January

Noah Zaitlen, PhD

  • Professor, Neurology
  • Professor, Human Genetics
  • University of California Los Angeles
  • Topic TBA
  • January 28, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. Teams

February

Sarah Richardson, PhD

  • Aramont Professor of the History of Science & Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
  • Harvard University  
  • Topic TBA
  • February 4, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. Teams

Shawn Murphy, MD, PhD 

  • Professor of Neurology and Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School
  • Chief Research Information Officer at Massachusetts General Brigham
  • Associate Director of the Lab of Computer Science at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Topic TBA
  • February 11, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. Teams

Na Cai, PhD 

  • Principal Investigator Helmholtz Pioneer Campus
  • Hemholtz, Munich
  • Topic TBA
  • February 25, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. Teams

March

Zhongming Zhao, PhD, University President’s Scholar

  • Vice President of Cancer Genomic Medicine
  • Chair for Precision Health
  • Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Human Genetics, Psychiatry, Pathology
  • Founding Director, Joint Center for Precision Health
  • McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics and School of Public Health
  • Director, CPRIT UTHealth Cancer Genomics Core (CGC)
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Topic TBA
  • March 4, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. Teams

Sarah Ubrecht, MD, PhD

  • Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Harvard Medical School
  • Talk: "A Bayesian Walk through the Genome: Understanding Dynamic Trajectories through the Life Course"
  • March 18, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. hybrid in-person  (2525 West End, Room 1561) and Teams

April

Hannah Seagle, PhD

  • PhD Student, Human Genetics Program
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Topic TBA
  • April 1, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. Teams

Kim Zayhowski, MS, CGC

  • Genetic Counselor and Assistant Professor
  • Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Topic TBA
  • April 8, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. Teams

Gilad Evonry, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology
  • Center for Human Genetics & Genomics
  • New York University, Langone
  • Topic TBA
  • April 15, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. Teams

Carol J. Bult, PhD

  • Professor and Knowlton Family Chair
  • The Jackson Laboratory
  • Topic TBA
  • April 22, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. Teams

May

Alissa D'Gama, PhD

  • Attending Neonatologist, Boston Children's Hospital
  • Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
  • Topic TBA
  • May 6, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. hybrid in-person (2525 West End, Room 1561) and Teams

Leslie Biesecker, MD

  • Distinguished Investigator
  • Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Topic TBA
  • May 13, 2025 | 2-3 p.m. hybrid in-person (2525 West End, Room 1561) and Teams