Karen Weissbecker Remer is the Director of Graduate Studies for the Hayward Genetics Center at Tulane University School of Medicine. She is also Director of Student Support and Wellness. She received her Ph.D. in Genetics from the Medical College of Virginia and her Masters of Social Work from Tulane. She has been very involved in Limmud New Orleans, serving on various committees over the years. She has two adult sons, Amos and Ezra.