Kaitlin Stanley

Kaitlin is a board-eligible genetic counsellor who completed her MSc in Genetic Counselling at the University of Toronto in 2024. She started working as a research coordinator in the Cardiac Genome Clinic at SickKids in 2020, and now works as a research genetic counsellor in the Genetics and Genome Biology program. As a research genetic counsellor, Kaitlin supports families in accessing research studies aimed at identifying genetic diagnoses for patients suspected of having a rare genetic condition. Outside of her day-to-day work, Kaitlin also has a special interest in research on occupational burnout in genetic counsellors.

Education and experience

• 2022–2024: M.Sc., Genetic Counselling, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
• 2015–2020: B.Sc., Molecular Biology and Genetics Co-op, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.

1. Liston, E. J., Kalbfleisch, K. J., Stanley, K. J., Chaturvedi, R. R., Cohn, I., Farncombe, K. M., Hayeems, R. Z., Schwartz, M. L. B., Somerville, C. B., Kim, R. H., & Jobling, R. K. (2022). A Model for the Integration of Genome Sequencing Into a Pediatric Cardiology Clinic. The Canadian journal of cardiology, 38(9), 1454–1457.
2. Stanley, K. J., Kalbfleisch, K. J., Moran, O. M., Chaturvedi, R. R., Roifman, M., Chen, X., Manshaei, R., Martin, N., McDermott, S., McNiven, V., Myles-Reid, D., Nield, L. E., Reuter, M. S., Schwartz, M. L. B., Shannon, P., Silver, R., Somerville, C., Teitelbaum, R., Zahavich, L., Bassett, A. S., … Jobling, R. K. (2024). Expanding the phenotypic spectrum of NOTCH1 variants: clinical manifestations in families with congenital heart disease. European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 32(7), 795–803. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-024-01629-4

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