{"id":106210,"date":"2025-05-16T12:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/106210\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:04:08","slug":"first-genetic-counseling-professional-science-masters-students-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/106210\/","title":{"rendered":"First Genetic Counseling Professional Science Master’s Students Graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first graduates from the University of Connecticut\u2019s Professional Science Master\u2019s (PSM) in genetic counseling were hooded last Tuesday. The program was ten years in the making and is the first such accredited program at a public university in New England.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching our first cohort graduate today was nothing short of incredible,\u201d says program director and UConn Health pediatric genetics counselor Maria Gyure. \u201cThese graduates didn\u2019t just complete a program \u2013 they helped build it. I couldn\u2019t be prouder to send them out into the world as the next generation of genetic counselors. We have no doubt they will serve as exemplary ambassadors for our program and make meaningful contributions to the communities they serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"StudentsFrom left to right: Samantha Wesoly, Lila Aiyar, Kathryn Cavanna, Heather Gaddy, Natalie Cartwright, Mariangelie Beaudry, Karina Mancini, Stephanie Auger, Matthew Ruegg, and Maria Gyure (Rachel O\u2019Neill\/UConn Photo)<\/p>\n

The two-year program is uniquely positioned to give students broad experience in both research and clinical genetics. The Genetic Counseling PSM is housed under the auspices of the Institute for Systems Genomics (ISG). The ISG includes researchers and clinicians at UConn Health, Connecticut Children\u2019s, and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine. Those relationships, along with others, allow students to participate in a series of 10-week fieldwork rotations throughout their training. Students are placed in clinical rotations in diverse areas, including prenatal, pediatric, cancer, cardiovascular, and metabolic genetic counseling, as well as a laboratory rotation. An enrichment rotation gives students the opportunity to tailor a fieldwork experience aligned with their individual interests, in specialty clinics, industry, and advocacy.<\/p>\n

They are also required to take part in a genetic research project beginning in the second semester.\u00a0This graduating class focused on areas including forensic genetic genealogy, the human right to health, barriers to newborn genomic research, underrepresented populations in rare disease research, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe graduating class of 2025 represents a remarkable achievement, not only for the outstanding students in the program, but for the leadership and faculty that have made this program possible,\u201d says ISG director Rachel O\u2019Neill.<\/p>\n

UConn\u2019s tuition is generally more affordable than the private university genetic counseling programs elsewhere in the region, making it more accessible for potential students. Interested potential students are encouraged to look at the program\u2019s homepage <\/a>as applications open in the fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first graduates from the University of Connecticut\u2019s Professional Science Master\u2019s (PSM) in genetic counseling were hooded last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3846],"tags":[267,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-106210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114517420819291195","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}