About Victor J. Torres
Victor J. Torres was a microbiologist.
Victor J. Torres is an American microbiologist. He is the Albert and Rosemary Joseph Endowed Chair of the Department of Host-Microbe Interactions at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, where he also serves as director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research. He is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow.
Education 1995−2000, Bachelor of Sciences: Concentration in Industrial Microbiology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
2000−2004, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
2005, Postdoctoral Fellow: Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
2006−2008, Postdoctoral Fellow: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. .
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