Christine Ortiz

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Christine Ortiz is the dean of graduate education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.{{cite web |title=Christine Ortiz |url=https://dmse.mit.edu/people/christine-ortiz |website=MIT DMSE |access-date=7 May 2021}}

The goal of Ortiz's research program is a mechanistic-based understanding of tissue function, quality, and pathology. She is planning to create a new university, centered on project-based learning.{{cite web |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V135/N38/ortiz.html |title=Dean for graduate education to take leave, start new university – The Tech |newspaper=Tech.mit.edu |date= |author= |accessdate= January 28, 2016}}