Presenting Author
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Yaritza Delgado-Deida is a Professional Research Assistant in Dr. Arianne Theiss’ lab in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. In 2017, she graduated from The University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a minor in Neuroscience. Following graduation, she was a Research Technician at the University of Iowa in the Neuroscience Department where her work focused on mapping subpopulations of neurons in the brainstem. In 2019, she joined Dr. Theiss’ lab where her research focuses on colonic responses to adipose secreted extracellular vesicles. Yaritza hopes to eventually pursue a career in the medical field.