Our Research Team

Todd Lencz, Ph.D

Todd Lencz, Ph.D is a Professor of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine in the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, and is Associate Director of the Institute of Behavioral Science at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Dr. Lencz is a founding member of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, and he leads the Ashkenazi Genome Consortium, as well as COGENT, the cognitive genomics consortium. He is a Board Member of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG), and serves as Chair of the Ethics, Positions, and Policy committee of the ISPG. Dr. Lencz is also a Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz, PhD, JD

Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz, PhD, JD is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and runs the Brain Bioethics Lab in the Department of Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Lázaro-Muñoz combines his background in neuroscience, law, and bioethics to examine the implications of emerging biomedical technologies in neuroscience and genomics. He is principal investigator of studies funded by the BRAIN Initiative-National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Human Genome Research Institute. Dr. Lázaro-Muñoz received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from New York University; his J.D. and Master of Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania; and his BA in Psychology from the University of Puerto Rico.

Shai Carmi

Shai Carmi is an Associate Professor at the School of Public Health at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, leading a computational and statistical genetics research group. His research spans genome-wide association studies, genetic risk prediction, reproductive genetic testing, genetic genealogy, ancient DNA, and theoretical population genetics. Shai’s work on embryo screening has focused on statistical models for risk reduction estimates. He is a recipient of the prestigious Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists (2023 Israel Award for Faculty).

Stacey Pereira, PhD

Stacey Pereira, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. She researches social and ethical issues in genomics, with particular emphasis on the impact of integrating genomics into various contexts and populations. Her work on embryo screening focuses on exploring patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives. She holds a PhD in sociocultural anthropology with a focus on medical anthropology and anthropology of science from Rice University.

Dorit Barlevy, PhD

Dorit Barlevy, PhD is a Senior Research Assistant at the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. Informed by a background in disability studies and qualitative research, her work focuses on reproductive ethics.

Rémy Furrer, PhD

Rémy Furrer, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School. He received his PhD in social psychology from the University of Virginia. As part of the center for Bioethics, his current research focuses on the public perception and understanding of information acquired through genomic and neuro-technologies. He is particularly interested in exploring the ways people’s (oftentimes misconstrued) theories about their genes and brains shape their understanding of themselves and others, as well as their decisions and attitudes regarding the ethical use and application of genetic and neuroscientific information.