Lori Williamson Dean

Researcher

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-09

faculty

7 h-index 24 pubs 185 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Lori Williamson Dean investigates patient and family perspectives on genetic counseling and cancer care. Her work includes a 2021 scoping review on integrating medical genetics and primary care in underserved populations and research on parental experiences with newborn screening for Pompe disease. Dean has also explored the perspectives of international students on the genetic counseling application process and the impact of family history information on adult adoptees.

Her recent publications also address tumor surveillance for adolescents with cancer predisposition syndromes and best practices for delivering telegenetics services. Dean has examined attitudes toward gene therapy among adults and parents of individuals with autism spectrum disorder. She has a h-index of 7, with 24 total publications and 179 citations. She has collaborated on multiple publications with Rachel Elias and Tiffany Lepard at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 24
  • Citations: 185

Selected Publications

  • Assessing the perspectives of genetic counselors with oncology patients at the end of life (2025)
  • Playing Russian Roulette: Parent and Adolescent Perspectives on Tumor Surveillance for Adolescents with Cancer Predisposition Syndromes (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Delivering Telegenetics Services: Review and Synthesis of Best Practices (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Host perspectives on international fieldwork placements for U.S.‐based genetic counseling students (2024)
  • International students' perspectives on the genetic counseling application process (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Does the amount of family history matter? Perspectives of adult adoptees (2023)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Newborn screening for Pompe disease: Parental experiences and follow‐up care for a late‐onset diagnosis (2022)
    22 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Barriers and strategies to integrate medical genetics and primary care in underserved populations: a scoping review (2021)
    61 citations DOI OpenAlex

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