Kathleen M. Schieffer, PhD, FACMG
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Kathleen M. Schieffer, PhD, FACMG, is a clinical laboratory director within the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a clinical assistant professor within the Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. She received a dual-title PhD in Biomedical Sciences and Clinical and Translational Science from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, where she studied the transcriptome and microbiome of colonic tissue from individuals with diverticulitis. Her postdoctoral work with the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital focused on genomic and transcriptomic analysis in patients with rare and refractory hematologic disease, cancer, and somatic disease enrolled on an institutional translational cancer genomics protocol. She completed her fellowship training at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and is board certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics.
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Clinical Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship
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Primary Department
Institute for Genomic Medicine
- Member, Children's Oncology Group, 2021 - Present
- Fellow, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, 2019 - Present
- Diplomate, American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, 2019 - Present
- Member, Association of Molecular Pathology, 2019 - Present
| Fellowship | Nationwide Children's Hospital | Date Completed: 07/21/2021 |
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| Graduate School | The Pennsylvania State University | Date Completed: 12/16/2017 |
| Undergraduate School | University of Delaware | Date Completed: 05/29/2010 |
- Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics