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Assistant Professor and Program Director
Department of Medical Sciences
Genetic Counseling Program
984090 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4090
402-559-6954
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Academic Appointments:
Program Director, Genetic Counseling
Assistant Professor, UNMC
Instructor, University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), 2011 – 2017
Degrees/Certifications:
Master of Science, Genetic Counseling, University of South Carolina, 2007
Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Southern Mississippi, 2004
Certified Genetic Counselor: American Board of Genetic Counseling, 2009
Primary Teaching Responsibilities:
Foundations in Genetic Counseling I & II (GENC 610/611)
Advanced Genetic Counseling I & II (GENC 710/711)
Genetic Counseling & the Community (GENC 718)
Publications: (last 5 years)
Clark S, Kennel V, McBrien S, Samson K, Zimmerman H. Perceived social support: A study of genetic counseling graduate students in the United States (US) and Canada. J. Genet. Couns. 2023: Mar.
Eldomery MK, Akdemir ZC, Vögtle FN, Charng WL, Mulica P, Rosenfeld JA, Gambin T, Gu S, Burrage LC, Al Shamsi A, Penney S, Jhangiani SN, Zimmerman HH, Muzny DM, Wang X, Tang J, Medikonda R, Ramachandran PV, Wong LJ, Boerwinkle E, Gibbs RA, Eng CM, Lalani SR, Hertecant J, Rodenburg RJ, Abdul-Rahman OA, Yang Y, Xia F, Wang MC, Lupski JR, Meisinger C, Sutton VR. MIPEP recessive variants cause a syndrome of left ventricular non-compaction, hypotonia, and infantile death. Genome Med 1; 8(1): 106, 2016.
Abrams AJ, Hufnagel RB, Rebelo A, Zanna C, Patel N, Gonzalez MA, Campeanu IJ, Griffin LB, Groenewald S, Strickland AV, Tao F, Speziani F, Abreu L, Schüle R, Caporali L, La Morgia C, Maresca A, Liguori R, Lodi R, Ahmed ZM, Sund KL, Wang X, Krueger LA, Peng Y, Prada CE, Prows CA, Schorry EK, Antonellis A, Zimmerman HH, Abdul-Rahman OA, Yang Y, Downes SM, Prince J, Fontanesi F, Barrientos A, Németh AH, Carelli V, Huang T, Zuchner S, Dallman JE. Mutations in SLC25A46, encoding a UG01-like protein, cause an optic atrophy spectrum disorder. Nat Genet. 47 (8) 926-32, 2015.
Schilter KF, Reis LM, Schneider A, Bardakjian TM, Abdul-Rahman O, Kozel BA, Zimmerman HH, Broeckel U, Semina EV. Whole-genome copy number variation analysis in anophthalmia and microphthalmia. Clin Genet. 84 (5):473-81, 2013.
Service:
National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC), 2006 – present
NSGC Pediatric Special Interest Group, 2007 – present
NSGC Prenatal Special Interest Group, 2017
NSGC Education Special Interest Group, 2014 – 2016
NSGC Membership Committee Member, 2011 - 2016
Co-chair of Mentor Program
Professional Status Survey Subcommittee
Student/New Member Subcommittee
Scholarship Subcommittee
SIG Engagement Subcommittee
Awards Working Group
NSGC Leadership Roles:
NSGC Membership Committee, Vice-Chair, 2014
NSGC Membership Committee, Chair, 2015
NSGC Membership Committee, Past Chair, 2016
Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC), 2016 – present
Program Review Committee
UNMC College of Allied Health Professions
Admissions Committee 2018 – present
Curriculum Committee 2018 – present
Dean’s Leadership Council 2017 – present
- All CAHP Staff
- Contact the College of Allied Health Professions
- Clinical Perfusion Faculty
- Diagnostic Cytology Faculty
- Genetic Counseling Faculty
- Medical Imaging & Therapeutic Sciences Faculty
- Medical Laboratory Science Faculty
- Medical Nutrition Faculty
- Occupational Therapy Faculty
- Physical Therapy Faculty
- Physician Assistant Faculty
- Respiratory Care Faculty
- Office of Academic Affairs
- Office of Business Affairs
- Office of Enrollment Management & Student Affairs
- Office of Research Affairs
- CAHP Organizational Chart
- CAHP Awards