Our contributors

Rachel Allen, MS, CGC

Director of Medical Affairs at Myriad Genetics

Rachel Allen is the Director of Medical Affairs for prenatal products at Myriad Genetics. Rachel has been an author or co-author on multiple publications and has presented at numerous regional and national conferences.

Malia Boyd

Channel Marketing Manager at Myriad Genetics

Malia Boyd started her working life as a magazine journalist with a Master’s in Journalism. More recently, she transitioned into healthcare marketing and works on Myriad Genetics' portfolio of prenatal products.

Tiana Francy, MSc

Medical Science Liaison at Myriad Genetics

Tiana Francy holds advanced degrees in both Molecular Genetics and Science Education. She currently serves as a Medical Science Liaison at Myriad Genetics bridging the gap between the intricacies of genetic medicine and the providers who administer it.

Katie Hunt, MS, CGC

Medical Science Liaison at Myriad Genetics

Katie Hunt is a board-certified genetic counselor. She spent 13 years counseling patients with high-risk pregnancies before joining Myriad as a Women’s Health Medical Science Liaison in 2019.

Taylor Kane

Guest Contributor

Taylor Kane’s passion for rare disease advocacy began in grade school, shortly after her father died from ALD and she learned that she was a genetic carrier of the condition. Over the years, she has become deeply involved in the rare disease community, speaking at numerous rare disease-related events and contributing to a variety of campaigns as a thought leader and voice for the rare disease community. Taylor is the founder and consulting executive director of Remember the Girls, an international nonprofit organization which aims to break the stigma facing females with X-linked disorders. She is an award-winning activist, an accomplished speaker, and a respected author, having recently published a memoir, Rare Like Us: From Losing My Dad to Finding Myself in a Family Plagued by Genetic Disease. Taylor is also a paid consultant for Myriad Genetics®.

Ronit Lebor, MS, CGC

Medical Science Liaison at Myriad Genetics

Ronit Lebor is a board-certified genetic counselor in Philadelphia, PA. She has expertise in reproductive genetic screening and hereditary cancer genetics. Currently, Ronit is a Medical Science Liaison at Myriad Genetics, and has been with the company since 2018.

Daniel Luksic, MS, CGC

Medical Science Liaison at Myriad Genetics

Daniel Luksic worked in the University of Washington Genome Sciences Department for six years before going to Sarah Lawrence College to earn his master's in Human Genetics. After graduating in 2019 he moved to Portland, Oregon to work for Myriad as an Medical Science Liaison for Women’s Health.

Shivani Nazareth

Guest Contributor

Shivani Nazareth completed an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University, and a Master of Science from Mount Sinai School of Medicine of NYU. As a board-certified genetic counselor, Shivani has worked in the fields of reproductive health, cancer, and pediatric genetics at institutions like Mount Sinai and Weill Cornell.

Andrea Pirages, MS, CGC

Medical Science Liaison at Myriad Genetics

Andrea is a certified genetic counselor with an M.S. in Genetic Counseling from Case Western Reserve University. She practiced as a prenatal and preconception genetic counselor with Maternal Fetal Medicine through Premier Health Partners in Dayton, Ohio, specializing in counseling patients through high-risk pregnancies with a focus on genetic abnormalities, ultrasound anomalies, and drug exposure in pregnancy. After four years of clinical practice, she transitioned into an industry-based role with Myriad Genetics in 2019 focusing on prenatal screening and hereditary cancer risk assessment.

Kaylene Ready, MS, CGC

Guest Contributor

Kaylene Ready originally wrote her piece when she was a Myriad genetic counselor. She is a former Board of Directors for NSGC and is currently employed at Juniper Genomics.

Eric Rothman

Senior Marketing Manager at Myriad Genetics

Eric Rothman is a Senior Marketing Manager at Myriad Genetics, specializing in patient and provider lifecycle marketing strategies. Since joining Myriad in 2022, Eric has helped drive content strategy to promote Myriad’s Women’s Health products and its core mission of empowering people with genetic insights to help make informed healthcare decisions.

Lauren Siems Watson, MS, CGC

Lauren is a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Manager at Myriad Genetics who leads a team of genetic counselor and scientist MSLs providing education, clinical support, and technical expertise to health care providers interested in reproductive genetic screening and hereditary cancer risk assessment. She is a licensed and certified genetic counselor in the greater Los Angeles area, currently serving as President on the Board of Directors for the Southern California Genetic Counselors (SCGC). Prior to joining Myriad, Lauren trained at Northwestern University Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling. She is also a member of NSGC and an alumna of the City of Hope Intensive Course in GCRA.

Sabrina Williams, MS, CGC

Genetic Counselor at Myriad Genetics

Sabrina Williams is a licensed, board-certified genetic counselor with over a decade of clinical and industry experience. As a Medical Science Liaison at Myriad Women’s Health, she provides clinical education and support to healthcare providers about reproductive health and cancer genetics.