Rebecca Mueller, PhD, LCGC
Instructor A of Medicine (Translational Medicine and Human Genetics)
Director of Research, Instructor, Masters Genetic Counseling Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program
Perelman School of Medicine
Maloney Building, Ninth Floor, MO9026
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Perelman School of Medicine
Maloney Building, Ninth Floor, MO9026
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215 260 5523
Education:
BA (American Studies, focus on medicine))
Barnard College, 2004.
M.S. (Genetic Counseling Program)
Arcadia University, 2011.
Ph.D (History and Sociology of Science)
University of Pennsylvania, 2021.
Permanent linkBA (American Studies, focus on medicine))
Barnard College, 2004.
M.S. (Genetic Counseling Program)
Arcadia University, 2011.
Ph.D (History and Sociology of Science)
University of Pennsylvania, 2021.
Selected Publications
Callahan KP, Mueller R, Joffe S, Skraban C, Spinner N, Crew K, Wild KT, Clapp JT, Feudtner C. : How Neonatologists Use Genetic Information. J Pediatr. 114508, Feb 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print.Madden, K., Mueller, R.**, Brown C., Valverde K. D.; Langfelder-Schwind, E. **co-first author : Facilitators and Barriers to Increasing Equity in Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening Algorithms. Pediatric Pulmonology 60(1): e27449, Jan 2025.
Callahan, KP; Mueller R; Skraban, C; Crew,K; Munson, D; Spinner, N;Clapp, J. Feudtner, C.: Parents’ Perceptions of Genetic Testing as Helpful or Harmful in the NICU. Genetics in Medicine. 2025.
Davidson, H. R., Jamal, L., Mueller, R., Similuk, M., & Owczarzak, J. : Renegotiation, uncertainty, imagination: Assemblage perspectives on reproductive and family planning with an Inborn Error of immunity. Social Science & Medicine 360: 117303, Nov 2024.
Callahan, K. P., Mueller, R., Crew, K., Brothers, K., Munson, D., Joffe, S., & Feudtner, C.: Frequency and Reasons that Parents Decline Genetic Testing for Critically Ill Neonates. Genetics in Medicine Open 15(2): 101896. Oct 2024.
Sufian, Sandy, Rebecca Mueller, Elinor Langfelder-Schwind, Katherine Caldwell, Georgia Brown, Molly Ruben, Sheila Mody, Patricia Walker, and Emily Godfrey: When chronicity meets cyclicity: The cultivation of embodied knowledge and selfhood by cis-gender women with cystic fibrosis. SSM-Qualitative Research in Health 5: 100412, Jun 2024.
Muraresku, C. C., McCormick, E. M., Rockart, L., Blaine Crowley, T., Asher, S., Back, A., ... Mueller, R… McDonald-McGinn, D. M. : Expanding Genetic Counselor Roles: A Model for Global Research Development. Genes 15(7): 887, 2024.
Mueller, R., Knight, A., Sufian, S., & Garland-Thomson, R. : A Disability Critique of the Comparative View. The American Journal of Bioethics. American Journal of Bioethics 24(8), 40-42 2024.
Mueller, R.: Prognostic imagination: Genetic counseling amidst therapeutic innovation and evolving futures. Genet Couns. 32(4): 762-767, Aug 2023.
Mueller R, Lee BM, Callahan KP. : Managing Prognosis in Precision Medicine: Utility, Imagination, and Communication. Children (Basel). 10(4): 664, 2023.