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Dr. JC van Velkinburgh

Dr. JC van Velkinburgh earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology & Biophysics from Vanderbilt University and carried out her post-doctoral research at the Los Alamos National Laboratories under “Q” (Top Secret; TS-Q) federal security clearance. Her medical-science research career has yielded 38 publications of original research articles and review articles in the most prestigious and competitive peer-reviewed journals in the world (i.e. Nature and the Science family of journals; < 7-8% rate of acceptance for publication). She teaches on ethics in science communication and publication, largely in the legal realm of civil litigation.