Nicole Z. Mans, M.S., L.C.G.C.
Specialties
Genetic Counseling
Cancer Genetics and Genomics
Department
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Title
- Genetic Counselor, Hereditary Cancer Program
Reviews
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
2279 45th St., 2nd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95817
Driving Directions
Primary Phone:
800-362-5566
Additional Phone Numbers
Department Fax: 916-734-6215
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Philosophy of Care
Nicole Mans strives to help patients and their families to understand their risk for cancer and the implications for their medical management. She works to promote patients’ informed choices about genetic testing and supports their ability to choose the option that is best for them.
Clinical Interests
Nicole Mans offers comprehensive genetic counseling and testing services for adults and children who have a personal or family history suggestive of hereditary cancer. She sees patients in her own clinic and in a team with the Hereditary Cancer Program physicians.
Division
Center/Program Affiliation
Education
M.S., Genetic Counseling, California State University, Stanislaus, 2012
M.S., Entomology, UC Davis, Davis CA 2007
M.S., Epidemiology, UC Davis, Davis CA 2006
B.A., Oberlin College, Oberlin OH 2003
Board Certifications
American Board of Genetic Counseling,
Professional Memberships
National Society of Genetic Counselors
Honors and Awards
National Society of Genetic Counselors Student/Industry Internship Award, 2011
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant, 2007
Select Recent Publications
Strom, S.P., R. Lozano, H. Lee, N. Dorrani, J. Mann, P.F. O’Lague, N.Z. Mans, J.L. Deignan, E. Vilain, S.F. Nelson, W.W. Grody, F. Quintero-Rivera. De Novo variants in the KMT2A (MLL) gene causing atypical Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome in two unrelated individuals identified by clinical exome sequencing. BMC Medical Genetics. 2014; 15:49.
Mans, N.Z. “Medically actionable” secondary findings in clinical practice: a case study. UC Davis Human Genomics Forum, Sacramento, California (platform presentation). 2014.
Scheidler, L.C., M.M. Dunphy-Daly, B.J. White, D.R. Andrew, N.Z. Mans, and M.C. Garvin. Survey of Aedes triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae) for LaCrosse encephalitis and West Nile virus in Lorain County, Ohio. J of Medical Entomology. 2006;43(3): 589-593.
White, B.J., D.R. Andrew, N.Z. Mans, O.A. Ohajuruka, and M.C. Garvin. West Nile virus in mosquitoes of northern Ohio, Am J of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2006;75: 346-349.
Mans, N.Z., S.E. Yurgionas, M.C. Garvin, R.E. Gary, J.D. Bresky, A.C. Galaitsis, and O.A. Ohajuruka. West Nile virus in mosquitoes of northern Ohio. Am J of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2004;02;70: 562-565.
Mans, N.Z., L. Hache, D. Harvey, E. Henricson, and CINRG Investigators. Deletion Mutations Bordering Exon 44 of the DMD Gene: The CINRG Experience. Annual Education Conference, National Society of Genetic Counselors, Boston, Massachusetts 2012 (platform presentation).