Melissa earned her Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from the Medical College of Wisconsin. She went on to do a post-doctoral fellowship under Drs. Elizabeth Worthey and Howard Jacob at the Hudson Alpha Institute of Biotechnology. During her post-doctoral training, Melissa gained expertise the use of whole genome sequencing for the diagnosis of rare disease. Following her fellowship, she joined the Hudson Alpha Clinical Services Lab as a Clinical Genomic Variant Scientist and Clinical Genomics Supervisor. In 2022, Melissa became board-certified by the American Board of Bioanalysis as a High-complexity Clinical Laboratory Director in Molecular Diagnostics. Melissa joined JAX Genomic Medicine in 2023 and serves as the Clinical Laboratory Director for the Advanced Precision Medicine Laboratory.
