University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics

Nancy Steinberg Warren, MS, CGC

Title

Director, Genetic Counseling Program

Appointment

Associate Clinical Professor; Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

nancy.warren@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4475

Fax

513 636-0543

Credentials

MS: Human Genetics, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, 1977.

Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Medical Genetics, 1991.

Research Grants and Contracts

1985-present Federal Maternal and Child Health Training Grant annually Principal Investigator: Sonya Oppenheimer Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders Nursing-Genetics Education Coordinator; LEND Genetics Faculty Representative

2006 Education and Community Involvement Branch, National Human Genome Institute Principal Investigator: Melanie Myers 01 yr Co-Investigators: Cindy Prows, Katie Brown and Nancy Steinberg Warren Developing Community Based Models for Education and Utilization of Family Health History Information: A Demonstration Project in an Urban Appalachian Population

2006 Faculty Development Council, University of Cincinnati Principal Investigator: Nancy Steinberg Warren, Alan Vespie, Linda Graeter 01 yr Achieving Cultural Competence in Pre-Professional Allied Health Education

2006 College of Allied Health Sciences Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Health Care: Developing Teamwork and 01 yr Cultural Competency Skills

Publications, Most Recent

Brown, B., Warren, N.S., Brehm, B., Breen, Ph. Beirschbach, J.L., Smith, R., Wall, A., Van Loon, R.A. The Design and Evaluation of an Interprofessional Elective Course with a Cultural Competence Component. Journal of Allied Health. In Press.

Wallace, J.P, Myers, M.F., Huether, C.A., Bedard, A.C., Warren, N.S. (2008) Employability of Genetic Counselors with a PhD in Genetic Counseling. Journal of Genetic Counseling, Vol. 17:209-219.

Bedard, A., Huether, C., Shooner, K., Buncher, RC, Warren, NS. (2007) Career Research Interests and Training of Genetic Counseling Students. Journal of Genetic Counseling, Vol. 16, No. 5, p. 645-653.

Harvey, E.K., Stanton, S., Garrett, J., Neils-Strunjas, J., Warren, N.S. (2007) A Case for Genetics Education: Collaborating with Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists. Am J Med Genet Part A 143A: 1554-1559.

Atzinger, C.L., Blough-Pfau, R., Kretschmer, L., Huether, C.A., Johnson, J.A., and Warren, N.S. (2007) Characterization of the practice and attitudes of genetic counselors with doctoral degrees. Journal of Genetic Counseling, Vol. 16, No. 2, p. 223–239.

Reis, L., Baumiller, R., Scrivener, W. and Warren, NS. (2007) Spiritual Assessment in Genetic Counseling. Journal of Genetic Counseling, Vol. 16, No. 1, p. 41-52.

Schneider, K.A., Chittenden, A.B., Branda, K.J., Keenan, M., Joffe, S., Patenaude, A., Reynolds, H., Dent, K., Eubanks, S., Goldman, J., Warren, N.S., Taylor, K., Vockley, C.W., and Garber, J.E. (2006). Ethical Issues in Cancer Genetics I: Whose Information Is It?Journal of Genetic Counseling Vol 15 (6), p. 491-503.

Clark, HM, Gamm, J, Huether, CA., Buncher CR, Pfau, RB, Warren, N.S. (2006). Genetic Counselors and Research: Current Practices and Future Directions. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Semin Med Genet. Vol 142C, Issue 4, p 276-283, 15 November 2006.

Brehm, B., Breen, P., Brown, B., Long, L., Smith, R., Wall, A., & Warren, N.S. (2006). An Interdisciplinary Approach to Introducing Professionalism. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education Vol. 70 (4) Article 81, p. 1-5.

Presentations, Most Recent

Using People First Language, Interdisciplinary Health Care Case Studies Course, 60 allied Health trainees, January 7, 2008.

Using People First Language in Interdisciplinary Health Care Delivery. Interdisciplinary Health
Care Case Studies Course, 60 allied health, nursing, pharmacy and social work undergraduate and graduate students, January 8, 2007.

Personalized Medicine and GATTACA: Past, Present, Future. Discussion group facilitator, Topics in Medical Genetics, 18 genetic counseling and 2 medical students, January 9, 2007.

Using Medical Interpreters in Interdisciplinary Health Care, Interdisciplinary Health Care
Case Studies Course, 60 allied health, nursing, pharmacy and social work undergraduate and graduate students, February 5, 2007.

Environmental Health Seminar on Genetic Counseling, 50 UC graduate students in clinical research, epidemiology, industrial hygiene, biostatistics, November 14, 2007.

Preparing Future Faculty Advisory Committee, October 18 and November 14, 2007.

Genetic Counseling Program Open Houses, 20 prospective students, November 27 and December 5, 2007.

Parent Mentoring Workshop, 20 parents and staff of the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati, December 6, 2007.

Genetics in the Practice of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. Platform Presentation,
National Coalition of Health Professional Education in Genetics, Bethesda, MD, February 2-3, 2006 180 health care educators.

Genetic Counseling. Invited Presentation. Genetics Workshop for Allied Health HRSA grant and the Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences. March 7, 2006. 50 health care providers and students.

Genetic Counseling. ExSel Program, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, June 20, 2006. 25 high school students.

The Interface of Genetic Counseling and Child Psychology, University of Cincinnati Child Psychology Program, November 30, 2006. 10 doctoral students.

Professional Organization Memberships

American Society of Human Genetics
National Society of Genetic Counselors
Ohio Genetic Counselors and Educators Group
American Counseling Association

Abstracts

Katie Wusik, Cynthia Prows, Andrea Wall and Nancy Steinberg Warren. Factors Contributing to Genetic Counseling Students’ Cultural Competence. National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Meeting, October 2008.

A Vespie, NS Warren, et al. Factors Contributing to Genetic Counseling Students’ Cultural Competence. 2008 Lilly Conference, Traverse City, MI, September 2008.

NS Warren, B Brown, A Wall, R Smith, P Breen, J Laver Bierschbach, BJ Brehm, R Van Loon. Teaching Undergraduate and Graduate Students about Interdisciplinary Health Care and Cultural Competence. Poster presentation, UC Showcase, Tangeman University Center, March 7, 2008.

NS Warren, DJ Lowrie, Jr, B Strike, BS, C Turner. Genetic Counseling Program Online Courses Benefit Graduate Students, Practicing Professionals and Prospective Students. Poster presentation, UC Showcase, Tangeman University Center, March 7, 2008.

Linda J. Graeter, Charity Einhaus Accurso, Gideon H. Labiner, Melanie J. Giusti, Lara N. Kolar, Ryan D. McGough, Erin C. Rumpke, Alan Vespie and Nancy Steinberg Warren. Integrating Cultural Competence Awareness into Allied Health Education. Poster presentation. National Clinical Laboratory Educator's Conference, February 21-23, 2008.

Melanie F. Myers, Jody P. Wallace, Margaret G. Au, Carol Baugh, M. Kathryn Brown, Sandra Cornett, Bonnie Hood, Judy L. Jarrell, Paula Houston, Cynthia A. Prows, Norma Ryan, Nancy Steinberg Warren. A Family Health History Project in Urban Appalachian Communities. National Human Genome Institute, Bethesda, MD, January 29, 2008.

Melanie F. Myers, Jody P. Wallace, Margaret G. Au, Carol Baugh, M. Kathryn Brown, Sandra Cornett, Bonnie Hood, Judy L. Jarrell, Paula Houston, Cynthia A. Prows, Norma Ryan, Nancy Steinberg Warren. Family History Demonstration Project among Urban Appalachian Women. Poster presentation. 10th Anniversary of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, January 23, 2008.

Nancy Steinberg Warren, DJ Lowrie, Jr, Audrey Karlea, Brian Strike, Courtney Doughty, Carol Turner, Misti Williams, Katherine Krepkovich. Online learning promotes professional development for genetic counselors. Poster presentation. National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education meeting, Kansas City, MO, October 12-16, 2007.

Nancy Steinberg Warren, Thea Owens, Linda Graeter, Alan Vespie, Barbara Warren. Results of an interdisciplinary cultural competence needs assessment. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 16 (6): 677. Platform presentation. National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education meeting, Kansas City, MO, October 12-16, 2007.

Jody Wallace, Melanie Myers, Carl Huether, Angela Bedard, Nancy Steinberg Warren. Employability of genetic counselors with a PhD in genetic counseling. Poster presentation. National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education meeting, Kansas City, MO, October 12-16, 2007.

Melanie Myers, Margaret Au, Katie Brown, Cindy Prows and Nancy Steinberg Warren. Developing a Family Health History Educational Program for Urban Appalachian Women: Focus Group Findings. Poster Presentation. National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Meeting, Kansas City, MO, October 12-16, 2007.

Katie Wusik, Andrea Wall, Cindy Prows and Nancy Steinberg Warren. Measurement of Cultural Competency in Genetic Counseling Students. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 16 (6): 691. December 2007, p. 691. Platform Presentation. National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Meeting, Kansas City, MO, October 12-16, 2007.

Nancy Steinberg Warren and the NSGC Ethics Committee. The Evolution/Creationism Debate: Ways of Thinking and Talking About It. Educational Breakout Session. National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Meeting, Kansas City, MO, October 12-16, 2007.

Nancy Steinberg Warren, Linda Graeter and Alan Vespie. Integrating Cultural Competence Education into Pre-Professional Allied Health Education. Concurrent session presentation. Navigating Educational Waters: Health Professionals Working Together to Bridge Education and Outcomes 2007 National Conference. Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington, KY, May 17, 2007.

Ruthanne VanLoon, Bethanne Brown, Nancy Steinberg Warren. Concurrent session presentation. Navigating Educational Waters: Health Professionals Working Together to Bridge Education and Outcomes 2007 National Conference. Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington, KY, May 17, 2007.

Erin Harvey, Susan Stanton, Jennifer Garrett, Jean Neils-Strunjas and Nancy Steinberg Warren. Cross-disciplinary Genetics Education: A New Program for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists. Poster presentation, National Coalition for Health Care Professional Education in Genetics, Bethesda, MD, February 1-2, 2007.

Nancy Steinberg Warren, DJ Lowrie, Audrey Karlea, Katherine Krepkovich, Carol Turner, Misti Williams. Adapting a Graduate Level Clinical Embrology Course for Online Delivery to Practicing Genetic Counselors and Other Health Professionals. Poster presentation, National Coalition for Health Care Professional Education in Genetics, Bethesda, MD, February 1-2, 2007.

Integrating Genetics into Communication Sciences and Disorders. Platform presentation, American Speech Language Hearing Association Meeting, Miami Beach, November 15, 2006. 25 speech language pathologists and audiologists.

Warren, N.S., Raymond, V.R., and Wusik, K. Cultural Competence Mapping in a Genetic Counseling Training Program. Platform presentation, National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 10-14, 2006. 100 genetic counselors.

Williams, M., Brown, K. and NS Warren. Collaborative Partnerships: Genetic Counselors Working with Genetic Advocacy/Support Groups. Poster presentation, National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 10-14, 2006. 1000 genetic counselors.

Raymond, V., Murdock, J and NS Warren. Taking a Step Back to Make a Leap Forward: A Survey of Underrepresented Minority Genetic Counselors. Poster presentation, National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 10-14, 2006. 1000 genetic counselors.

Fick, J., Peach, E., Scrivener, W, and NS Warren. Discussing Spirituality in Genetics Clinic: Patient Perspectives. Poster presentation, National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 10-14, 2006. 1000 genetic counselors.

Warren, N.S., Lowrie, D.J., Krepkovich, K., Williams, M. and Turner, C. Clinical Embryology Online. Poster presentation, UC Showcase, University of Cincinnati Tangeman University Center, April 21-22, 2006. 2000 prospective students.

Warren, N.S. and Wolfe, K.S. Changing the Face of the Genetic Counseling Profession: A Midwest Initiative with National Implications. Poster presentation, UC Showcase, University of Cincinnati Tangeman University Center, April 21-22, 2006. 2000 prospective students.

Brown, B. Wall, A., Brehm, Smith, R., Breen, P., Long, L. and Warren, N.S. Interdisciplinary Health Care Collaborative. Poster presentation, UC Showcase, University of Cincinnati Tangeman University Center, April 21-22, 2006. 2000 prospective students.