LCGC	Assistant Director, Utilization Management, Labcorp
9	Emily Smith, MS, LCGC	Cancer Genetic Counselor, Hartford Healthcare
10	Joseph Tucker, MD	Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Genetics, and Pediatrics, UConn Health; Medical Geneticist, UConn Health, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center