Highlights and Awardees

Awardees

MS in Genetic Counseling Program Award for Student Capstone Project

• Aljoharah Alaskar (2023)
  Experiential and Religious Factors Associated With Acceptability of Prenatal Testing Among Muslim Women in the US: A Cross-Sectional Study
• Dayna Richards (2022)
  The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Black Women’s Engagement with Genetic Counseling and Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome

MS in Genetic Counseling Program Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Aparna Murali, MS, CGC (2023)
  Licensed Certified Genetic Counselor
  Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Jessica Kianmahd Shamshoni, MS, CGC (2022)
  Licensed Certified Genetic Counselor
  Pediatrics

MS in Genetic Counseling Program Award for Exceptional Contributions

• Janet Sinsheimer, PhD (2022)
  Professor
  Human Genetics
• Clara Lajonchere, PhD (2022)
  Adjunct Professor
  Neurology
• Naghmeh Dorrani, MS, CGC (2021)
  Associate Clinical Professor
  Pediatrics

MS in Genetic Counseling Program Award for Excellence in Fieldwork Supervision

• Tara Jones, MS, CGC (2023)
  Licensed Certified Genetic Counselor
  Cedars-Sinai
• Aparna Murali, MS, CGC (2022)
  Licensed Certified Genetic Counselor
  Obstetrics and Gynecology

Association for Genetic Counseling Program Directors Outstanding Fieldwork Supervisor Award from MS in Genetic Counseling Program

• Aparna Murali, MS, CGC (2022)
  Licensed Certified Genetic Counselor
  Obstetrics and Gynecology