Dr. Marlena Fejzo

Dr. Marlena Fejzo is Harmonia’s Chief Scientific Officer and an HG survivor and faculty researcher in the Center for Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Southern California. Her primary focus is in improving women’s health. She has been advising and collaborating on research with the HER Foundation since 2001. She has published papers on genetic studies of many diseases including ovarian cancer, breast cancer, and multiple sclerosis, and she discovered the first genes involved in uterine fibroids and the first genes linked to nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and Hyperemesis Gravidarum. Ultimately, her studies will drive development of new and better therapies that target the cause of diseases of women, not just the symptoms, and reduce the associated maternal and fetal suffering. Photo courtesy of hyperemesis.org.