Kayla F. Titialii-Torres, Ph.D.
- Center for Cancer Research
- National Cancer Institute
- Building 560, Room 22-76
- Frederick, MD 21702
- 301-846-1928
- kayla.titialii-torres@nih.gov
RESEARCH SUMMARY
Kayla Titialii-Torres is a developmental biologist interested in developmental programming, particularly in the context of adult biological processes. She is currently a postdoc in Erin Davies lab using planaria to investigate adult pluripotent stem cell programming during embryonic development.
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Kayla F. Titialii-Torres, Ph.D.
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Biography
Kayla F. Titialii-Torres, Ph.D.
Dr. Kayla Titialii-Torres earned her B.S. in Zoology from Washington State University where she was a McNair and Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholar. As an undergraduate, Dr. Titialii-Torres discovered her interest in developmental biology and how developmental programming affects adult regenerative capacity through various research experiences. Following undergraduate, Dr. Titialii-Torres completed her Ph.D. at University of Kentucky where she was an LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Fellow. Her graduate work focused on the short- and long-term effects of embryonic exposure to hyperglycemia within the retina in the lab of Dr. Ann Morris. Aside from her dissertation work, Dr. Titialii-Torres also worked on multiple collaboration projects, contributing expertise in vertebrate retinal development.
Currently, Dr. Titialii-Torres is an iCURE Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Dr. Erin Davies within the Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory. As a postdoc, Dr. Titialii-Torres’s research focuses on the programming of adult pluripotent stem cells during embryonic development using planaria.