Program Leadership

Shama Khan is a board-certified and licensed genetic counselor currently working in Perinatal Genetics as a Research Study Manager for the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Shama’s role within the GCMP is project coordinator for the Alliance to Increase Diversity in Genetic Counseling (AID-GC) initiative, serving as the main liaison between Rutgers and other consortia programs. She also serves as a mentor to scholarship recipients. Shama received her Master of Science in Genetic Counseling from Arcadia University, an MPH in Epidemiology from Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and an M.S. in Human Genetics from Tulane University School of Medicine. She is a member of the Human Genetics Association of New Jersey and her interests include the promotion of family health history awareness in the Muslim community.