Laura Hercher

Laura Hercher is a Board-certified genetic counselor and Director of Student Research at the Sarah Lawrence College Joan H. Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics. She is a frequent commentator on issues related to genetic medicine, and has written for Scientific American, Wired, Genome, the MIT Technology Review, Buzzfeed and the New York Times, among others. She is the ethical, legal and social issues section editor for the Journal of Genetic Counseling and co-editor of Genetic Counseling: Clinical Practice and Ethical Considerations. Laura is co-founder of The DNA Exchange, a blog for the genetic counseling community, as well as the host of the podcast “The Beagle Has Landed,” popular with genetic professionals, the science media and sci-curious people everywhere. She has featured as a guest on the Trevor Noah podcast and is a regular commentator on Mendelspod.

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