Noelle R. Danylchuk, M.S., L.C.G.C.
Chair and Assistant Professor

• 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.

Tiffany Lepard Tassin, M.S., C.G.C.
Assistant Program Director and Assistant Professor

• B.S., Humboldt State University in California, 2006; M.S., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2009.
• Research and Teaching Interests: service learning, interprofessional learning, and pediatric genetic counseling.

Lori Williamson Dean, M.S., C.G.C.
Assistant Professor

• 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.

G. Bradley Schaefer, M.D.
Professor and Program Medical Director

• M.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1982; B.S., University of Oklahoma, 1978; 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.

Elizabeth A. Sellars, M.D.
Associate Professor and Assistant Program Director

• M.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2007; B.S., Davidson College, 2002; Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Diplomate American Board of Medical Genetics 2013.
• Research and Teaching Interests: Disorders/Differences in Sexual Differentiation, Neurofibromatosis, Genetic Education

Alexandrea Wadley, MMSc, CGC
Assistant Professor

• BA, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Hendrix College, 2010; MMSc, Human Genetics & Genetic Counseling, Emory University School of Medicine, 2014
  Diplomate American Board of Genetic Counseling
• Research and Teaching Interests: Genetics education, cancer genetics, exploring access to and improving genetic counseling services, patient consent and disclosure of genetic test results, and psychosocial issues