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Bonnie LeRoy is a Professor Emerita in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development at the University of Minnesota. Bonnie received her MS in Human Genetics from Sarah Lawrence College in New York and she served as the Director of the Graduate Program of Study in Genetic Counseling at the University of Minnesota from 1989 to 2019. Bonnie’s teaching and research interests involved the preparation of genetic counseling professionals and the ethical, legal and professional challenges inherent in genetic counseling practice.

She is co-author of Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process: A Practice Manual, A Guide for Research in Genetic Counseling, and co-editor of Genetic Counseling Practice: Advanced Concepts and Skills. Bonnie has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed articles in genetic counseling and was awarded the Natalie Weissberger Paul Outstanding Achievement and Leadership Award by the National Society of Genetic Counselors. She has served as president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors, the American Board of Genetic Counseling and the Association of Genetic Counseling Program Directors. She also served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Genetic Counseling from 2008 through 2017. 

Bonnie is a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers and recipient of the “Outstanding Contributions to Post-Baccalaureate, Graduate and Professional Education Award” at the University of Minnesota, and she served as chair of the Licensed Genetic Counselor Advisory Council of the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice from 2018 to 2020.

Wolf, SM, Crock, BN, VanNess B, Lawrentz, F, Kahn, JP, Beskow, LM, Cho, MK, Christman, MF, Green, RC, Hall, RH, Illes, J, Keane, M, Knopers, BM, Koenig, BA, Kohane, IS, LeRoy, B, Maschke, KJ, McGerveran, W, Ossorio, P, Parker, LS, Petersen, GM, Richardson, HS, Scott, JA, Terry, SF, Wilfond, BS, and Wolf, WA. Managing Incidental Findings and Research Results in Genomic Research Involving Biobanks and Archived Data Sets. Genetics in Medicine, 2012, 14: 361-384. DOI:10.1038/gim.2012.23.

Mikhaelian, M, McCarthy Veach, P, MacFarlane, IM, LeRoy, BS, and Bower, M. Prenatal Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization: A Survey of Prenatal Genetic Counselors’ Experiences and Attitudes. Prenatal Diagnosis, 2013, 33: 371-377. DOI 10.10002/pd.4071

Zierhut, H, McCarthy Veach, P, & LeRoy, BS. Canaries in the Coal Mine: Personal and Professional Impact of Experiential Learning on Asymptomatic Individuals Undergoing Whole Genome Sequencing. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 2015, 167A: 2647-2656. DOI 10.1002/ajmg.a.37262. PMID: 26219924

Hartmann, JE, McCarthy Veach, P, MacFarlane, IM, and LeRoy, BS. Genetic Counselor Perceptions of Genetic Counseling Session Goals: A Validation Study of the Reciprocal-Engagement Model. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2015, 24(2): 225-237. DOI 10.1007/s10897-013-9647-6.

Lee, W, McCarthy Veach, P, MacFarlane, IM, and LeRoy, BS. Who is at Risk for Compassion Fatigue? An Investigation of Genetic Counselor Demographics, Anxiety, Compassion Satisfaction and Burnout. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2015, 24 (2): 358-370; DOI 10.1007/s10897-014-9716-5

Wolf, S. M., Branum, R., Koenig, B. A., Petersen, G. M., Berry, S. A., Beskow, L. M., Daly, M. B., Fernandez, C. V., Green, R. C., LeRoy, B. S., Lindor, N. M., O'Rourke, P. P., Breitkopf, C. R., Rothstein, M. A., Van Ness, B. and Wilfond, B. S. Returning a Research Participant's Genomic Results to Relatives: Analysis and Recommendations. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2015; 43: 440–463. DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12288

Redlinger-Grosse, K, McCarthy Veach, P, Cohen, S., & LeRoy, BS, MacFarlane, IM, & Zierhut, H. Defining Our Clinical Practice: The Identification of Genetic Counseling Outcomes Utilizing the Reciprocal Engagement Model. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2016; 25 (2): 239-257; DOI 10.1007/s10897-015-9864-2

Finley, LS, McCarthy Veach, P, MacFarlane, IM, LeRoy, BS, & Callanan, N. Genetic Counseling Supervisors’ Self Efficacy for Select Clinical Supervision Competencies. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2016; 25 (2): 344-358; DOI 10.1007/s10897-015-9865-1

Miranda, C., McCarthy Veach, P., Martyr, M.A., and LeRoy, B.S. Portrait of the Master Genetic Counselor Clinician: A Qualitative Investigation of Expertise in Genetic Counseling. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2016; 25 (4): 767-785; DOI 10.1007/s10897-015-9863-3

Wells, D., McCarthy Veach, P., Martyr, M.A., and LeRoy, B.S. Development, Experience and Expression of Meaning in Genetic Counselors’ Lives: an Exploratory Analysis. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2016; 25 (4): 799-817; DOI 10.1007/s10897-015-9901-1

Lee, W, McCarthy Veach, P, MacFarlane, IM, and LeRoy, BS. Who is at Risk for Compassion Fatigue? An Investigation of Genetic Counselor Demographics, Anxiety, Compassion Satisfaction and Burnout. Journal of Genetic Counseling, Online First 2014; DOI 10.1007/s10897-014-9716-5.

Hartmann, JE, McCarthy Veach, P, MacFarlane, IM, and LeRoy, BS. Genetic Counselor Perceptions of Genetic Counseling Session Goals: A Validation Study of the Reciprocal-Engagement Model. Journal of Genetic Counseling, Online First 2013; DOI 10.1007/s10897-013-9647-6.

Mikhaelian, M, McCarthy Veach, P, MacFarlane, IM, LeRoy, BS, and Bower, M. Prenatal Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization: A Survey of Prenatal Genetic Counselors’ Experiences and Attitudes. Accepted for publication in the Prenatal Diagnosis, January 2013.

Balcom, J., McCarthy Veach, P., Bemmels, H., Redlinger-Grosse, K., & LeRoy, B.S. When the topic is you: Genetic counselor responses to prenatal patients’ requests for self-disclosure. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2012, 22: 358 - 373.

Wolf, SM, Crock, BN, VanNess B, Lawrentz, F, Kahn, JP, Beskow, LM, Cho, MK, Christman, MF, Green, RC, Hall, RH, Illes, J, Keane, M, Knopers, BM, Koenig, BA, Kohane, IS, LeRoy, B, Maschke, KJ, McGerveran, W, Ossorio, P, Parker, LS, Petersen, GM, Richardson, HS, Scott, JA, Terry, SF, Wilfond, BS, and Wolf, WA. Managing Incidental Findings and Research Results in Genomic Research Involving Biobanks and Archived Data Sets. Accepted for publication in Genetics in Medicine, Online First, March 2012.

Glessner, HD, Vandenlangenberg, E, McCarthy Veach, P and LeRoy, BS. Are Genetic Counselors and GLBT Patients “on the Same Page”? An Investigation of Attitudes, Practices and Genetic Counseling Experiences. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2012, 21:326-336.

Jungbluth, C, Macfarlane, IM, McCarthy Veach, P and LeRoy, BS. Why is Everyone so Anxious? An Exploration of Stress and Anxiety in Genetic Counseling Graduate Students. Journal of Genetic Counseling 2011, 20, 270-286.

Paine, AL, McCarthy Veach, P, MacFarland, IM, Thomas, B, Ahrens, M, and LeRoy, BS. “What Would You Do if You Were Me?” Effects of Counselor Self-Disclosure vs. Non-Disclosure in a Hypothetical Genetic Counseling Session. Journal of Genetic Counseling 2010, 19, 570-584.