Talia Defrancesco Oranburg

Talia DeFrancesco Oranburg is a Variant Curation Scientist at Ariel Precision Medicine, where responsibilities include curating genetic variants and interpreting their significance to enhance clinical care. Prior experience includes a Graduate Student Researcher role at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, focusing on autosomal dominant leukodystrophy under Dr. Quasar Saleem Padiath, and consultancy positions at Fourth River Solutions and Ariel Precision Medicine. Additional experience encompasses a Research Assistant position at New York University School of Law, managing a lab at Case Western Reserve University while conducting various experiments, and a Research Specialist role at the University of Pittsburgh. Talia holds a PhD in Human/Medical Genetics from the University of Pittsburgh and a BS in Neuroscience/Psychology from Allegheny College, along with post-bac studies in several scientific disciplines.