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Megan Trinkle-Knotts, MS, CGC

Fall 1980 - Fall 2120

Human Genetics and Genomics Department

MeganTrinkle@scuhs.edu

Current Position

Position: Adjunct Faculty

Biography

Ms. Tucker is a licensed and certified genetic counselor from Indianapolis, IN. She began her career at St. Vincent Hospital working in both prenatal and pediatric practices for nearly 10 years. During that time, she helped develop a statewide Perinatal Loss Evaluation Program offering a free customized evaluation service for families experiencing a stillbirth and a Cord Blood Collection/Genetics Consultation Initiative to avoid “missed opportunities” for babies that were identified as having an anomaly or suspected life-threating complications. In 2015, she joined The Center for Genomic Advocacy at Indiana State University to establish a new Master’s in Genetic Counseling Program as well as a new Genetic Counseling Clinic focusing on oncology and psychiatric genetic counseling. She now is the Assistant Director/Fieldwork Coordinator of Genetic Counseling for Bay Path University. Ms. Tucker holds a Certificate in Leadership Development, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, an M.S. Medical and Molecular Genetics from Indiana University, IN, and a B.S. in Secondary Biology Education from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. She holds licenses from the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana and the American Board of Genetic Counseling, Inc.

Degrees

2006

M.S., Genetic Counseling, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

Journal Article

Completed/Published

Fry, D.; Groepper, D.; MacCarrick, G.; Demo, E. M.; Thomas, M. J.; Wilkes, M. J.; Lyons, M. J.; Tucker, M. E.; Steding, C.; Fleischer, J. Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Caused by 1q41 Deletion Including TGFB2 Is Associated with a Neurodevelopmental Phenotype. American journal of medical genetics. Part A 2022, 188, 2237–2241.
Brooks, K.; Holman, M.; Steding, C.; Tucker, M. A Founder CHEK2 Pathogenic Variant in Association with Kidney Cancer. Cancer genetics 2022, 262-263, 40–42.

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I chose SCU when looking for a PA program because of their Integrative Medicine approach. I am from Michigan, and not many programs focus on this Integrative, Holistic approach when it comes to patient care in the Midwest, and I felt that was very important for me to learn as a future provider. My transition to semi-virtual learning has been very smooth and quite enjoyable. [su_accordion][su_spoiler title="Read More..." open="No"]My favorite part about attending SCU is how tight-knit and diverse the community is. Coming from a large undergrad university and moving so far, it was very important for me to have a PA program that made me feel valued and invested in my success. At SCU, they do a great job of making you feel that.[/su_spoiler][/su_accordion]

Brianna Hadley

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One of the great things about SCU is we do have a campus layout, so all your classes aren't in a single room. We have our cadaver lab. We have different specialty rooms for physical assessment classes vs. acupuncture classes. All our acupuncture-specific classes have all the herbs in the room. You can pull out the herbs and look at them, whether in class or in between classes to get that extra studying in.[su_accordion][su_spoiler title="Read More..." open="No"]My favorite part of SCU is the collaboration from our beginning terms. We were working alongside chiropractor students, PA students, and ayurvedic students. It's a unique community where we get to learn about these different fields and sit in classrooms with them and work with them in the clinic. It allows you to get an understanding of all the different fields and how they can work together, and what is unique about your field. I think that is a wonderful aspect that I didn't think was going to be as prominent as it is here; even now, in my upper term classes and I am not in class with chiropractic students, I can still reach out to them about a certain aspect I may not understand or if I am working on a case. I want another perspective I know I have them to reach out to, so that has been a great networking community to have resources for.[/su_spoiler][/su_accordion]

 

Dr. Jamie Kuljis

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Portia Harris

Student, Ayurveda Program

Some of my favorite courses at SCU have to be the chiropractic procedure classes; those are the classes you get to hone in on your chiro skills, your palpation skills and ultimately work on the adjustments that make you a chiropractor. Those are the classes I feel enhance my knowledge the most and are some of the reasons I chose to become a chiropractor here are SCU.[su_accordion][su_spoiler title="Read More..." open="No"]On top of chiropractic procedures classes, my favorite is the cadaver lab experience. The cadaver classes opened up my perception of what the human body is made up of. It allowed me to get an in-person perspective of how the body works and looks on the inside. I am genuinely thankful for those experiences because they opened and broadened my horizons to the human body and anatomy in general.[/su_spoiler][/su_accordion]

 

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