, where she was a key member of the Institute of Human Genetics and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Current Leadership UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Word of Ada’s listening spread beyond the town. People traveled to her from railway junctions and inland cities, bringing objects that had been loved, abandoned, or stolen. She repaired clocks, yes, but she repaired questions too. She never claimed to conjure whole lives; what she offered was a shape—a thread that could be followed if someone wished to follow it.
As Ada Marta Fejerman continues to evolve as an artist, she remains committed to pushing the boundaries of her craft. Currently, she is involved in several exciting projects, each one showcasing her incredible versatility and creative vision. From music and dance collaborations to acting roles and artistic experiments, Fejerman's upcoming work promises to be just as captivating as her previous endeavors.
Ada Marta Fejerman spent her life making maps of small recoveries: returning names to faces, placing old promises back in hands that would hold them with care, nudging buried confessions toward light. In the end, when the market stall closed and the clocks on the wall had learned to keep time together, someone found a note tucked in the wooden box beneath her bed. It read simply: Keep what is true. Mend what can be mended. Carry the rest gently.
As the principal investigator, she oversees research into breast cancer genetics, specifically investigating common risk-associated genetic variants and the development of polygenic risk scores (PRS) tailored for women of Latin American heritage.