Celina Irinea Valencia, DrPH

Celina Valencia, DrPH, is a health equity scientist, trained as a social epidemiologist, who utilizes data science analytical approaches to develop new methods for measuring biological pathways of social adversity. Dr. Valencia’s emerging program of research centers the role of social epigenomics in patterns of increased breast cancer mortality risk in the United States. As epigenetic signatures are both modifiable and reversible, the long-term goal of her research is to identify clinical and translational applications to improve rates of survivorship in women from historically marginalized backgrounds.