Geneticist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Jun Shen is a Clinical Molecular Geneticist certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She is a fellow member of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.

Dr. Shen’s clinical and research interests are focused on identifying genetic etiologies of hereditary disorders which include molecular genetic diagnosis and new gene discovery. She is Co-PI of the Hear-’n-SEQ program, one of the Gabriella Miller Kids First cohort studies, in which genome sequencing is applied to identify genetic causes of structural birth defects. She formerly was the co-investigator of the SEQaBOO project to investigate how to apply genome sequencing to newborn screen to improve care. Dr. Shen also serves on the ClinGen Expert Panel for Hearing Loss.

Dr. Shen received her PhD from Harvard University, did her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and completed the clinical molecular genetics fellowship through the Harvard Medical School Genetics Training Program.