Carrie Blout Zawatsky

Carrie Blout Zawatsky, MS, CGC, is a senior genetic counselor and Director of Research Development in the Genomes2People program at Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, and Ariadne Labs. Her career spans pediatric genetic counseling, public health newborn screening, and translational genomics research. She is recognized for her leadership in genomic screening, implementation, and the return of genomic results. Carrie has contributed to landmark genomic screening studies including MedSeq, BabySeq, MilSeq, and PopSeq, helping build the evidence base for genomic sequencing in healthy adults and newborns. Through the National Society of Genetic Counselors, she has led development of professional resources on elective genomic testing and newborn screening policy. She previously served on the NSGC Board of Directors and chaired the All of Us Research Program’s Genetic Counseling Resource Advisory and Advocacy Board. She currently serves as lead genetic counselor and program manager