Lilia Iakoucheva

Associate professor
University of California, San Diego

Lilia Iakoucheva is associate professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego.

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By Peter Hess
14 April 2023 | 5 min read
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Tangled web of proteins holds clues to autism’s complexity

By Lilia Iakoucheva
28 February 2017 | 5 min read

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