Cynthia Morton

Cynthia Casson Morton, PhD, is the William Lambert Richardson Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology and Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, Director of Cytogenetics and Past Director of the Biomedical Research Institute at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research interests are in molecular cytogenetics, hereditary deafness, genetics of uterine leiomyomata and human developmental disorders. Dr. Morton is the past President of the American Society of Human Genetics (2014). She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the College of William and Mary in Virginia and her Ph.D. in Human Genetics from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.