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Desirée Salazar, Ph.D., is chief of the Cell Biology Branch in the Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (GMCDB), where she oversees research grants involving stem cell biology and regeneration.
Prior to this position, Salazar worked at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and before that, she was a program director in the NIGMS Division of Training and Workforce Development and GMCDB.
Salazar earned a B.S. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Ph.D. in biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine. She conducted postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Diego, in the department of cellular and molecular medicine. She was also a lecturer in cell and molecular biology at San Diego State University.