Faculty

     Program Leadership

Kate CastellanoKate Castellano, PhD

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
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
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