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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(12, 35, 75);"><b>Zelieann R Craig, Ph.D.</b></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Assistant Dean for Research, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Associate Professor</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">School of Animal & Comparative Biomedical Sciences</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Bioscience Research Labs, 355<br>
PO Box 210090 | Tucson, AZ 85721<br>
Office: 520-621-8082 </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(118, 118, 118);">| </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
zelieann@arizona.edu<br>
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