Valerie Harris is the Assistant Director for Health and Clinical Support Services at Arizona State University. Harris arrived at ASU initially to pursue her undergraduate education, and over the past decade she has worked in cancer biology, with a particular interest in the evolutionary and ecological dynamics across multiple scales of evolution – from cellular to organismal. During the course of her Ph. D., Valerie studied the incidence of cancer across non-human species, assembling a large-scale epidemiological survey of neoplastic disease from zoological institutions, veterinary facilities, and wildlife sanctuaries. She has taken part in field research throughout the globe, including time in Africa, Greenland, Mexico, Panama, and Thailand. Prior to her role in Health and Clinical Support Services, Valerie helped to lead ASU’s COVID response as the Senior Manager of the University’s clinical testing lab, providing over 800,000 results to ASU and the community at large. Currently, her work focuses on facilitating clinical research activities across multiple areas within the University and in the surrounding Phoenix biomedical corridor.