Category: Genetic Counseling
Family Health History and the Holidays
By Elyssa Gray, genetic counseling student While families are gathering for the holidays, the Surgeon General encourages Americans to discuss and share information about their health. A detailed family health history is an invaluable tool to share with your provider and can be used to take control of your healthcare. This history can identify health […]
Dec 4, 2019
What is your why? Reflections from a new program director
Today, November 14, 2019 is Genetic Counseling Awareness Day! Reflections from Holly Zimmerman, MS, CGC, program director for Genetic Counseling What will this year look like decades from now? What pictures or social media posts will represent the firsts for our program? These are my questions these days as I teach our first class. Our […]
Nov 14, 2019
First UNMC genetic counseling class shares about first week
by Emily Toering | First-Year Student, Genetic Counseling In 1969, the first genetic counseling program was started at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. The director described the first class of ten students as “a most unusual bunch” because they were motivated, driven to serve, and highly intelligent. Now, 50 years later, UNMC has welcomed […]
Sep 4, 2019
UNMC’s Genetic Counseling program receives accreditation
By Holly Zimmerman, MS, CGC, program director for genetic counseling I literally screamed when I read the email. It said, “The Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling is pleased to grant Accredited New Program status to the genetic counseling program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center effective January 31, 2019.” Our program is a unique […]
Feb 4, 2019
A Message from the UNMC Alumni Association
Congratulations graduates! On behalf of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and the College of Allied Health Professions Alumni Council, we welcome you as members into the UNMCAA—a proud group of more than 44,000 alumni from across the country and world. The Alumni Association, in partnership with the University of Nebraska Foundation, have replaced the […]
Dec 17, 2018
Winter Essentials Drive set to run through Dec. 12 at Omaha, Kearney
The Student Ambassadors of the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions are holding a Winter Essentials Drive through Dec. 12 to help homeless and needy populations in Omaha and Kearney. The group is seeking: Clothing for adults and children, including T-shirts, jackets, hoodies, pants, shoes, hats and other apparel; Bedding, such as blankets and sheets; […]
Dec 7, 2018
Welcome new faculty: Sara Fisher
Sara Fisher, MS, LCGC, is the new assistant professor and assistant program director for Genetic Counseling. She has been working at UNMC for the last 14 years as a clinical genetic counselor, primarily seeing prenatal patients in the Olson Center for Women’s Health. In her own words: “This new position is a great merge of […]
Nov 8, 2018
Welcome new staff: Melanie Johnson
Melanie Johnson recently joined the CAHP as education coordinator for the Genetic Counseling and Occupational Therapy programs. She previously managed the customer service department of a manufacturing lab in Omaha. More about Melanie in her own words: “I moved from Minnesota to Omaha 23 years ago when I met my husband to whom I’ve been […]
Jul 19, 2018
Holly Zimmerman to lead genetic counseling master’s program
When Holly Zimmerman was an undergraduate student at the University of Southern Mississippi, she took a genetics class in her sophomore year. Little did she know it then, that class would provide the impetus for a career that would make her, for a time, the only genetic counselor in the state of Mississippi, and now, […]
Jan 24, 2018
Welcome new faculty: Holly Zimmerman
Holly Zimmerman, MS, CGC, recently joined the College of Allied Health Professions as an Assistant Professor and inaugural director of the Genetic Counseling program planned to accept its first class in fall of 2019. Holly earned her Master of Science in Genetic Counseling from the University of South Carolina in 2007. Originally from Mississippi, she […]
Nov 17, 2017
