Dr. Sequist is originally from Michigan. She attended Cornell University and Harvard Medical School, and then settled in Boston. She completed her clinical training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital. During training she also earned a Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. She joined the faculty at the MGH Cancer Center in 2005 and is currently the Landry Family Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the Director of the Cancer Early Detection and Diagnostics Program at Mass General Brigham. Dr. Sequist’s research focuses novel technologies and approaches to cancer risk assessment, cancer screening and early detection. She is passionate about mentoring. In her free time, she likes to spend time with her husband, two sons and two dogs, read, and study Hawaiian language.