Abstract
Barbara Bernhardt discusses how the increasing importance of genomics in the clinic will change the role of genetic counselors.
Highlights
Barbara A Bernhardt, MS, CGC (Figure 1) is a genetic counselor and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA
Genetic counselors have worked as members of a healthcare team, providing information and support to families who have members with birth defects or genetic disorders and to families who may be at risk for a variety of inherited conditions
Those genetic counselors who work in clinical practice provide education and counseling in areas including reproductive, pediatric and adult
Summary
Barbara A Bernhardt, MS, CGC (Figure 1) is a genetic counselor and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Those genetic counselors who work in clinical practice provide education and counseling in areas including reproductive, pediatric and adult Recent technological advances, including generation sequencing and genomewide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) microarrays, have provided opportunities to test quickly, accurately and cheaply for variants in multiple genes simultaneously or for variants across the entire genome.
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