Michael J. Bamshad, M.D.
Mike is a Professor of Pediatrics and Genome Sciences, and Chief of the Division of Genetic Medicine at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital. He is a co-founder of My46. Dr. Bamshad’s professional and research interests focus on understanding the origins and affinities of modern humans, developing novel strategies to find disease susceptibility variants, and characterizing genetic variants influencing risk for an assortment of health-related conditions. He and his colleagues were the first to use exome sequencing to identify genes for Mendelian and complex traits. He has published more than 150 papers in the field of human genetics. Dr. Bamshad earned a combined bachelor of the arts and medical degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and completed his residency, clinical genetics fellowship, and post-doctoral training at the University of Utah.

Holly K. Tabor, Ph.D.
Holly is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Bioethics at the University of Washington and at the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. She is a co-founder of My46. Dr. Tabor’s professional and research interests include ethical issues in genetic research, particularly those related to informed consent, data sharing, and return of results from exome and whole genome sequencing studies. She earned a Ph.D. in epidemiology and genetics and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in ethics, both at Stanford University.

Michael J. Bamshad, M.D.
Mike is a Professor of Pediatrics and Genome Sciences, and Chief of the Division of Genetic Medicine at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital. He is a co-founder of My46. Dr. Bamshad’s professional and research interests focus on understanding the origins and affinities of modern humans, developing novel strategies to find disease susceptibility variants, and characterizing genetic variants influencing risk for an assortment of health-related conditions. He and his colleagues were the first to use exome sequencing to identify genes for Mendelian and complex traits. He has published more than 150 papers in the field of human genetics. Dr. Bamshad earned a combined bachelor of the arts and medical degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and completed his residency, clinical genetics fellowship, and post-doctoral training at the University of Utah.

Holly K. Tabor, Ph.D.
Holly is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Bioethics at the University of Washington and at the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. She is a co-founder of My46. Dr. Tabor’s professional and research interests include ethical issues in genetic research, particularly those related to informed consent, data sharing, and return of results from exome and whole genome sequencing studies. She earned a Ph.D. in epidemiology and genetics and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in ethics, both at Stanford University.

Joon-Ho Yu, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Joon is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington. His research interests include developing and studying culturally tailored strategies for returning genetic results from exome and whole genome sequencing through My46. He earned a Ph.D. and M.P.H. in Public Health Genetics at the University of Washington where his training focused on genetic epidemiology, bioethics, and anthropology.

Seema Jamal, M.Sc., CGC
Seema is a licensed and certified genetic counselor in the Division of Genetic Medicine of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington. She joined the My46 team in 2012 after spending the past seven years as a clinical genetic counselor at Boston University Medical Center. She earned a M.Sc. degree in Genetic Counselling from the University of Toronto.

Karin Dent, M.S., CGC
Karin is a licensed and certified genetic counselor and Assistant Professor in the Division of Medical Genetics of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah. She is a past president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and Associate Director of the University of Utah Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling. She earned a M.S. degree in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh.

Julia Crouch, M.P.H.
Research Associate, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children’s Research Institute

Margaret McMillin, B.S.
Clinical Research Coordinator, Division of Genetic Medicine at the University of Washington

Aditi Shankar, B.A.
Clinical Research Coordinator, Division of Genetic Medicine at the University of Washington

Michael Astion, M.D., Ph.D.
Mike is a Clinical Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Division Chief of Laboratory Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr. Astion’s professional and research interests focus on laboratory utilization management, laboratory errors and patient safety, and medical informatics. He has published more than 30 papers in the field of laboratory medicine. Dr. Astion received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, and completed his residency training at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Washington.

Peter H. Byers, M.D.
Peter is a Professor of Pathology and Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Genome Sciences, and the Director of the Collagen Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Washington. As an attending physician at the University of Washington Medical Center Genetic Medicine Clinic, Dr. Byers sees patients and families with suspected connective tissue disorders. His research interests include studying the biochemical and molecular basis of heritable connective tissue disorders, particularly forms of Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes. Dr. Byers received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Deborah Nickerson, Ph.D.
Debbie is a Professor of Genome Sciences and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. She is the leader of the Northwest Genomics Center, one of two large sequencing centers in the country. Dr. Nickerson’s professional and research interests focus on the identification and typing of common sequence variations in the human genome in an effort to improve approaches for association mapping of common human diseases. She and her colleagues are exploring the genetics of cardiovascular disease, developing and testing novel approaches for association mapping, and exploring the relationships that may exist between genotype and trait expression at the RNA and protein levels in humans. Dr. Nickerson received her Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee.

Charmaine D. Royal, Ph.D.
Charmaine is an Associate Research Professor in the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, and the Department of African & African American Studies at Duke University. Her professional and research interests focus on the ethical, psychosocial, and societal issues at the intersection of genetics and genomics. Dr. Royal earned an M.S. in Genetic Counseling and a Ph.D. in Human Genetics from Howard University. She completed her postgraduate training in bioethics and ELSI (ethical, legal, and social implications) research at the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and in epidemiology and behavioral medicine at the Howard University Cancer Center.

Alizabeth Woodruff
Allison Cirino, MS, LCGC
Allison Gregory, MS, CGC
Ana Morales, MS, CGC
Andrea Shugar, MS, CGC
Angela Trepanier, MS, CGC
Brenda Finucane, MS, CGC
Briana Lauren Sawyer, MS, LCGC
Carly Siskind, MS, MS, CGC
Carmelina Heydrich, MS
Cheryl Shuman, MS, CGC
Christie Turcott, MS, CGC
Corrie Smith, MS, LCGC
Courtney Berrios, ScM, CGC
Dan Doherty, MD
Darci Sternen, MS, LGC
Dawn Laney, MS, CGC
Deanna Steele, MS, CGC
Dianne Daughtery (MHAUS Executive Director)
Edye Conway, MS, CGC
Elicia Estrella, MS, LCGC
Gretchen Oswald, MS, CGC
Heather MacLeod, MS, CGC
Jamie McDonald, MS, LCGC
Jeanie Schaller, MS, CGC
Jennifer Boomsma, MS, CGC
Jennifer Dempsey, MPH
Jennifer Farmer, MS, CGC
Jennifer Propst, MS, CGC
Jennifer Walsh, MS, CGC
Jessica Waxler, MS, CGC
Jill Goldman, MS, MPhil, CGC
Jilliane Sotelo, MS, LCGC
Joline Dalton, MS, CGC
Joy Larsen Haidle, MS
Julie Mak, MS, MSc, LCGC
Kami Wolfe Schneider, MS, CGC
Karen Metzler, MS, CGC
Kari Branham, MS, CGC
Karin Dent, MS, LCGC
Kate Orland, MS, CGC
Katie Golden-Grant, MS, LCGC
Kenneth Huttner, MD
Kira Dies, ScM, LCGC
Kory Jasperson, MS, CGC
Kristin Maloney, MS, MGC
Kristin Zelley, MS, CGC
Lakshmi Warrier, MS, CGC
Laura Conway, PhD, CGC
Laura Fisher, MS
Lauren Ryan, MS, LCGC
Laura Zahavich, MSc, CGC
Lindsay Meyers, MS, LCGC
Lisa Kinsley, MS, LCGC
Maureen Flynn, MS, LCGC, MPH
Meadow Heiman, MS, CGC
Meg Hefner, MS, CGC
Megan Myers, MS
Megan Tucker, MS, LGC
Melanie Pepin, MS, LCGC
Melissa Fuller, MS, CGC
Nisha Isaac, MS, CGC
Rebecca McClellan, MGC, CGC
Robert L. Nussbaum, MD
Robert Pilarski, MS, CGC
Rosanna Weksberg, MD, PhD
Sanaa Choufani, PhD
Sarah Richards, MS
Seema Jamal, MSc, LCGC
Stephanie Cagle, MS, CGC
Stephanie Newton, MS, LCGC
Stephanie Stein, MD
Tanya Eble, MS, CGC
Tara Newcomb, MS, CGC
Tessa Field
Toni Pollin, MS, PhD, CGC
Tomi Toler, MS, CGC
Valynne Long, MS, CGC
Victoria Duke, MS