Sarah Barbara Abdallah, MD

I grew up in Ann Arbor, MI, as the oldest of four siblings in a livelyLebanese-American family. I moved to New Haven to attend college at Yale and haven’t left since, although I’m still a Midwesterner at heart! In college, I double-majored in Molecular Biology and Psychology, and along the way I discovered my passion for human genetics. My longstanding research interest is in applying experimental and computational genomics approaches to better understand the etiologies of complex neuropsychiatric disorders. As a medical student at Yale, I spent one year as an HHMI-ASHG research fellow in the Fernandez lab, where I have since continued my work to identify genes and genetic variants that contribute to OCD. I am excited to train as a resident in the Solnit Integrated program and to keep working with the awesome people at the Child Study Center. Outside of medicine, I enjoy running, traveling and competing with the Yale grad touch rugby team, and working on various art and film projects.