Lillian Torrey Sosa, MS, CGC

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Lillian Sosa
617.414.5175
85 East Newton Street

Biography

Lillian received a BA in chemistry with a biochemistry concentration from Skidmore College in 2007. Prior to pursuing genetic counseling, Lillian worked as a research technician and lab manager in an epigenetics laboratory at MIT. She received her MS in Genetic Counseling from Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine in 2014. Before joining the Boston University team, Lillian worked as the senior genetic counselor at Maimonides Cancer Center and the program coordinator for the Division of Pediatric Genetics at Maimonides Infants & Children’s Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. At Maimonides, Lillian served on the multidisciplinary cleft lip and palate team and was actively involved in the pediatric residency genetics core curricula. At Boston Medical Center, Lillian is a clinical counselor in the Antenatal Testing Unit, providing counseling in a prenatal setting.

Education

  • Boston University School of Medicine, MS
  • Skidmore College, BA

Classes Taught

  • GMSGC602
  • GMSGC602
  • GMSGC608
  • GMSGC608
  • GMSGC700
  • GMSGC702
  • GMSGC703
  • GMSGC703
  • GMSGC704
  • GMSGC704

Publications

  • Published on 8/22/2013

    Subramanian V, Mazumder A, Surface LE, Butty VL, Fields PA, Alwan A, Torrey L, Thai KK, Levine SS, Bathe M, Boyer LA. H2A.Z acidic patch couples chromatin dynamics to regulation of gene expression programs during ESC differentiation. PLoS Genet. 2013; 9(8):e1003725. PMID: 23990805.

    Read at: PubMed
  • Published on 1/24/2013

    Klattenhoff CA, Scheuermann JC, Surface LE, Bradley RK, Fields PA, Steinhauser ML, Ding H, Butty VL, Torrey L, Haas S, Abo R, Tabebordbar M, Lee RT, Burge CB, Boyer LA. Braveheart, a long noncoding RNA required for cardiovascular lineage commitment. Cell. 2013 Jan 31; 152(3):570-83. PMID: 23352431.

    Read at: PubMed

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