Experience Summary
I have taught Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Terminology, Pharmacology, and MS Office applications; also, Microbiology and Immunology, along with General Biology and the Study of Disease. As part of a job training program, I have been an instructor in Biotechnology Skills, and a Course organizer and industry liaison.
I performed postdoctoral research for a number of years into the immunopathology of type I (juvenile) diabetes mellitus. I have also investigated the mechanisms of immunoglobulin isotype class-switching. I have conducted Molecular Genetics research into post-meiotic gene expression in mice.
My publications include diabetes research, gene expression research, and molecular immunology.
Teaching Style
I subscribe to the principle:
tell them what you are going to tell them,
tell them,
tell them what you have told them.
To avoid mind-numbing repetition, I present the material with a combination of text and pictures, then review the material with ungraded short answer exercises ("active learning – I do and I understand").
Then we summarize. I also connect what the student is learning with previous course content to promote learning by association. I use a variety of exercises to reinforce content, including case studies, diagram creation and annotation, group discussion (where a group is available).