The Student Corner is a resource for genetic counseling students and new graduates. Here you can find useful information as you work toward and begin your career as a genetic counselor:

• NSGC Membership for Students
• Getting Involved
• Helpful Resources
• Board Certification
• Employment 
• NSGC Mentorship Program
• Student Research Survey Program

Important Announcements:

• Applying for the 2013 Cultural Competency Scholarship will be available soon!
• Please join the Jane Engleberg Memorial Fellowship Advisory Group in congradulating this year's JEMF Student Research Awardees.
• The JEMF Advisory Group received 34 student research proposals and six were selected for funding at up to $500 each. The awardees are:
  • Katie Armstrong, University of Cincinnat
    • Perceived Rish, Worry and Satisfaction Related to Genetic Counseling of Childhood Cancer Survivors
  • Brittany Batte, University of Michigan
    • Utilizeing Illness Representations to Improve Family Communication in a Population at Risk for Cardiomyopathy.
  • Jessica Profato, Stanford University
    • Assessing the Integration of Genomics into Genetic Counseling Training Programs.
  • Jennifer Semotok, University of Toronto
    • Telling the Children? Disclosure Challenges and Supports Needs of Parents with Children at Risk for Huntington Disease.
  • Krista Sondergaard, Case Western Reserve University
    • Non-Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Pregnancy
  • Erica Wellington, Brandeis University
    • Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Screening: Current Practices and Challenges in Genetic Counseling. 

Find members of NSGC through the Find A Genetic Counselor search.  Genetic counselors work in university medical centers, community clinics, public health departments, diagnostic laboratories, and many other health, education, and related agencies. Board certification is granted through the American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) which also accredits training programs.  A growing number of states now license genetic counselors.