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Valerie Horsley, PhD

Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Associate Professor of Dermatology
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Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Associate Professor of Dermatology

Biography

Valerie Horsley began her scientific training as an undergraduate at Furman University and was awarded her Ph.D. from Emory University. After completing a Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation postdoctoral fellowship in Elaine Fuchs’ laboratory at Rockefeller University, Valerie started her independent laboratory at Yale University in the Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology. Horsley’s lab uses the mouse as a genetic model system to study how adult stem cells within epithelial tissues maintain tissue homeostasis, can contribute to wound healing, and can be a factor in cancer formation. She is now the Maxine F. Singer Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale, has received a number of awards including the Pew Scholar Award, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award.

Appointments

Education & Training

Postdoctoral Fellow
Rockefeller University (2008)
PhD
Emory University (2003)
BS
Furman University, Biology (1998)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Dermatology; Epithelial Cells; Molecular Biology; Regeneration; Skin Diseases; Stem Cells; Tissue Survival

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Valerie Horsley's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

2022

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Distinguished Alumni Award

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    Montagna Lecture

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    Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award

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    Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE)

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    Maxine F. Singer '57 Endowed Assistant Professor

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