Science Explained: The Power, Promise, and Pitfalls of DNA Test Kits

Amy Patterson is a genetic counselor in the Department of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins. She provides genetic counseling to pediatric and adult patients in the Kathryn and Alan C. Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias, as well as in Pediatrics and Adult Genetics Clinic. She received her master’s degree in genetic counseling and a public health certificate from Boston University, and a Bachelor of Science in neuroscience from Bucknell University. Amy was a LEND Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, through which she participated in interdisciplinary training focused on neurodevelopmental and related disabilities. Amy has been an advocate for people with rare diseases through the National Organization for Rare Disorders’ Rare Action Network of Massachusetts and worked to bring together a community of people with rare diseases and their families on policy issues.

Kelsey Guthrie is a certified genetic counselor who works in the Department of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins. She provides genetic counseling to pediatric and adult patients and their families in the Metabolic Genetics Clinic and the General Genetics Clinic. She has expertise in metabolic disorders, general genetics, and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. She graduated from University of Maryland Baltimore genetic counseling program in May 2017 and went to the University of Maryland for her undergraduate degree, majoring in secondary education and biology.  Her interests include education of students of all levels and general education and outreach to the community, and she is a member of multiple professional organizations.