Family Communication about Genetics
Theory and Practice
Edited by Clara L. Gaff and Carma L. Bylund
Author Information
Clara L. Gaff, PhD, is a certified Genetic Counsellor (Australasia), who has practiced in Australia and the United Kingdom with a focus on cancer genetics. She has been active in genetic counselling training programs and the education of health professionals in genetics. She is currently a Senior Genetic Counsellor and Clinical Associate Professor and editorial board member of the Journal of Genetic Counseling.
Carma Bylund, Ph.D. is a behavioral scientist with expertise in family and clinical communication. She teaches communication skills to practicing clinicians and studies this process as well as other facets of clinical and family communication. She is currently Director of the Communication Skills Research and Training Laboratory at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Contributors:
Paul Atkinson, DScEcon, AcSS
Distinguished Research Professor
School of Social Sciences
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Carma L. Bylund¸ PhD
Assistant Behavioral Scientist
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
James Price Dillard, PhD
Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Laura Forrest, PhD
Genetics Education and Health Research
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Department of Paediatrics
University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
Clara L. Gaff, PhD
Senior Genetic Counselor
Clinical Genetics Group
Department of Medicine
University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
Kathleen M. Galvin, PhD
Professor
Communication Studies Department
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Maggie Gregory, PhD
Chordata Research
Mark, Somerset, United Kingdom
Jody Koenig Kellas, PhD
Chair, Family Communication Division
National Communication Association
and
Associate Professor
Department of Communication Studies
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Ascan F. Koerner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Communication Studies
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Samantha J. Leonard, MBBS, MA, MRCPCH
Clinical Geneticist and PhD Scholar
Centre for Ethics in Medicine
Department of Community Based Medicine
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Bonnie S. LeRoy, MS, CGC
Associate Professor and Director
Graduate Program of Study in Genetic Counseling
Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Development
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Marion McAllister, PhD
Genetic Counsellor and MRC Research Fellow
Genetic Medicine
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Sylvia Metcalfe, PhD
Group Leader
Genetics Education and Health Research
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
and
Associate Professor in Medical Genetics
Department of Pediatrics
The University of Melbourne
Royal Children's Hospital
Victoria, Australia
Patricia McCarthy Veach, PhD
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Allyn McConkie-Rosell, PhD, CGC
Associate Research Professor
Division of Medical Genetics
Department of Pediatrics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Anna Middleton, PhD, MSc, RGC
Consultant Research Genetic Counsellor
Institute of Medical Genetics
School of Medicine
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Michelle Miller-Day, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences
Penn State University
University Park, PA
Ainsley J. Newson, LLB(Hons), PhD
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Ethics
Centre for Ethics in Medicine
Department of Community Based Medicine
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Roxanne Parrott, PhD
Professor
Department of Communication Arts & Sciences
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Kathryn F. Peters, MS, CGC
Senior Research Assistant and Genetic Counselor
Penn State Institute for Diabetes and Obesity
Penn State University
University Park, PA
Sandra Petronio, PhD
Professor, Senior Affiliate Faculty Member
Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics
IUPUI Department of Communication Studies
IU School of Medicine
Clarian Health Partners
Indianapolis, IN
Myra I. Roche, MS, CGC
Associate Professor in Pediatrics
and
Director, Genetic Counseling Services
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Genetics and Metabolism
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Christina M. Sabee, PhD
Assistant Professor
Communication Studies
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
Jennifer A. Samp, PhD
Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator
Department of Speech Communication
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Loane Skene, LLD
Professor
Melbourne Law School
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
Heather Skirton, PhD, RGN, Reg GC, Qual MW, Dip Counselling
Professor of Applied Health Genetics
Faculty of Health
University of Plymouth
United Kingdom
Amanda Strickland
Graduate Assistant
Department of Speech Communication
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Jennifer Sullivan, MS, CGC
Senior Genetic Counselor
Division of Medical Genetics
Department of Pediatrics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
April Trees, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Saint Louis University
St Louis, MO
Melanie Watson, RGN, BA(Hons), MSc
Principal Genetic Counsellor
Wessex Clinical Genetics Service
Southampton University Hospitals Trust
Princess Anne Hospital
Southampton, United Kingdom
Mary-Anne Young, MHSc
Senior Genetic Counsellor
Familial Cancer Centre
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Victoria, Australia
