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Confidently Leading When You’re Still Learning

on April 8, 2019

By HEALTHVENTURE

Confidently Leading When You’re Still Learning Crystal R Icenhour, PhD CEO & Co-Founder, Aperiomics Brief Background Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke University Medical Center Division of Infectious Diseases President and Chief Science Office Phthisis Diagnostics Chairman of VirginiaBIO Postdoctoral Fellow, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Thoracic Diseases Research Unit Postdoctoral Fellow, Due University Medical Center, Department of Infectious Diseases 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year, Kauffman Foundation & Center President, Mayo Research Fellows Association Executive Committee

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