Dr. Marcela Castillo-Rama is chair of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Department at Berklee College of Music and a recipient of the Exceptional Faculty Award and multiple Dean’s Awards. A physician and scientist, she has worked in liver transplantation as both a doctor and researcher, with appointments at Hospital Doce de Octubre in Madrid, Boston Children’s Hospital at Harvard, and the University of Pittsburgh. Her published research focuses on liver disease and immune response in transplant rejection. She earned her medical degree from the University of Sheffield and her PhD and master’s in immunology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. For Berklee Online, she is the author and instructor of the course A Scientific Approach to Nutrition and Health for Performing Artists.