Human Genetics Faculty
Caroline Lieber
Director, Human Genetics Graduate Program
M.S., Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. B.S., 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
M.S., Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. B.S., 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
M.D., 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
Ph.D., University of Brandeis. B.S., University of Rhode Island. Special Topics Workshop, Maternal Serum Screening Unit. SLC, 1996-
Suzanne Carter
M.S., Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. B.A., University of Pennsylvania. Genetic Counselor [ABGC]. Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Reproductive Genetics. SLC, 1995-
Peggy Cottrell
M.S., Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. B.S., Downstate Medical Center. Human Physiology. SLC, 2002-
Siobhan Dolan
M.D., Harvard University. B.A., Brown University. Issues in Public Health Genetics, Epidemiology Unit. SLC, 2002-
Judith Durcan
M.S., Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. Issues in Genetic Counseling IV. SLC, 2006-
Marvin Frankel
B.A., City College of New York. Ph.D., 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
M.D., New York University School of Medicine. B.A., Radcliffe College. Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine. Embryology. SLC, 1995-
Susan Gross
M.D., University of Toronto. B.A., 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
B.A., Syracuse University. J.D., LL.M., New York University School of Law. Assistant clinical professor of family practice and humanities in medicine, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn. 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 a palliative care initiative of changing institutional culture to accommodate an alternate treatment approach; assisting in development of research ethics certificate program and an analysis of a clinical ethics program at an acute care facility. Co-author with A. Berg and M. Hurst, Cochlear Implants in Children: Ethics, Informed Consent, and Parental Decision-Making, Journal of Clinical Ethics, Fall 2005; author, The Patient as Research Participant, a Guide to Hospitals and Inpatient Care, Springer Publishing Company (2003). SLC, 1996-
Laura Hercher
M.S., Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. M.A., Columbia University. B.A., Colgate. CGC Issues in Public Health Genetics, Ethics Unit. SLC, 2004-
Judith Hull
M.S., Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. B.S., Columbia. Issues in Genetic Counseling IV. SLC, 2001-
Daniel Iacoboni
M.S., 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
M.S., Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. B.S., North Western. Special Topics Workshop, Teratology Unit. SLC, 2002-
Laura I. Long
B.A., Kenyon College. M.S. (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
M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine. B.A., Clark University. Introduction to Clinical Medicine. SLC, 2003-
Diana Punales Morejon
MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. B.A., Barnard College. Genetic Counselor. Seminar in Genetic Counseling. SLC, 1997-
Sally Nolin
Ph.D., SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn. MS, Sarah Lawrence College, Human Genetics. B.S., Cornell University. Associate Director, DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities. Special Topics Workshop. SLC, 1998-
Elsa Reich
M.S., Sarah Lawrence College. B. S., 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
B.A., Seton Hall University. M.S.W., University of Pennsylvania. D.S.W., 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 a forthcoming text, Program Evaluation: Trends and Methods (Oxford University Press). SLC, 1993-