Certified Genetic Counselor (CGC)Licensed Certified Genetic Counselor (LCGC)
BS in Biological Sciences - University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
MS in Genetic Counseling - University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Genetic Counselor
Placek, K., Benatar, M., Wuu, J., Rampersaud, E., Hennessy, L., Van Deerlin, V. M., Grossman, M., Irwin, D. J., Elman, L., McCluskey, L., Quinn, C., Granit, V., Statland, J. M., Burns, T. M., Ravits, J., Swenson, A., Katz, J., Pioro, E. P., Jackson, C., Caress, J., et al (2020). Machine learning suggests polygenic risk for cognitive dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. EMBO molecular medicine, 13(1), e12595.
Qiang, L., Piermarini, E., Muralidharan, H., Yu, W., Leo, L., Hennessy, L. E., Fernandes, S., Connors, T., Yates, P. L., Swift, M., Zholudeva, L. V., Lane, M. A., Morfini, G., Alexander, G. M., Heiman-Patterson, T. D., & Baas, P. W. (2019). Hereditary spastic paraplegia: gain-of-function mechanisms revealed by new transgenic mouse. Human molecular genetics, 28(7), 1136–1152.
Placek, K., Baer, G. M., Elman, L., McCluskey, L., Hennessy, L., Ferraro, P. M., Lee, E. B., Lee, V., Trojanowski, J. Q., Van Deerlin, V. M., Grossman, M., Irwin, D. J., & McMillan, C. T. (2019). UNC13A polymorphism contributes to frontotemporal disease in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiology of aging, 73, 190–199.
Hennessy L. Screening for genetic disease in ALS probands: Analysis of complex family history patterns. Abstract presented at: CReATe Annual Meeting; 2021 March 11-12; virtual.