Chakravarti Lab
Center Director
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Neuroscience and Physiology
Research interests: molecular basis of human disease, gene regulatory networks, and human population genomics

Evrony Lab
Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neuroscience and Physiology
Research interests: genetics of brain development, function, and disease; technology development for neuroscience; and precision medicine

Beck Lab
Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Research interests: mechanisms underlying human genetic diseases, genomic discovery in autoinflammatory diseases, and characterization of disorders of ubiquitylation

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology
Research interests: developmental neuroscience, gene regulatory networks in human diseases, single cell genomics, and functional characterization of disease mutations

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
Research interests: genetics and biology of complex human traits and diseases, population genetics, functional genomics, and polygenic risk scores

Dr. Berti provides the center director with research administration support and strategy assistance. She has an MS in communications from the University of Milan and PhD in medical genetics from La Sapienza University of Rome. Dr. Berti trained and held various lab positions at Telethon Institute Genetics and Medicine and San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Italy, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and the University of Buffalo, with more than 20 years of experience in basic research and strong organizational experience in research administration.

Program Director, Genetics Education

Mrs. Cantor is a board-certified genetic counselor who joined NYU Langone and co-established the High-Risk Cancer Genetics Program in 2015. She joined Dr. David Beck’s team in January 2022, where she focused on providing genetic diagnoses for patients and research subjects with suspected immune dysregulation disorders. Anna has extensive education and training experience having established the genetic counseling internship at the HRCGP and serving as lead supervisor, spearheading an institution-wide cancer genetics conference for medical professionals, organizing numerous mini-courses, and serving as module co-director for first year medical school course.

Ms. Carabello's career at NYU Langone began in 2016 as a grants assistant for the Department of Plastic Surgery. Over the next seven years, her expertise grew while working in the Department of Population Health, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, and the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She has returned to NYU Langone as a grants manager under the PODs, where her main focus will be providing pre- and post-award services to the Center for Human Genetics and Genomics.

Ms. McDonald has a year of experience managing daily administrative operations in an office environment. She earned her BS in healthcare management at Misericordia University College of Business in Dallas, PA.

Ms. Scarabino has more than 20 years of experience in the Human Resources department. She has prior affiliation as a program manager with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and team lead in the Pandemic Response Lab.

Ms. Worosz has more than six years of experience managing the daily business operations of complex companies. She earned an undergraduate degree from the City University of New York—College of Staten Island.