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  • Liz Cirulli, Duke Medicine – Contagious Yawns

    Liz Cirulli, Duke Medicine – Contagious Yawns

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    Yawns are something of a physiological mystery. Elizabeth Cirulli, an assistant professor of medicine at Duke University, is attempting to unravel the confusion surrounding yawns. Liz Cirulli is an assistant professor at Duke University’s Center for Human Genome Variation. She earned her doctorate in 2010, graduating from Duke University’s Program in Genetics and Genomics. Liz…