Colleen O. Jodarski, MGC

B.S. Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2015

Master's in Genetic Counseling, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2020

Diplomate, American Board of Genetic Counseling, 2021

Colleen Jodarski, MGC, CGC is a board-certified genetic counselor and instructor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM-SOM). Prior to joining UM-SOM in 2024, she worked as genetic counselor for the Centralized Sequencing Program at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

In her current position, Ms. Jodarski works closely with Dr. Toni Pollin to lead and participate in gene curation efforts and gene-specific variant curation rule development with the ClinGen Genomic Clinical Variant Expert Curation Panel for Monogenic Diabetes. In addition, she is involved with the Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network (RADIANT), a multi-site study aimed at discovering and defining rare and atypical forms of diabetes. Her role with RADIANT involves returning genetic results to research participants as well as reviewing and annotating genome sequencing results as part of the Discovery team. 

Ms. Jodarski has a secondary appointment in the Department of Physiology with Dr. Andrea Meredith. Her role here involves serving as a genetics expert to assist Dr. Meredith with efforts to standardize variant interpretation and further phenotypic characterization of KCNMA1-linked channelopathy. 

genomics, monogenic diabetes, gene curation, variant interpretation, KCNMA1-linked channelopathy, genetic counseling

Jodarski C, Duncan R, Torres E, Gore R, Raznahan A, Similuk M. Understanding the phenotypic spectrum and family experiences of XYY syndrome: Important considerations for genetic counseling. J Community Genet 14, 17–25 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-022-00630-y

Moses RG, Jodarski C, Setzer M, Lewis KL, Yan J, Byers S, Yavi M, Ballard ED, Walkiewicz, M, Zarate CA Jr, Austin JC, & Similuk M. Psychological state at the time of psychiatric genetic counseling impacts patient empowerment: A pre–post analysis. (2024). Journal of Genetic Counseling, 00, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1949