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
 | Retna Arun Retna is an undergraduate at Cornell University from Shrewsbury, MA. She is studying Biological Sciences: Genetics, Genomics, and Development. On campus, she tutors genetics courses, is involved with outreach projects on monarch conservation, and helps research ovarian cancer biomarkers. She is interested in the role of genetics in human disease and making genomic medicine more accessible. |
 | Sophie Blumberg Sophie is a graduate of Skidmore College, where she majored in Neuroscience and Psychology. During her time there, she worked in two research labs—one focused on hemispheric lateralization and the other on how babies acquire language. She was also a teacher's assistant for both biology and statistics courses. In her free time, Sophie enjoys spending time outdoors, especially hiking, running, and biking.
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 | Elly Brokamp Elly is a certified genetic counselor and post-doctoral researcher with the Wojcik Lab. After her genetic counseling program at Sarah Lawrence College, she worked as a research genetic counselor for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center site. She also directed several courses and was Practicum Coordinator for Vanderbilt's Genetic Counseling Masters Program. Elly completed her PhD in computational human genetics through the Vanderbilt Genomics Institute in 2025. She is interested in researching rare disease, especially structural congenital anomalies. In her free time, Elly enjoys walks with her dog, exploring Boston by bike, and experimental ice cream making. |
 | 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. |
 | Kaiulani (Kai) Shulman Kai is a second-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, originally from New York City. She graduated from Yale College with Distinction in Religious Studies, focusing on the history and origin of bioethics. Kai is interested in pediatrics, medical ethics, and disability advocacy. |
 | Courtney Verscaj Courtney is a neonatal-perinatal medicine fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital. Courtney completed her BS in Biometry and Statistics with a concentration in statistical genomics at Cornell University. She obtained her MD at the Boston University School of Medicine. She then completed the combined pediatrics and medical genetics residency program at Stanford University. She is interested in expanding access to genomic testing, particularly in critically ill neonates, and improving the education of parents and non-genetics practitioners on genomics in clinical practice. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 dogs, Archie and Winston. |