About

Cliff Tabin - Chairman

Dr. Cliff Tabin - Chairman

tabin [at] genetics [dot] med [dot] harvard [dot] edu

617-432-7799

Robert Kingston - Vice Chairman

Dr. Robert Kingston - Vice Chairman

kingston [at] molbio [dot] mgh [dot] harvard [dot] edu

617-726-5990

Vonda Shannon - Director

Vonda Shannon - Director

vonda [at] genetics [dot] med [dot] harvard [dot] edu

617-432-7077

Department History

In 1981, recognizing that genetics was an important emerging field, Harvard University established a new Department of Genetics at the Medical School. The relevance of genetics had been previously recognized at Harvard. Important advances in human genetics had been made at affiliated institutes such as Children’s Hospital and the MGH.

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Composition and Departmental Structure

We have a concerted effort to build the strongest possible Department while drawing upon the full diversity of talented people in the field. There are currently 36 faculty members of which 26 are tenured, having begun their careers in the Department. One-third of our tenured faculty are women.

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Relationship to Other Departments and Institutes at Harvard

In addition to the Department of Genetics, there are eight other basic science departments at the Harvard Medical School:  Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Pathology, Cell Biology, Systems Biology, Neurobiology, Health Care Pol

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