Dr. Krystal J. Vail joins the Tulane National Primate Research Center as a pathologist. She received her DVM from Tuskegee University, after which she joined Texas A&M University to complete her residency and PhD. Her areas of interest include understanding host immune factors that contribute to disease outcomes during intracellular bacterial infections.

Berlin Londono-Renteria is a microbiologist who works with vector-borne pathogens.

Hongseok Jang joins A.B. Freeman School of Business from Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida, where he earned his PhD in business administration from University of Florida in 2021. He holds a Master of Science in industrial and management engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea; a Bachelor of Science in electrical and computer engineering, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Seoul in Korea.

David Crosslin’s research is focused in the area of precision medicine, with a combination of statistical genetics, biomedical informatics, implementation science and computational/bioinformatics tools development.

Liya Pi has worked on liver progenitor/oval cell activation, liver fibrosis and liver cancer development since 2002. Pi’s works have resulted in principal investigator awards from the Children’s Miracle Network Foundation and the American Cancer Society as well as NIH KO1 and RO1 grants.