Rebecca Skalsky Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Rebecca Skalsky received her bachelor’s degree from Michigan Technological University in 2002. She completed her Ph.D. in 2007 in Dr. Rolf Renne's laboratory at the University of Florida, characterizing some of the first viral miRNAs encoded by KSHV. Her post-doctoral studies were at Duke University in the laboratory of Dr. Bryan Cullen. Dr. Skalsky was awarded a K99 Career Development Award in 2014 and transferred to OHSU as an Assistant Scientist under the mentorship of Dr. Jay Nelson.  She started her laboratory at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute in 2016 and is currently an Assistant Professor.