In this exciting episode, Talya and Joanna talk with genetic counselor Dena Goldberg about why genetic testing is so important for people with special needs and disabilities, and how a genetic counselor can help.
Dena Goldberg, MS, CGC is a genetic counselor living in Los Angeles, with a dream of bringing genetic counseling to mainstream media and becoming the first TV genetic counselor. She previously served as the Gordon and Betty Moore Endowed Counselor of Hereditary GI Cancer Prevention at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is the founder of DenaDNA.com, a website with a mission to spread awareness of medical genetics and genetic counseling to the general public through media and marketing techniques not typically used by the medical community. Inspired by her sister with a chromosome abnormality, she has been involved as a sibling support leader and has developed educational programming for the Chromosome 18 Registry and Research society. She is a strong proponent of using genetic information to improve the lives of and empower individuals with disabilities and their family members.
Check out all the great work Dena is doing via her website and all her social media outlets!
Website: www.denadna.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/denadna
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DenaTalksDNA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dena.dna/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@denadna
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DenaTalksDNA/
