Mercy Y. Laurino, M.S., C.G.C.
Genetic Counselor, Adult Medical Genetics
Pediatric Neurogenetics Clinic Coordinator
Box 357720
Phone: 206-598-8771
FAX: 206-598-3269
Email: mercy@u.washington.edu
Mercy Laurino joined the medical genetics team in 2003. She provides genetic counseling to patients referred for consultation in the Neurogenetics, Connective Tissue, Dermatologic, Cancer genetics, and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program clinics. She is currently the clinic coordinator of the interdisciplinary Pediatric Neurogenetics Clinic established in 2005 at the University of Washington Center of Human Development and Disability Center. Her current research interest involves enrolling participants in the Metabolic Spectroscopy as a Biomarker for Huntington Disease Research study.
Mercy Laurino obtained her genetic counseling training from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 2003 with a Masters degree in Biophysics and Genetics. She obtained her Bachelor degree in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Washington in 1998.
Representative Articles
Laurino MY, Bennett RL, Saraiya DS, Baumeister L, Doyle DL, Leppig K, Pettersen B, Resta R, Shields L, Uhrich S, Varga EA, Raskind WH. Genetic Evaluation and Counseling of Couples with Recurrent Miscarriage: Recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. J Genet Couns 3: 165–181, 2005.
McCormick K, Laurino M, Goodman N. The First Year of HDBase, A Research Community Website for Hungtington Disease. Abstract submitted to Second Meeting on the Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration at Milan, Italy; May 2005.
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