Director of Research Workforce Strategy and Community Partnerships; Interim Director of Postdoctoral Affairs

Essie Torres

Essie Torres is tasked with assuring the OVCR’s commitment to a diverse and welcoming research community that upholds the highest standards of inclusive excellence. She is developing a coordinated strategy for expanding community partnerships, diversifying human subjects research programs, and recruiting and investing in faculty, trainees, students, and research staff that better reflects a culturally diverse intellectual community. She also collaborates with stakeholders across campus to develop research opportunities that advance inclusivity.