Kevin Jameson, Volunteer President of the Dementia Society of America® (DSA), has a conversation with Laynie Dratch, ScM, CGC, a licensed, certified genetic counselor at Penn Medicine, on the subject of genetics, genetic testing, and various causes of Dementia. She works as a research and clinical genetic counselor in adult neurogenetics, focusing on Dementia and neuromuscular disease. She received her Masters of Science in genetic counseling from the Johns Hopkins University / National Institutes of Health training program in January 2020. She graduated summa cum laude from Colgate University in 2017, receiving a BA in behavioral neuroscience with a minor in psychology. This podcast is supported by DSA sponsor: Passage Bio.
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