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Bruce R. Haas, M.S., C.G.C., CLSp(CG) - Chairman and Assistant Professor of Genetic Counseling (2006).  B.A. Marquette University, 1980;  M.S., Sarah Lawrence College, 1993. Diplomate, American Board of Genetic Counseling; NCA, Clinical Laboratory Specialist: Cytogenetics.  Research and Teaching Interests: hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndromes, hemoglobinopathies, hemophilias and thrombophilias, cytogenetics, Bayesian, trinucleotide repeat disorders.

Noelle R. Agan, M.S., C.G.C. -  Instructor
.  B.A., Miami University (OH), 1994: M.S., University of Texas Health Science Center, 1997; Diplomate, American Board of Genetic Counseling.
Research and Teaching Interests: ethics, psychosocial issues, clinical supervision, telemedicine, distance learning.

Shannon N. Barringer, M.S., C.G.C. -  Instructor.  B.A., University of Virginia, 1994: M.S., Indiana University, 1997; Diplomate, American Board of Genetic Counseling.
Research and Teaching Interests: psychosocial issues, clinical supervision, genetic education/counseling methodology, perinatal bereavement, congenital abdominal wall defects.

Becky B. Butler, M.S.S.W., L.C.S.W. - Instructor, and Director of MAGEC
M.S.S.W., Social Work, University of Texas, Arlington; B.A., Sociology, Baylor University; Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Arkansas, 1983.
Research and Teaching Interests:
innovative educational and clinical delivery models for genetics, telemedicine development, genetic program development, ethical and psychosocial implications of genetic testing, prenatal diagnosis.

Elizabeth A. Conover, M.S., C.G.C - Adjunct Assistant Professor (UNMC)
M.S., Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison; M.S.N., University of Nebraska, Omaha; B.S., Biology, Michigan State University; B.S.N., Case Western Reserve University; Diplomate, American Board of Medical Genetics, 1987; Diplomate, American Board of Genetic Counseling.
Research and Teaching Interests:
teratology, preconceptional health education.

Susan Hassed, M.S., C.G.C. - Adjunct Assistant Professor (OUHSC)
M.S., Biophysics and Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; B.A., Biology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Diplomate, American Board of Medical Genetics, 1990; Diplomate, American Board of Genetic Counseling, 1993.
Research and Teaching Interests:
Director of M.S. program in Genetic Counseling at OUHSC, cytogenetics, renal agenesis, Turner syndrome.

Stephen G. Kahler, M.D. - Professor
M.D., Duke; A.B., Biology,  Princeton University; Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 1979; American Board of Medical Genetics, 1982.  Fellowship-UNC-Chapel Hill (Medical Genetics).  Medical Geneticist, UAMS/Department of Pediatrics and Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
Research and Teaching Interests:
 inborn errors of metabolism, newborn screening, autism, metabolic basis of malformations, pediatric malformation syndromes. 

Lenna Levitch, M.S., C.G.C - Assistant Professor (Kansas)
M.S., Human Genetics, Sarah Lawrence College; B.A., Human Genetics, University of Kansas; Diplomate, American Board of Medical Genetics, 1990; Diplomate, American Board of Genetic Counseling, 1993.
Research and Teaching Interests:
medical and community education on hereditary cancer syndromes, ethical and difficult dilemmas in prenatal diagnosis and genetic testing, multicultural issues in genetics.

Kent D. McKelvey, M.D. - Assistant Professor
M.D., UAMS; B.S., Business Administration and Genetics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Fellowship-UNC-Chapel Hill, Medical Genetics. Medical Geneticist, UAMS/Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and Arkansas Cancer Research Center; Diplomate, American Board of Medical Genetics.
Research and Teaching Interests:
Predictive Genetic Testing, Cancer Genetics, Adult Genetic disease, Mitochondrial disease, ELSI of the Human Genome Project, genetic education of students/healthcare providers.

G. Bradley Schaefer, M.D. - Adjunct Professor and Program Medical Director (UNMC)
M.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; B.S., University of Oklahoma; Fellowship-Pediatric/Clinical Genetics, Endocrinology and Metabolism, OUHSC; Diplomate, American Board of Medical Genetics, 1993.
Research and Teaching Interests:
interdisciplinary genetic education, neurogenetics, genetics of autism, hereditary hearing loss, congenital craniofacial defects.

Lori Williamson, M.S., C.G.C. - Adjunct Assistant Professor (OUHSC)
M.S., Genetic Counseling University of Michigan; B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia; Diplomate, American Board of Genetic Counseling.
Research and Teaching Interests:
Use of complementary and alternative medicine for genetic conditions, rural health, public health, psychosocial issues, clinical supervision.

Kristin Baldwin, M.S., C.G.C  – Instructor
M.S., Genetic Counseling, Medical College of Virginia; B.S., Genetics, Texas A&M University; Prenatal Genetic Counselor, Department of Ob/Gyn UAMS; Diplomate, American Board of Genetic Counseling.
Research and Teaching Interests:
genetic causes of hearing loss, twin studies, genetic causes of epilepsy, male infertility, SARA project at UAMS.

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Department of Genetic Counseling
Bruce R. Haas, M.S., C.G.C., CLSp(CG), Chairman
Beverly A. Williams, Administrator
4301 West Markham St., #836  •  Little Rock, AR 72205
Telephone: 501-526-7700
GeneticCounseling@uams.edu


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