Growing up as the child of a pathologist, she knew at an early age that she wanted to be a doctor. Dr. Becker has both an MD and a PhD from Harvard, and did her Hematology fellowship at Yale. She has long been fascinated by inherited blood disorders, and divides her time between clinical patient care and research on the behavior of blood cells. Dr. Becker is also married to a physician and has two daughters who are interested in biomedical research. Her other passions are playing the violin and volunteering for patient support groups.