Betty Cohn is a postdoctoral fellow working with Dr. Anna Wexler at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a PhD in Public Health Genetics from the University of Washington, a Master of Bioethics from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, and a B.A. from Binghamton University. Her research examines the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging biotechnologies, including direct-to-consumer genetic testing, brain organoids, and polygenic risk scores. Her doctoral dissertation used qualitative methods to explore how individuals who discover a misattributed parentage experience through genetic testing navigate these findings, with a focus on online communities as sources of social support.
