#  Dr. Janet Song 

Assistant Professor

 

 

 



   ![Professor Song headshot photo of her smiling wearing glasses, a teal cardigan, and pink undershirt; sporting medium length brown hair](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2024-10/Janet_Song%20%282%29.jpeg?itok=SmJ0RrHY) 

 



 

 email <janetsong@fas.harvard.edu> 

 laptop\_windows [Song Lab at Harvard University](http://janetsonglab.com) 

 

 



 

There are millions of sequence variants between humans and other species. The Song lab aims to identify and characterize the variants that contributed to human-specific traits, with a particular focus on the evolution of the human brain. We are also interested in how human-specific changes to the brain impact neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric diseases in modern humans. [Learn more.](https://janetsonglab.com/research)



 

 

 





 

 

- ## People
    
     [Faculty](/people/faculty)
- ## Research
    
     [Genetics &amp; Genomics](/research/genetics-genomics)