Principal Investigator
Medical Director, Manton Center Gene Discovery Core; Newborn Medicine Medical Director, Fetal Care and Surgery Center; Attending Physician, Divisions of Newborn Medicine and Genetics and Genomics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Lab Members
 | Anna-Thérèse Mehra Anna-Thérèse Mehra is a graduate of Harvard College. She has recently completed projects in the laboratory of Dr. George Church at Harvard Medical School, involving CRISPR-Cas technology, base editing, and prime editing in novel cell lines. Her focus is on the applications of genome editing for rare genetic diseases. She has also held Teaching Assistant positions at both Harvard Medical School and MIT. In addition, her research experience has led to her involvement in determining the function of ethics in genome engineering. She has been published on this topic in the Harvard Science Review. |
 | Pratiksha Pradhan Pratiksha graduated with a bachelor's degree from Delhi Technological University, India and a master's degree in Data Analytics Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston. She has previously been involved with projects related to health equity at the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), MIT. Her research interest lies in rare disease research and improving patient outcomes through the applications of data science and engineering. |
 | Jillian Serrano Jillian was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and is currently a second year medical student at TTUHSC Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso. Prior to this she completed a Bachelor of Science degree at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and went on to work for the Rare Genomes Project at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. During this time, she worked on an R21 grant to better understand the inequities in genomic medicine. On her free time, she enjoys spending time with family, watching movies, volunteering at a local migrant refugee clinic, and taking her dog for walks. |