Faculty Guide

Title

Professor of the Practice of Genetic Counseling and Co-Director of Research and Professional Development, Genetic Counseling program

Genetic Counseling

Awards and Honors

National Society of Genetic Counselors Region 1 Leadership Award (2004)

Courses Taught

BIOL	211a	Genetic Counseling Fieldwork Placement: Part I
BIOL	211b	Genetic Counseling Fieldwork Placement: Part II
BIOL	213b	Genetic Counseling Research II

Scholarship

Lewis H, Meyer M, Sachs A, Schneider K, Tsipis J, Rosen-Sheidley B. The Genetic Counseling Profession: A Study of Factors that Influence Career Choice and Training Program Selection. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Dallas, TX: National Society of Genetic Counselors, 2010.

Magner J, Likhite M, Lincoln S, Picker J, Rosen-Sheidley B. Patients with Intellectual Disabilities: The Genetic Counseling Perspective. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Dallas, TX: Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2010.

Shen Y, et al. "Clinical genetic testing for patients with autism spectrum disorders." Pediatrics 125. 4 (2010).

Lee S, Coppinger J, DeChene ET, LaGrave D, Mandel, L, Sheidley BR. Genetic counseling perspectives on prenatal array CGH testing. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Atlanta, GA: Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2009.

Pouchet CJ, et al. "A comparison of models used to predict MLH1, MSH2 and MSH6 mutation carriers." Annals of Oncology 20. 4 (2009): 681-688.

Austin J, Palmer C, Rosen-Sheidley B, Veach P, Gettig E, Peay H. "Psychiatric Disorders in Clinical Genetics II: Individualizing Recurrence Risks." Journal of Genetic Counseling 17. 1 (2008): 18-29.

Peay H and Sheidley B. "Principles of Genetic Counseling." Psychiatric Genetics: Applications in Clinical Practice. Ed. Smoller J, Sheidley B, Tsuang M. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2008. 27-46.

Peay H, Veach P, Palmer C, Rosen-Sheidley B, Gettig E, Austin J. "Psychiatric Disorders in Clinical Genetics I: Addressing Family Histories of Psychiatric Illness." Journal of Genetic Counseling 17. 1 (2008): 6-17.

Slate NG, et al. Direct-to-consumer marketing of BRCA testing: assessing the short term impact on individuals at risk and the practice of cancer genetic counseling. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Los Angeles, CA: Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2008.

Smoller J, Sheidley B, Tsuang M, ed. Psychiatric Genetics: Applications in Clinical Practice. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2008.

Smoller JW, Sheidley BR, Tsuang MT, ed. Psychiatric Genetics: Applications in Clinical Practice. 1st ed. Arlington: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc, 2008.

Travassos H, et al. Psychiatric genetic counseling: assessing the impact of educational efforts. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Los Angeles, CA: Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2008.

Dean K, Demmer L, Wiltse S, Sheidley B. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: How are patients gaining health insurance reimbursement?. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Kansas City, Missouri: Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2007.

Lieberman D, McInerney J, Sheidley B, Tsipis J. Developing a web-based teaching tool to recruit undergraduates into genetic counseling. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors AEC. Kansas City, Missouri: Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2007.

Ruser T, Arin D, Dowd M, Putnam S, Winklosky B, Rosen-Sheidley B, Piven J, Tomblin B, Tager-Flusberg H, Folstein S. "Communicative Competence in Parents of Children with Autism and Parents of Children with Specific Language Impairment." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 37. (2007): 1323-1336.

Tansey J, Picker J, Sastry A, Sheidley B. Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders: assessing interest in and satisfaction with genetics services. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors AEC. Kansas City, Missouri: Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2007.

A. Duda, B.Sheidley, K. Danziger and L. Demmer. Infertility and the Genetic Assessment: An Educational Resource for Fertility Treatment Providers. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Nashville, TN: Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2006.

Rosen-Sheidley B and Folstein S. "Chromosome 7." Neurobiology of Autism, Revised. 2nd ed. Ed. Bauman ML and Kemper TL. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. 242-250.

Rosen-Sheidley B, Wolpert C, Folstein S. "Genetic Counseling and Autism." Exceptional Parent March 2004: 63-67.

Brown W, Cammuso K, Sachs H, Winklosky B, Mullane J, Bernier R, Svenson S, Arin D, Rosen-Sheidley B, Folstein S. "Autism-related language, personality and cognition in people with absolute pitch: results of a preliminary study." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 33. 2 (2003): 163-167.

Neumeister E, Folstein S, Lerner B, Wolpert C, Rosen-Sheidley B. Evaluating health care providers: what do they know about the genetics of autism?. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Phoeniz, AZ: National Society of Genetic Counselors, 2002.

Novak M, Lerner B, Parrott S, Rosen-Sheidley B. Genetic Counselors and Autism: Assessment of the Knowledge Base. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Phoenix, AZ: National Society of Genetic Counselors, 2002.

Rosen-Sheidley B, Wolpert C, Feigon-Schiffman J, Palmer C, Folstein S, Pericak-Vance M. Web-based survey of families with autism: reassessing the need for genetic education. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Phoenix, AZ: National Society of Genetic Counselors, 2002.

Folstein S and Rosen-Sheidley B. "Genetics of autism: complex aetiology for a heterogeneous disorder." Nature Reviews Genetics 2. (2001): 943-955.

Jochmann K, Lerner B, Reilly P, Rosen B. Assessing Genetic Counselors' Knowledge and Position on Professional Licensure. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Savannah, GA: National Society of Genetic Counselors, 2000.

Rosen B, Wolpert C, Donnelly S, Pericak-Vance M, Folstein S. Surveying parents of children with autism: what is their understanding of the genetic basis for this disorder?. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Savannah, GA: National Society of Genetic Counselors, 2000.

Rosen B and Stevens S. Carrier Screening in the Ashkenazi Jewish Population. Proc. of National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. Denver, CO: National Society of Genetic Counselors, 1998.

Rosen BA, et al. Detection of a complex translocation using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). Proc. of American Society of Human Genetics. Montreal: American Journal of Human Genetics, 1994.