Kristen Vogel, MS, CGC

Genetic Counselor
Center for Medical Genetics,
NorthShore University HealthSystem

Instructor of Clinical Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Interests:
Kristen Vogel received a Master of Science degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Pittsburgh Genetic Counseling Training Program in May of 2005. While in graduate school, Kristen worked with the Center for Minority Health where she helped to pioneer the Family Health History Initiative, a community outreach program that incorporates the use of pedigrees as risk assessment tools in the African American Community. After receiving her graduate training, Kristen worked at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, in their Clinical Cancer Genetics Program. Her primary focus was providing risk assessment and genetic counseling services to individuals with a personal or family history of breast cancer. She was also heavily involved with various research projects related to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome, as well as Li Fraumeni syndrome.

Kristen joined the Center for Medical Genetics in 2007 and provides risk assessment and genetic counseling to adults at risk for various adult-onset genetic conditions. She is also the research coordinator for the Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Pancreatic Cancer Family Registry (PCFR). The goal of the PCFR is to investigate the genetic and molecular biological bases of familial pancreatic cancer, with the hope of improving prevention, screening, and treatment options for patients with both sporadic and familial pancreatic cancer.

Selected Publications:
Arun, B., Vogel, K. J., Lopez, A., Hernandez, M., Atchley, D., Broglio, K. R., Amos, C. I., Meric-Bernstam, F., Kuerer, H., Hortobagyi, G. N. et al. (2009). High Prevalence of Preinvasive Lesions Adjacent to BRCA1/2-Associated Breast Cancers. Cancer Prev Res (Phila Pa).

Ready, K. J., Vogel, K. J., Atchley, D. P., Broglio, K. R., Solomon, K. K., Amos, C., Lu, K. H., Hortobagyi, G. N. and Arun, B. (2009). Accuracy of the BRCAPRO model among women with bilateral breast cancer. Cancer.

Vogel, K. J., Atchley, D. P., Erlichman, J., Broglio, K. R., Ready, K. J., Valero, V., Amos, C. I., Hortobagyi, G. N., Lu, K. H. and Arun, B. (2007a). BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing in Hispanic patients: mutation prevalence and evaluation of the BRCAPRO risk assessment model. J Clin Oncol 25, 4635-41.

Vogel, K. J., Murthy, V. S., Dudley, B., Grubs, R. E., Gettig, E., Ford, A. and Thomas, S. B. (2007b). The use of family health histories to address health disparities in an African American community. Health Promot Pract 8, 350-7.

Nusbaum, R., Vogel, K. J. and Ready, K. (2006). Susceptibility to breast cancer: hereditary syndromes and low penetrance genes. Breast Dis 27, 21-50.