The UConn Professional Science Master’s Health Care Genetics Graduate Program Advisory Board role is to be strong advocates for the Program, advise, assist and support the Program to help enhance the overall quality of students graduating from the program. Collaboration between educational institutions and health care providers and employers is mutually beneficial.
Linda D. Strausbaugh, PhD, Chair
Professor Emeritus of Genetics and Genomics
Adjunct Professor of Genetics and Genome Sciences, UCONN Health
Gregory J. Tsongalis, PhD, HCLD, CC
Professor of Pathology
Director, Molecular Pathology
Co-Director Translational Research Program
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center & The Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine
Managing Director
Sema4
Branford, CT
“PSM graduates come out of their programs ready to contribute. They have the technical skills, problem solving skills, and communication skills needed to integrate quickly and be successful in the workplace” Todd Arnold, Ph.D. Chief Laboratory Operations Officer, Sema4
Laurine M Bow, PhD
Director, Immune Evaluation and Histocompatibility Laboratory
Dept Surgery Transplant, Yale University School of Medicine
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
AxioMx, Inc. Branford, CT
Elizabeth Ewen, PhD
Field Application Specialist
Cartagenia, Inc Cambridge, MA
Lawrence K. Silbart, MPH, PhD
Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives Provost’s Office
University of Connecticut
Michael S. Teitelbaum, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Labor and Worklife Program
Harvard Law School
Cara Statz, PhD
Analyst
Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine