Dr. Tracie Delgado received a B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics from UCLA and a PhD degree in Microbiology at the University of Washington. Dr. Tracie Delgado is currently a Professor of Biology at Seattle Pacific University where she teaches courses in Genetics, Virology, and Cell Biology. Dr. Delgado’s research focuses on understanding how herpesviruses cause cancer by altering host cell metabolism. Her lab also is working to identify clinically relevant metabolic inhibitors that can provide new antiviral treatments. The experiments in her lab are performed and led by undergraduate students. One of Dr. Delgado’s passions is to help increase the number of underrepresented minorities in science. Dr. Delgado was a speaker at the Seattle March for Science in 2017, where she discussed the need for more underrepresented minorities in the sciences.