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University of the Incarnate Word

Four letter SEA-PHAGES code: UINW

Location: San Antonio, TX USA

Website: https://www.uiw.edu/

Joined SEA-PHAGES: PHAGES Cohort 17 (started in 2024)

Buddy school: University of North Texas

Term type: None

Total SEA-PHAGES sections taught: 2

Total SEA-PHAGES students: 15

The University of the Incarnate Word aims to educate men and women who will become concerned and enlightened citizens within the global community. The University of the Incarnate Word is committed to educational excellence in a context of faith in Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word of God. Thus, through a liberal education² the university cultivates the development of the whole person and values of life-long learning. To that end, faculty and students support each other in the search for and communication of truth, thoughtful innovation, care of the environment, community service, and social justice.³ The University of the Incarnate Word is a Catholic institution that welcomes to its community persons of diverse backgrounds, in the belief that their respectful interaction advances the discovery of truth, mutual understanding, self-realization, and the common good.

SEA Faculty

Primary Faculty Contact

vallor@uiwtx.edu

210 805-3017

University of the Incarnate Word

Associate Professor

Biology

Ana Vallor is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of the Incarnate Word. She is a first-generation college graduate born in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX and received her Ph.D. in Molecular Virology and Microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Vallor has served as Chair of the Departmental of Biology and the Sr. Joseph Marie Armer CCVI Endowed Chair in Natural Science. She also serves as an advisory board member for the John Jay Science and Engineering Academy High School. At the University of the Incarnate Word, she is on the Health Professions Advisory Committee and is a member of the UIW’s Pathways Strategic Priorities and the First Year Engagement Task Force. She was named the 2023-2024 first Provost Fellow where she conducted a year-long project has addressed the development of administrative and faculty communication lines to enhance collaborative groups between health professional and undergraduate faculty to address alignment of health professional science curriculum and activities to enhance and widen student opportunities and success in health professional pathways. Her areas of research interests include investigation of fungal biotransformation of inactive malarial drugs and science education addressing implementation and assessment of course based undergraduate research experiences at small liberal arts colleges in South Texas and how that affects the perception of belonging in STEM of Hispanic students.

SEA-PHAGES Faculty Members

Legal Contact

Dr. Ana C Vallor
Associate Professor of Biology
vallor@uiwtx.edu
210 805-3017

Academic Terms

Spring Semester 2025

Start: Jan 13, 2025, End: May 10, 2025

Second Term for SEAPHAGES- Bioinformatics at UIW- first time running it.

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Fall Semester 2024

Start: Aug 26, 2024, End: Dec 13, 2024

First Term for SEAPHAGES- Phage Discovery at UIW. enrollment: 4 seniors 1 Freshman

PHAGES Sections in this Term

Institution Addresses

Current Mailing Address

Ana C Vallor

University of the Incarnate Word

4301 Broadway Avenue

CPO 311

AT&T 334

San Antonio, TX 78209

United States

XXX-XXX-XXXX

Current Shipping Address

Ana C Vallor

University of the Incarnate Word

4301 Broadway Avenue

CPO 311

AT&T 334

San Antonio, TX 78209

United States

XXX-XXX-XXXX

Upcoming Events

2025 SEA Symposium

April 25, 2025 to April 27, 2025

2025 SEA Faculty Meeting

June 6, 2025 to June 9, 2024

Recent Events

2024 Phage Genomics Workshop

December 13, 2024 to December 17, 2024

2024 Phage Discovery Workshop 17B

July 13, 2024 to July 19, 2024

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