Angela Maria Victoria-Castro, MD, MSc

Angela Maria Victoria-Castro was born in Cali, Colombia, where she obtained her MD degree at Icesi University. During medical school, she was a member of the Endocrinology Research Team at Fundacion Valle del Lili, where she participated in observational studies related with diabetes and thyroid disorders. In 2019, she continued her training as a clinical researcher in Icesi University and CIDEIM focusing on infectious diseases and public health interventions. Angela joined Yale School of Medicine as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in January 2021. She currently works under the mentorship of Dr. Francis Perry Wilson, and is involved in numerous projects in his lab. She is also Yale’s Research Coordinator for the NIDDK/NIH funded, multi center Kidney Precision Medicine Project. Angela aspires to be an internist involved in clinical research and her research interests are chronic diseases and social determinants of health.