Ms. Lerner is an Assistant Professor and Co-Director of
Research and Professional Development in the Brandeis Graduate
Program in Genetic Counseling and has been training students
to assume a role in the field of clinical genetics since
1995. She teaches the Genetic Counseling Research Project
course and facilitates the Field Placement and seminar course.
Ms. Lerner graduated from the Genetic Counseling Program
at Sarah Lawrence College in 1982 and was certified as a
genetic counselor by the American Board of Medical Genetics
in 1984.
Prior to joining the Brandeis faculty, Ms. Lerner practiced
in a variety of roles as a clinical genetic counselor, a
project coordinator for the development of a genetics disease
database, as a marketing manager for a genetic testing company.
She has just completed her tenure as the chair of the National
Society of Genetic Counselors' Continuing Education Subcommittee
and as a member of the Journal of Genetic Counseling editorial
board.
Ms. Lerner has been responsible for the development of
both Internet based and journal based continuing education
programs for genetic counselors and is now the Brandeis
coordinator for the Joint Brandeis-Simmons Certificate in
Clinical Genetics, an Internet based program. In addition,
Barbara's interests include the integration of genetics
into the public health arena and is currently a consultant
to the Connecticut Department of Public Health State Genetics
Plan Project. She is also a member of the Massachusetts
Department of Public Health's Birth Defects Registry Advisory
Committee.
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