Lydia Hellwig PhD, ScM

Education

PhD Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD Dissertation: Assessment of the Current State of Genomic Medicine in the Military Health System. 2023
ScM Genetic Counseling, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Thesis Topic: Patient Perceptions of Uncertain Genetic Variants. 2017
BS in Molecular and Cellular Biology, BA in Sociology, Minor in Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 2014

Biography

Dr. Lydia Hellwig is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics and Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Hellwig serves as principal investigator or co-investigator on many genomic research projects, including genomic medicine implementation studies as well as studies that seek to better understand sudden cardiac death, pharmacogenetics, cancer, and other health contexts. Dr. Hellwig leads the Military Cardiac Arrest Program (MiCAP) and the Clinical Implementation Division of the Center for Military Precision Health (CMPH). She also strives to increase genomic literacy and is passionate about clinical genetics education. She is the Genetics and Genomics Course Director for the USU School of Medicine. Her clinical practice, research, and teaching efforts seek to improve the way in which genomic technologies are used to maximize health and psychosocial outcomes.

Representative Bibliography

Hellwig, L. D., Biesecker, B. B., Lewis, K. L., Biesecker, L. G., James, C. A., & Klein, W. (2018). Ability of Patients to Distinguish Among Cardiac Genomic Variant Subclassifications. Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine, 11(6), e001975. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCGEN.117.001975

Hellwig, L. D., Krokosky, A., Vargason, A., & Turner, C. (2021). Genetic Counseling Considerations for Military Beneficiaries. Military medicine, 187(Suppl 1), 36–39. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab007

Hellwig, L. D., Turner, C., & O'Neill, S. C. (2019). Patient-centered care and genomic medicine: A qualitative provider study in the military health system. Journal of genetic counseling, 28(5), 940–949. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1144

Hellwig, L. D., Turner, C., Manolio, T. A., Haigney, M., James, C. A., Murray, B., Szpisjak, D. F., Muldoon, S., Estrada-Veras, J., Krokosky, A., & De Castro, M. J. (2019). Return of secondary findings in genomic sequencing: Military implications. Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, 7(2), e00483. https://doi.org/10.1002/mgg3.483

Segre, E. M., Hellwig, L. D., Turner, C., Dobson, C. P., & Haigney, M. C. (2020). Exercise Dose Associated With Military Service: Implications for the Clinical Management of Inherited Risk for Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. Military medicine, 185(9-10), e1447–e1452. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaa185

DeLuca, J., Selig, D., Poon, L., Livezey, J., Oliver, T., Barrett, J., Turner, C., & Hellwig, L. (2020). Toward Personalized Medicine Implementation: Survey of Military Medicine Providers in the Area of Pharmacogenomics. Military medicine, 185(3-4), 336–340. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usz419

DeLuca, J., Oliver, T., Hulsopple, C., Selig, D., Por, E., Turner, C., Hellwig, L., & Livezey, J. (2021). Applying Pharmacogenomic Guidelines to Combat Medical Care. Military medicine, 187(Suppl 1), 18–24. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab333