Jehannine Claire Austin, PhD is a Canada Research Chair and an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver Canada, and is certified as a genetic counselor by the American Board of Genetic Counseling and the Canadian Association of Genetic Counselors. She is the co-chair of the Psychiatric Special Interest Group of the National Society of Genetic Counselors, and graduate advisor to the University of British Columbia Genetic Counseling MSc program.