Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
- As Assistant Director of the Genetic Counseling Training Program, my responsibilities include teaching, serving on thesis committees, mentoring students in laboratory, interviewing prospective students, supervising the students’ clinical rotations, and providing one-on-one guidance.
- At the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, I lecture on clinical genetics, and molecular genetics to the graduate students. I look forward to mentoring graduate students in the genetics lab.
Research Information
Research Interests
- Genetics and genetic counseling
- Genetic modifiers of pulmonary disease
Publications
Darrah RJ, Mitchell AL, Campanaro CK, Barbato ES, Litman P, Sattar A, Hodges CA, Drumm ML, Jacono FJ. (2016). . Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. doi:10.1016/j.jcf.2016.05.002
Darrah R, Nelson R, Damato EG, Decker M, Matthews A, Hodges CA. (2016). . Biological Research for Nursing. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27081158.
Decker, M.J., Muller, K.J., Keating, G.L., Damato, E.G., & Darrah, R. . Sleep Science. doi:10.1016/j.slsci.2016.05.007
Drumm ML, Konstan MW, Schlucther MD, Handler A, Pace R, Zou F, Zariwala M, Fargo D, Xu A, Dunn JM, Darrah RJ, Dorfman R, Sandford AJ, Corey M, Zielenski J, Durie P, Goddard K, Yankaskas JR, Wright FA, Knowles MR; Gene Modifier Study Group. (2005) . New England Journal of Medicine 353(14): 1443:53.
Darrah R, McKone E, O’Connor C, Rodgers C, Genatossio A, McNamara S, Gibson R, Stuart Elborn J, Ennis M, Gallagher CG, Kalsheker N, Wiese D, Dunn J, Smith P, Pace R, Londono D, Goddard KA, Knowles MR, Drumm ML. (2010) . Physiological Genomics 41(1):71-77. PMCID: PMC2841492
Darrah, R; Mitchell, A; Bederman, I; Hodges, C; Campanaro, C; Drumm, M; Jacono, F (2013) . J Cyst Fibros. 2013 Jul;12(4):345-51.
Langfelder-Schwind, E; Karczeski, B; Strecker, M; Redman, C; Zaleski, C; Sugarman, E; Brown, T; Keiles, S; Ghate, S; Powers, A; and Darrah, R. Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Analysis in Genetic Counseling Practice, 2013 Updated Recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors.” (2013) Journal of Genetic Counseling (in press)
Ross K, Darrah RJ, Hodges CA, Lang L, Kelley T. s. J Allergy (Cairo). 2013;2013:740973.
Education
Additional Information
Certification
Board Certified Genetic Counselor, 2002