Susan E. Waisbren, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School

Susan Waisbren, PhD, currently serves as associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. She is also on the Associate Scientific Staff in Medicine in the Division of Genetics at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Susan received her bachelor’s degree in English from Yale University in New Haven, CT and continued on to earn her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Susan has authored and coauthored many articles in publications such as the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, American Family Physician, and the New England Journal of Medicine. She is also a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association and the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders. In addition, Dr. Waisbren is the founding director of the New England Consortium of Metabolic Programs and is on the Board of the New England Connection for PKU and Allied Disorders. She recently organized the Genetics and Metabolism Psychology Network, which will bring psychologists interested in PKU and other metabolic and genetic disorders together, with the goal of better describing the psychological aspects of these conditions, establishing guidelines for a core assessment battery, and developing educational tools for families and teachers.