Our Team

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Valerie Tornini, PhD

Principal Investigator

(Incoming) Assistant Professor (July 2024)

Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology and Institute for Society and Genetics; Affiliation, Chicano Studies Research Center - Hispanic Serving Institution Infrastructure Initiative

B.S., Biology; A.B., Religion, Duke University; Ph.D., Cell Biology (Developmental and Stem Cell Biology), Duke University; Postdoctoral Training, Genetics, Yale School of Medicine

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Val’s CV is available here

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