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UConn launches state-based genetic counseling master’s program and asks rare-disease groups for training partnerships
Summary
Leslie Bennett, cochair of the Rare Disease Advisory Council, introduced Maria Gayera and Leila Iyer from the University of Connecticut, who said UConn’s new genetic counseling master’s program graduated its first cohort in May and is designed as an online, state-based pipeline for genetic counselors.
Leslie Bennett, cochair of the Rare Disease Advisory Council, introduced Maria Gayera and Leila Iyer from the University of Connecticut’s genetic counseling program, who told council members the program graduated its first cohort in May and is intended to expand access to genetics services across Connecticut.
Maria Gayera, program director for the Genetic Counseling Program at UConn, said the program is the only genetic counseling program housed in a public institution in New England and that being state-based helps reduce tuition costs for regional students. “We just graduated our very first cohort,” Gayera said. “One of our key goals is to really create a pipeline … of genetic professionals to help better serve our community.”
Gayera and Leila Iyer, assistant program director and fieldwork coordinator, described an online, asynchronous didactic curriculum and a…
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