Roya Kabuki Program | Meet Our Team
Leadership
Olaf Bodamer, MD, PhD, FACMG, FAAP
Park Gerald Chair in Genetics and Genomics; Associate Chief of Genetics & Genomics
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Bodamer directs the Kabuki Syndrome Program. He came to Boston Children’s in 2015 and established an active research program in genetics and genomics. He sees patients of all age groups with genetic disorders with a focus on Kabuki syndrome and is active in genetics and genomics research, clinical trials and teaching. His research focuses on the application of multiple “OMICS” (genome, transcriptome, methylome, metabolome, microbiome) to understand disease as well as healthy processes like pregnancy.
Bodamer trained in pediatrics in Germany and at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and in Clinical and Biochemical Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He is member of several editorial and scientific advisory boards and patient advocacy groups.
Emanuela Gussoni, PhD
Assistant in Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Gussoni, co-director of the Kabuki Syndrome Program, has done extensive research in diseased muscle, particularly in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Her laboratory, established at Boston Children’s in 2000, focuses on muscle stem cells and the key regulators that drive them to form mature muscle cells, with the goal of developing new therapies for muscular disorders. Dr. Gussoni obtained her PhD from the University of Milan, Italy in Genetics and Molecular Biology and did a fellowship at Stanford University, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, before coming to Boston Children’s. She served as a permanent member of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (USA) Scientific Advisory Committee from 2006 to 2017.
Tara Daly, MSc
Tara is the Program Coordinator of the Kabuki Syndrome Program. Daly graduated with a BA in Health Sciences and MS in Community Health Education from Merrimack College. She has worked on the development of multiple research initiatives revolving around improving health in pediatrics.