Melanie F. Myers, MS, PhD, CGC

Ph.D.: Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Baltimore, MD, (Social and Behavioral Sciences, Health Policy and Management)

M.S.: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, (Genetic Counseling)

B.A.: Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH, (Sociobiology and French)

Grant: #263-MJ-612122 Investigators:Brown, M. Kathryn; Myers, Melanie; Warren, Nancy 09-01-2006 -09-30-2008 National Human Genome Research Institute Developing Community Based Models for Education and Utilization of Family Health History Information Role:PI $99,977.00 Closed Level:Federal

Peer Reviewed Publications

Myers,M.F.; Chang,M.-H.; Jorgensen,C.; Whitworth,W.; Kassim,S.; Litch,J.A.; Armstrong,L.; Bernhardt,B.; Faucett,W.A.; Irwin,D.; Mouchawar,J.; Bradley,L.A.  (2006). Genetic testing for susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer: evaluating the impact of a direct-to-consumer marketing campaign on physicians' knowledge and practices. Genetics in Medicine, 8 (6) , 361-370

Hayes,J.M.; Rigau-Pe´rez,J.G.; Reiter,P.; Effler,P.V.; Pang,L.; Vorndam,V.; Hinten,S.R.; Mark,K.E.; Myers,M.F.; Street,K.; Bergau,L.; Meyer,C.; Amador,M.; Napier,M.; Clark,G.G.; Biggerstaff,B.J.; Gubler,D.J.  (2006). Risk factors for infection during a dengue-1 outbreak in maui, hawaii, 2001. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100 (6) , 559-566

Kenneson,A.; Myers,M.F.; Lubin,I.M.; Boyle,C.  (2003). Genetic laboratory practices related to testing of the gjb2 (connexin-26) gene in the united states in 1999 and 2000. Genetic Testing, 7 (1) , 49-56

Myers,M.F.; Li,S.; Correa-Villasen~or,A.; Li,Z.; Moore,C.A.; Hong,S.X.; Berry,R.J.  (2001). Folic acid supplementation and risk for imperforate anus in china. American Journal of Epidemiology, 154 (11) , 1051-1056

Myers,M.F.; Doksum,T.; Holtzman,N.A.  (1999). Genetic services for common complex disorders: surveys of health maintenance organizations and academic genetic centers. Genetics in Medicine, 1 (6) , 272-285

Myers,M.F.; Bernhardt,B.A.; Tambor,E.S.; Holtzman,N.A.  (1994). Involving consumers in the development of an educational program for cystic fibrosis carrier screening. American Journal of Human Genetics, 54 (4) , 719-726

public health genomics, public health genetics, family health history, genetic counseling, research, genetic counseling training

melanie.myers@cchmc.org