Our dedicated and caring faculty will help you through your time in our program. We're
also fortunate to have clinical rotation faculty across the Southeast to help our
students pursue hands-on experience in a variety of specialties.
Our Program Director
Janice G. Edwards, MS, CGC
Our program director is an experienced genetic counselor, educator and Founding President
of the Transnational Alliance for Genetic Counseling, an international network of genetic counselor educators. Building consensus among
multiple perspectives has been a theme in her work as she has also facilitated collaborations
among national organizations around prenatal diagnosis and genetic carrier screening.
With over 35 years in clinical practice focused on prenatal genetics and more recently,
Huntington disease, Janice is committed to genetic counselor education. She has been
recognized with Teaching Advancement Awards at the University of South Carolina and
by the National Society of Genetic Counselors with their Regional Leadership and the
International Leader Awards. She has directed genetic education conferences and symposia
regionally, nationally and internationally, most recently facilitating an online course for physician fellows in reproductive genetics.
Our Faculty
Whitney Dobek, MS, CGC
Assistant Director, Curriculum Clinical Assistant Professor
Jessica M. Fairey, MS, CGC
Assistant Director, Fieldwork Clinical Assistant Professor
Amy Wardyn, MS, CGC
Assistant Director, Thesis Research Clinical Assistant Professor
Trena Smith, MA
Genetic Counseling Program Coordinator
Crystal Hill-Chapman, PhD
Francis Marion University Professor, Psychology
Richard F. Ferrante, PhD
Research Professor, Pediatrics
Shandrea Foster, MS, CGC
Clinical Assistant Professor
Angie Lichty, MS, CGC
Greenwood Genetic Center Clinical Assistant Professor
Greenwood Clinic Hannah Moore, MS, CGC Ellen Richardson, MS, CGC Robin Fletcher, MS, CGC Falecia Thomas, MS, CGC Kellie Walden, MS, CGC Wesley Patterson, PA Mike Friez, PhD Barbara Du Pont, PhD Steve Skinner, MD Roger Stevenson, MD
Columbia Clinic Katy Drazba, MS, CGC Amy Dobson, MS, CGC Angie Lichty, MS, CGC EJ Prioles, MD Katie Clarkson, MD
