Human Genetics Faculty
Caroline Lieber
Director, Human Genetics Graduate Program
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BS, University of California. Davis Genetic Counselor [ABGC]. Issues in Genetic Counseling I, II, III, and IV. SLC, 1998-
James W. Speer
Associate Director, Human Genetics Program
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BS, University of Connecticut School of Allied Health Professions. Genetic Counselor [ABGC]. Advanced Human Genetics Seminar. SLC, 2002-
Jessica Davis
Director of Clinical Training, Human Genetics Program
MD, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. B.A., Wellesley College. [FACMG] Co-Director, Division of Human Genetics, and Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, New York – Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College. Medical Genetics Seminar. SLC, 1972-
Jacob Canick
PhD, University of Brandeis. BS, University of Rhode Island. Special Topics Workshop, Maternal Serum Screening Unit. SLC, 1996-
Suzanne Carter
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BA, University of Pennsylvania. Genetic Counselor [ABGC]. Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Reproductive Genetics. SLC, 1995-
Peggy Cottrell
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BS, Downstate Medical Center. Human Physiology. SLC, 2002-
Siobhan Dolan
MD, Harvard University. BA, Brown University. Issues in Public Health Genetics, Epidemiology Unit. SLC, 2002-
Judith Durcan
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. Issues in Genetic Counseling IV. SLC, 2006-
Marvin Frankel
BA, City College of New York. PhD, University of Chicago. Clinical internship in client-centered therapy, Counseling Center of the University of Chicago; postdoctoral fellowship at Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Contributed recent chapters and articles that deal with the changing nature of the psychotherapeutic relationship, the anatomy of an empathic understanding, we-centered psychotherapeutic relationships, and the clinical education of nondirective and directive psychotherapists. SLC, 1972-
Eva Bostein Griepp
MD, New York University School of Medicine. BA, Radcliffe College. Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine. Embryology. SLC, 1995-
Susan Gross
MD, University of Toronto. BA, University of Toronto. Assistant Professor, Division of Reproductive Genetics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Reproductive Genetics. SLC, 1995-
Alice Herb
BA, Syracuse University. JD, LLM, New York University School of Law. Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Practice and Humanities in Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center.; ethics consultant to New York Methodist Hospital. Formerly ethics consultant to the Brooklyn Hospital Center (1994-2003); formerly TV news and cultural affairs producer, director, and writer; special interest in clinical ethics, particularly in channels/barriers between health care professionals and patients/families, cultural diversity and its effect on physician/patient interaction, the role of palliative care in a high-tech environment, and the continuing dilemma in human subject research; currently involved in an initiative to change the guardianship law in New York State. Author: Autonomy, the Encyclopedia of Care of the Elderly, Springer Publishing Company, 2007; co-author with Burke and Swidler, "Three Stubborn Misconceptions About the Authority of Health Care Agents," NYSBA's Health Law. SLC, 1996-
Laura Hercher
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. MA, Columbia University. BA, Colgate. CGC Issues in Public Health Genetics, Ethics Unit. SLC, 2004-
Judith Hull
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BA, Columbia. Issues in Genetic Counseling IV. SLC, 2001-
Daniel Iacoboni
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. Issues in Genetic Counseling I, II, III. SLC, 2007-
David Kronn
Trinity College, Dublin Ireland, American Board of Medical Genetics 1994, recertified 2004. Biochemical Genetics. SLC, 2007-
Sharon LaVigne
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BS, North Western. Special Topics Workshop, Teratology Unit. SLC, 2002-
Laura I. Long
BA, Kenyon College. MS (human genetics), Sarah Lawrence College. Specializes in behavioral science and counseling skills required to help people change health-related behaviors; involved in training and research on programs to help reduce risk of HIV/STDs in all at-risk populations in the New York City geographic area; has been involved in both primary and secondary prevention efforts and has provided training to social service and health care organizations on program development in these areas; teaches Issues in Genetic Counseling IV in the Human Genetics program. SLC, 1999-
Robert Marion
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. BA, Clark University. Introduction to Clinical Medicine. SLC, 2003-
Diana Punales Morejon
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BA, Barnard College. Genetic Counselor. Seminar in Genetic Counseling. SLC, 1997-
Sally Nolin
PhD, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn. MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. BS, Cornell University. Associate Director, DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities. Special Topics Workshop. SLC, 1998-
Elsa Reich
MS, Sarah Lawrence College. BS, University of Chicago. Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Genetic Counseling [ABGC], New York University Medical Center; research on craniofacial anomalies, Delivery of Genetic Services. SLC, 1980-
Michael J. Smith
BA, Seton Hall University. MSW, University of Pennsylvania. DSW, Columbia University. Professor, Hunter College School of Social Work and Doctoral Program in Social Welfare, Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Research and evaluation consultant to social, health and mental health agencies in New York City; author of numerous books and articles on family care of the aged and disabled children, single-parent families, and mental health services; author of an introductory text in evaluation research, Program Evaluation in the Human Services (Springer Press, 1990), and Program Evaluation: Trends and Methods (Oxford University Press). SLC, 1993-