Program Leadership
Director, Health Care Genetics PSM
Email: kate.castellano@uconn.edu
Rachel J. O’Neill, PhD
Director, Institute for Systems Genomics
Director, Center for Genome Innovation
Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology
Email: rachel.oneill@uconn.edu
Maria Gyure, MS, LCGC
Director, Genetic Counseling
Email: maria.gyure@uconn.edu
Sharon Casavant, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Email: sharon.casavant@uconn.edu
Instructional Faculty
Ken Caputo
President, Questers' Way, Inc.
Email: ken@questersway.com
Stephanie Henderson
COO/Vice President, Questers' Way, Inc.
Email: stephanie@questersway.com
Sharon A. Lavigne, M.S., LGC
Instructor, Division of Medical Genetics
Coordinator, MotherToBaby
Email: lavigne@uchc.edu
Elaine Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Kinesiology
Email: elaine.c.lee@uconn.edu
Bo Reese, PhD
Senior Scientist,
Center for Genome Innovation
Email: bo.reese@uconn.edu
Cara Statz, PhD
Clinical Analyst,
Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Email: cara.statz@uconn.edu
Contributing Faculty
Jean-Denis Beaudoin, PhD: Assistant Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn Health
Gordon Carmichael, PhD: Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn Health
Ken Campellone, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, UConn
Pam Chudzik: Associate Executive Director, Connecticut Chapter Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Kristen Cooksey Stowers, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences, UConn
Kaitlin Heenehan: Assistant Director for UConn Honors, Stamford, CT
Alexander Jackson, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, UConn
Mark Kellogg PhD, DABCC, FACB: Director of Quality Programs and Associate Director of Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital
Jamie Koriewo, CG (ASCP): Integrated Oncology, Lab Corp, Shelton, CT
Kendra Maas, PhD: Facility Scientist, Microbial Analysis, Resources, and Services, UConn
Ginger Nichols, MS: Mother to Baby, CT
Michael O'Neill, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, UConn
Guillermo Rissatti, PhD: Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, UConn
Jenna E. Schiffelbein, MPH, RD, LD, CHES, SNS: Community Health Educator, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH.
Yashoda Sharma, PhD: Health Sciences Research, Associate Professor Quinnipiac University
Kerry-Ann Stewart, PhD: Assistant Director, Office of Health Career Opportunity Programs
Helen Swede, PhD: Program Director, Ph.D. in Public Health
Amy Taylor: Vice President of the Community Health Center, Inc.’s Western Region, Weitzman Institute, Middletown, CT and Principle Investigator for Weitzman Institute's All of Us Research Program
Gregory Tsongalis, PhD: Director (Retired 2025), Clinical Genomics and Advanced Technology (CGAT), Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Dr. William Zempsky and Dr. Emily Wakefield, Department of Pain and Palliative Medicine, CT Children's Medical Center, Hartford