How inclusion of genetic counselors on the research team can benefit translational science

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 74, 2011, Pages

  Zierhut, Heather ^a   Austin, Jehannine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC COUNSELOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; SKILL; TEAMWORK; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79952791191     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3001898     Document Type: Note

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12. Acknowledgments: The authors thank S. Aufox for constructive comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. Funding: J.A. was supported by the BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Canada Research Chairs program. H.Z. was supported by the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.