Pardis Sabeti
The Sabeti Lab
Boston, MA USA
"Don’t ever lose yourself. Always keep coming back to your basics to find who you are."
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Biology, General
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate Degree
Human Biology
University of Oxford
Doctorate
Biological Anthropology
University of Oxford
Doctorate
Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
I was born in Iran and came to the U.S. when the 1979 revolution was happening.
2.
As a kid, I really loved both math and nature—looking back, it makes sense that I’d end up making a career in genetics.
3.
I earned my bachelor’s degree in biology from MIT and then went on to graduate school.
4.
I earned my master’s degree in human biology and doctorate in biological anthropology from Oxford University.
5.
I came back to the U.S. for medical school and earned my medical degree from Harvard University.
6.
I’ve since built my career in genomics and infectious disease.
7.
I currently work as a professor at Harvard University in the School of Public Health.
8.
I also run a lab at the Broad Institute, focused on computational genetics and experimental genomics as it pertains to human health and infectious disease.
