Ms. Shahmirzadi joined Ambry in 2012 as a genetic counselor specializing in genomics after earning her M.S. in Genetic Counseling from Stanford University School of Medicine.  She has a strong educational background in new technologies including next-generation sequencing with a particular interest in whole genome/whole exome sequencing.  Prior to beginning her genetic counseling training, Ms. Shahmirzadi worked as a genetic counselor assistant at the Cancer Risk Program at UCSF and as a DNA Technician at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory.  She also earned a second M.S. in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University and her B.S. in Psychology from University of California, Davis.