Dr. Olivia S. Rissland has made discoveries that illuminate how genetic regulatory information is interpreted by the cell. She has discovered several molecular pathways that cells use to degrade gene products, which have profound implications for both development and diseases like cancer where these pathways are dysregulated. Dr. Rissland is an Associate Professor with Tenure at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She was awarded her DPhil from the University of Oxford, where her studies were funded by a Rhodes Scholarship, and she received postdoctoral training at the Whitehead Institute. She has been recognized with a grant from W. M. Keck Foundation and a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation as well as being an NIH-funded investigator.
