Meet the team reimagining medical education and whole-person care.

Lance Bridges, PhD
Lance Bridges, PhD

Department Chair, Medical Education and Professor, Biochemistry

Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, PhD
Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, PhD

Assistant Dean, Research Education and Professor

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Marie Berenguer, PhD

Assistant Professor, Genetics/Cell and Molecular Biology

Yerko Berrocal, MD, MHPE
Yerko Berrocal, MD, MHPE

Associate Dean, Curricular Affairs and Professor

Diptiman Bose, PhD, MEd, RPh
Diptiman Bose, PhD, MEd, RPh

Professor, Pharmacology

Patrick Brooks, MD, FASCRS
Patrick Brooks, MD, FASCRS

Director, Clinical Integration Education

Jonathan Brown, PhD
Jonathan Brown, PhD

Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

Ibolja Cernak, MD, PhD, MEng, MHS
Ibolja Cernak, MD, PhD, MEng, MHS

Professor, Neuroscience and Physiology

Chelsey Deel, MD
Chelsey Deel, MD

Associate Professor, Pathology

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Abhishek Deshpande, MD, PhD, FIDSA

Director, Medical Student Research Projects and Associate Professor

Ryan Downey, PhD
Ryan Downey, PhD

Associate Professor, Physiology

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Lori Garman, PhD

Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

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Alexis Gillett, PT, DPT, EdD

Associate Professor, Anatomy

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Ayleen Godreau, MD, MPH

Director, Clinical Skills

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Trager Hintze, PharmD, BCCCP

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology

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Kimberly L. Keller, PhD

Associate Professor, Genetics/Cell and Molecular Biology

Kevin Kunkler, MD
Kevin Kunkler, MD

Assistant Dean, Simulation & Clinical Skills

Ian Murray, PhD
Ian Murray, PhD

Professor, Physiology

Sylvia Merino, MBA, MPH
Sylvia Merino, MBA, MPH

Director, Simulation and Instructor

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Stephen Nix, MD

Assistant Professor, Pathology