Valeria R. Mas, MS, PhD
The Joseph and Corinne Schwartz Professorship in Surgical Sciences Research in Transplantation
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
About Dr. Mas
Dr. Valeria Mas is a Professor of Surgery, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and a cellular and molecular transplant immunologist. She received her master's in science from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina, and her PhD from the National University of San Luis. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University and later joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Mas is the former director and founder of the Transplant Research Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, where she was appointed as the Endowed Professor of Transplant Research, Professor of Surgery.
Previously, she was the Director of the Molecular Transplant Research Laboratory at University of Virginia (tenured Associated Professor), and the Director of the Transplant Genomics Laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focuses on improving organ donor utilization by better understanding donor organ biology and response to injury; and increasing the longevity of organ grafts by evaluating the cells, cell states and associated pathways that characterize impaired repair in the organ graft to identify new targets for interventions.
To learn more, please see Dr. Mas's Faculty Profile.