{"id":284,"date":"2023-06-03T12:20:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T16:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghazani-lab.bwh.harvard.edu\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2025-11-10T22:43:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T03:43:45","slug":"meet-our-principal-investigator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ghazani-lab.bwh.harvard.edu\/index.php\/meet-our-principal-investigator\/","title":{"rendered":"MEET OUR PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"284-c1\" class=\"style-336 style-local-284-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"284-c2\" id=\"about\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-337 style-local-284-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-fluid-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-344 style-local-284-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-345-outer style-local-284-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-345 style-local-284-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c5\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-342 style-local-284-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-342 style-local-284-c5\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h2 class=\"\">Principal Investigator<em style=\"font-family: &quot;Playfair Display&quot;;\"><br>Arezou A. Ghazani, MSc, PhD, FACMG<\/em><\/h2>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c6\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-0 gutters-row-md-0 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-0 gutters-row-v-md-0 gutters-row-v-0 style-338 style-local-284-c6 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-start align-items-md-start align-items-start gutters-col-lg-0 gutters-col-md-0 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-0 gutters-col-v-md-0 gutters-col-v-0\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start style-339-outer style-local-284-c7-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c7\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-ui-empty-state-container h-px-lg-0 h-px-md-0 h-px-0 v-inner-lg-0 v-inner-md-0 v-inner-0 style-339 style-local-284-c7 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100\">\n                <!---->\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start style-340-outer style-local-284-c8-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c8\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-340 style-local-284-c8 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                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style-local-284-c12 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-462 style-local-284-c12\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">Assistant Professor<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c13\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-919 style-local-284-c13 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Department of Medicine\n                      <br>Harvard Medical School\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c14\" class=\"style-926 style-local-284-c14 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c15\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-464 style-local-284-c15 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-464 style-local-284-c15\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">Director of Clinical Genomics<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c16\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-920 style-local-284-c16 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Brigham Genomic Medicine\n                      <br>Division of Genetics\n                      <br>Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c17\" class=\"style-927 style-local-284-c17 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c18\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-466 style-local-284-c18 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-466 style-local-284-c18\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">Associate Geneticist<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c19\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-921 style-local-284-c19 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c20\" class=\"style-928 style-local-284-c20 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n     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Certification<\/h3>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c39\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-1679 style-local-284-c39 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-1679 style-local-284-c39\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c40\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-905 style-local-284-c40 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Laboratory Genetics and Genomics&nbsp;<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c41\" class=\"style-1684 style-local-284-c41 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c42\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-1680 style-local-284-c42 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-1680 style-local-284-c42\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c43\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-1681 style-local-284-c43 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Clinical Cytogenetics and Genomics&nbsp;<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c44\" class=\"style-1683 style-local-284-c44 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c45\" class=\"style-1686 style-local-284-c45 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c46\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-352 style-local-284-c46 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-352 style-local-284-c46\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h3 class=\"\">CAP Certification<\/h3>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c47\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-1685 style-local-284-c47 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-1685 style-local-284-c47\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n         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style-475 style-local-284-c54\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">Research Fellowship<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c55\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-923 style-local-284-c55 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Massachusetts General Hospital\n                      <br>Harvard Medical School<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c56\" class=\"style-961 style-local-284-c56 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"284-c57\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-476 style-local-284-c57 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer 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