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Core Faculty

Valerie Tornini

Education BS, Biology, Duke University AB, Religion, Duke University PhD, Cell Biology, Duke University Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine Bio I was born and raised in…

Danielle Carr

Education PhD – Anthropology, Columbia University Bio Danielle Carr is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Society and Genetics at UCLA. Trained as an anthropologist and historian of neuroscience,…

Rachel Vaughn

Education PhD, American Studies, The University of Kansas. Bio Dr. Rachel Vaughn (she/her) is a continuing lecturer in the UCLA Institute for Society & Genetics.  Her research engages the intersections…

Chien-Ling Zeleny

Bio Dr. Chien-Ling Liu Zeleny is a historian of medicine. She teaches at ISG and the Department of History at UCLA. Her research has focused on cross-cultural medical encounters between…