Hana Zouk, PhD
Hana Zouk, PhD joined Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine in 2016 as an Assistant Director at the Laboratory for Molecular Medicine (LMM) after completing her ABMGG fellowship in clinical molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School Genetics Training Program.
Dr. Zouk is interested in molecular genetic testing that combines high-throughput genomic technologies along with advanced clinical interpretation to provide comprehensive genetic information that can be used for effective implementation in personalized medicine. She is a co-Investigator of the eMERGE Project, a national consortium that combines biorepository samples with electronic health record (EMR) systems for large-scale genomic discovery and clinical implementation research. Her main role in the eMERGE Project is the rapid interpretation of sequence variation identified throughout the process to facilitate the integration of these genetic variants into EMRs for clinical care.
- 2003, BSc, Biology, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon
- 2006, MSc, Human Genetics (Dr. Gustavo Turecki), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2013, PhD, Human Genetics (Dr. Constantin Polychronakos), McGill University
- 2016, American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG), active candidate status (expected 2017), Clinical Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School Genetics Training Program
- H. Zouk, E. d’Hennezel, X. Du, H. Ounissi, C.A. Piccirillo & C. Polychronakos. Functional evaluation of the role of CLEC16A at the chromosome 16p13 locus. Clinical and Experimental Immunology,175(3):485-97, 2014.
- Zouk H, Marchand L, Li Q, Polychronakos C. Functional characterization of the Thr946Ala SNP at the type 1 diabetes IFIH1 locus. Autoimmunity 2014; 47(1):40-5.
- Fiori LM, Zouk H, Himmelman C, Turecki G. X chromosome and suicide. Mol Psychiatry 2011; 16(2):216-26.
- Zouk H, Marchand L, Polychronakos C. Study of transcriptional effects in cis at the IFIH1 locus. PloS One 2010; 5(7):e11564.
- Zouk H, McGirr A, Lebel V, Rouleau G, Benkelfat C, Turecki G. The effect of genetic variation of the serotonin 1B receptor gene on impulsive-aggressive behavior and suicide. Am J Med Genet B: Neuropsychiatr Genet 2007; 144(8):996-1002.
- Zouk H, Tousignant M, Seguin M, Lesage A, Turecki G. Characterization of impulsivity in suicide completers: Clinical, behavioral and psychosocial dimensions. J Affect Disord 2006; 92(2-3):95-204.
- 2003-2005: McGill Group for Suicide Studies Scholarship
- 2007-2008: Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute Student Scholarship
- 2008-2011: Fonds de Recherche en Santé au Québec (FRSQ) Doctoral Training Award
- 2010: The Foundation of Stars Graduate Student Prize of Excellence
