Elizabeth Iorns was born in Melbourne, Australia, and was primarily raised in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
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Elizabeth Iorns holds a first-class honors degree in Biomedical Science from the University of Auckland and a Ph.
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Elizabeth Iorns was supervised by Alan Ashworth and her thesis was titled High throughput functional analysis for the identification of breast cancer targets.
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Elizabeth Iorns completed a postdoctoral research Fellowship at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
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In 2010, Elizabeth Iorns was promoted to Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
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Elizabeth Iorns' research focuses on identifying mechanisms of breast cancer development and progression.
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Elizabeth Iorns has several high impact publications in the field.
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Elizabeth Iorns has been a longtime spokesperson on the issue of reproducibility in academic research.
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Elizabeth Iorns conceived of the idea for Science Exchange while at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
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Elizabeth Iorns needed to conduct immunology experiments, but had difficulty finding potential collaborators or providers to work with.
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Elizabeth Iorns formed Science Exchange with two co-founders in May 2011.
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In 2012 Elizabeth Iorns was recognized by the Kauffman Foundation for her role in starting Science Exchange.
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Elizabeth Iorns is a part-time partner of Y Combinator and leads the accelerator's biotech practice.
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In December 2012, Elizabeth Iorns was recognized by the scientific journal Nature as one of the "Ten People that Mattered in 2012" for her role in launching the Reproducibility Initiative.
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In May 2013, Elizabeth Iorns was named, along with co-founders Ryan Abbott and Dan Knox, as "Tech's Most Inspiring New Founder" by SV Angel's David Lee.
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In June 2013, Elizabeth Iorns was mentioned as one of the "50 Women Who Are Changing The World" by WIRED.
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In May 2014, Elizabeth Iorns was one of six female entrepreneurs to receive the Glamstarter Award from Glamour Magazine.