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Harvard geneticist who received Epstein funding

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

George Church, a Harvard geneticist, maintained ongoing professional contact with Jeffrey Epstein from 2006 through at least 2014, including meetings and phone calls. Church received $686,000 in funding from the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation between 2005-2007 for his research. After Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, Church continued to meet with Epstein several times annually through at least 2014. In 2019, Church publicly apologized for his contacts with Epstein, citing poor judgment and 'nerd tunnel vision.' Church is currently part of Harvard University's expanded investigation into Epstein's connections to faculty and donors, but no arrest, charges, conviction, or legal action against Church has been reported. Church has denied knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities and expressed regret about the association.

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CONTEXT ONLYrecorded Feb 23, 2026

George Church, a Harvard geneticist, received funding from Jeffrey Epstein's foundation for his Personal Genome Project, which housed Epstein's blood sample and sparked a lab crisis, and later apologized for their post-conviction ties citing nerd tunnel vision.

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George Church (geneticist)

WIKIPEDIA

Church's detailed online register of funding sources showed that he received funding totaling $686,000 from the nonprofit Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation from 200…

Harvard's Epstein Probe Widened

HARVARD MAGAZINE·Feb 20, 2026

Harvard's Epstein Probe Widened. An ongoing investigation into University affiliates' connections to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will expand to…

Harvard Expands Epstein Probe to Include Donors, Faculty Named

THE HARVARD CRIMSON·Feb 11, 2026

Newly disclosed federal materials indicate Epstein's connections to Harvard extended beyond those previously identified, including correspondence with several p…

Report Concerning Jeffrey E. Epstein's Connections to Harvard University

HARVARD UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL·May 1, 2020

Dick Gross, George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics, approached the development office about the possibility of soliciting Jeffrey Epstein for additiona…

Biologist George Church apologizes for contacts with Jeffrey Epstein

STAT NEWS·Aug 5, 2019

George Church, the prominent Harvard University biologist, offered a full-throated apology for having meetings and phone calls with accused sex trafficker Jeffr…

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