Professor Dr. Valerie Arboleda

Biography

Dr. Valerie Arboleda is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She serves as Associate Director of the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at UCLA and is a member of Specialty Pathology with a focus on Molecular Genetics. Dr. Arboleda completed her MD at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and earned her PhD from the UCLA Graduate Program in Human Genetics. Her clinical research is centered on developing novel technologies to enhance diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic approaches in clinically-based cancer sequencing. Her research lab investigates the molecular mechanisms underpinning genomic variants, including germline and somatic alterations, that influence cancer susceptibility and progression. Additionally, she studies genetic mutations in genes critical to epigenomic regulation during human cancer progression. Her extensive work has been published in various journals, reflecting her expertise in the field.

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