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Who We Are
Leadership Team
Michael J. Bamshad, M.D.
Mike is a Professor of Pediatrics and Genome Sciences, and Chief of the Division of Genetic Medicine at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital. He is a co-founder of My46. Dr. Bamshad’s professional and research interests focus on understanding the origins and affinities of modern humans, developing novel strategies to find disease susceptibility variants, and characterizing genetic variants influencing risk for an assortment of health-related conditions. He and his colleagues were the first to use exome sequencing to identify genes for Mendelian and complex traits. He has published more than 150 papers in the field of human genetics. Dr. Bamshad earned a combined bachelor of the arts and medical degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and completed his residency, clinical genetics fellowship, and post-doctoral training at the University of Utah.
Holly K. Tabor, Ph.D.
Holly is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Bioethics at the University of Washington and at the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. She is a co-founder of My46. Dr. Tabor’s professional and research interests include ethical issues in genetic research, particularly those related to informed consent, data sharing, and return of results from exome and whole genome sequencing studies. She earned a Ph.D. in epidemiology and genetics and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in ethics, both at Stanford University.
Development Team
Michael J. Bamshad, M.D.
Mike is a Professor of Pediatrics and Genome Sciences, and Chief of the Division of Genetic Medicine at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital. He is a co-founder of My46. Dr. Bamshad’s professional and research interests focus on understanding the origins and affinities of modern humans, developing novel strategies to find disease susceptibility variants, and characterizing genetic variants influencing risk for an assortment of health-related conditions. He and his colleagues were the first to use exome sequencing to identify genes for Mendelian and complex traits. He has published more than 150 papers in the field of human genetics. Dr. Bamshad earned a combined bachelor of the arts and medical degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and completed his residency, clinical genetics fellowship, and post-doctoral training at the University of Utah.
Holly K. Tabor, Ph.D.
Holly is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Bioethics at the University of Washington and at the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. She is a co-founder of My46. Dr. Tabor’s professional and research interests include ethical issues in genetic research, particularly those related to informed consent, data sharing, and return of results from exome and whole genome sequencing studies. She earned a Ph.D. in epidemiology and genetics and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in ethics, both at Stanford University.
Joon-Ho Yu, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Joon is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington. His research interests include developing and studying culturally tailored strategies for returning genetic results from exome and whole genome sequencing through My46. He earned a Ph.D. and M.P.H. in Public Health Genetics at the University of Washington where his training focused on genetic epidemiology, bioethics, and anthropology.
Seema Jamal, M.Sc., CGC
Seema is a licensed and certified genetic counselor in the Division of Genetic Medicine of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington. She joined the My46 team in 2012 after spending the past seven years as a clinical genetic counselor at Boston University Medical Center. She earned a M.Sc. degree in Genetic Counselling from the University of Toronto.
Karin Dent, M.S., CGC
Karin is a licensed and certified genetic counselor and Assistant Professor in the Division of Medical Genetics of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah. She is a past president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and Associate Director of the University of Utah Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling. She earned a M.S. degree in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh.
Julia Crouch, M.P.H.
Research Associate, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children’s Research Institute
E-mail: julia.crouch@seattlechildrens.org
Margaret McMillin, B.S.
Clinical Research Coordinator, Division of Genetic Medicine at the University of Washington
E-mail: mcmillin@uw.edu
Aditi Shankar, B.A.
Clinical Research Coordinator, Division of Genetic Medicine at the University of Washington
E-mail: ashankar@uw.edu
Advisory Team
Michael Astion, MD, PhD
Wylie Burke, MD, PhD
Peter Byers, MD
Debbie Nickerson, PhD
Roberta Pagon, MD
Charmaine Royal, PhD
Shannon Sewards
Contributors
Edye Conway, MS, CGC
Karin Dent, MS, CGC
Meg Hefner, MS, CGC
Seema Jamal, MSc, CGC
Karen Metzler, MS
Steph Oates, MS, CGC
Robert Pilarski, MS, CGC
Jillian Sotelo, MS, CGC
Alizabeth Woodruff, BS