Yale University Taps Nunez-Smith for New Appointment

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Yale University Taps Nunez-Smith for New Appointment

U.S. Virgin Islands native Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith has been appointed the C.N.H. Long Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology by Yale University, effective July 1.

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