Susan Persky, PhD, Director
Immersive Simulation Program; Head of Health Communication and Behavior Unit at NHGRI/NIH

Dr. Susan Persky is an associate investigator within the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health. She is the founding director of the Immersive Simulation Program - an emerging tech research lab, founded in 2006, and head of the Health Communication and Behavior Unit. Dr. Persky has published extensively in the areas of health communication, genomics, and immersive technology methods and application. She has provided scientific leadership through service on bodies such as the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Virtual and Augmented Reality and the Veteran’s Administration Immersive Executive Round Table. Dr Persky has presented her research in venues such as the Smithsonian Institution and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.