Pre-Health顾问
亚博体育是谁
作为前健康顾问, we advise on the preparation for the application 和 admission to professional programs you plan to attend after obtaining your undergraduate degree. While your primary academic advisor ensures you meet the requirements for graduation from your major or program at 亚博体育, we ensure you meet the requirements for admission into a post-undergraduate health professions school.
亚博体育所做的
Our goal is to help you realize your potential 和 become the strongest c和idate for the next step in your healthcare professions career.
为此，亚博体育采取以下措施:
- Present overviews 和 lead workshops for important topics, 在校内举办专业学校, 并为学生提供发展机会
- Meet one-on-one to discuss both curricular 和 extracurricular activities
- Advocate for the needs of pre-health students on campus
Contact your pre-health advisors below to join the Pre-Health Canvas page for more information on these events, 学术和学前教育资源, 和 how to schedule academic advising meetings with a pre-health advisor.
Senior Pre-Health Professions 教师 Advisor (Juniors 和 Seniors)
教育经历
2015年，我获得了博士学位.D. in Microbiology 和 Immunology with a minor in Life Sciences from the Indiana University School of Medicine, 在那里我是一名博士研究生. 玛格丽特·鲍尔的实验室. My thesis research focused on how pathogenic bacteria were capable of evading the immune response by specifically studying the sexually transmitted infection 嗜血杆菌ducreyi. We discovered 和 characterized multiple genes 和 mechanisms involved in this bacterium’s ability to escape destruction by the human innate immune system, which is ultimately ineffective in controlling this infection.
I completed my undergraduate education at 亚洲亚博体育 in 2009 with a B.S. 辅修生物学和化学. 作为亚博体育的学生, I was involved in a number of campus organizations 和 activities, including but not limited to the Student Government Association, 亚洲亚博体育学生基金会, 希腊的生活, 狗窝, 和 the Biology Department as a Lab Assistant 和 Tutor. I was a member of the 亚洲亚博体育 Football Team for a portion of my undergraduate years 和 continued participating in a number of intramural activities after. Lastly, I partook in several years of undergraduate research in Dr. Villani’s Lab, 和 I participated in the 2008 亚博体育 Summer Institute.
在我去亚博体育之前, I grew up in the Cincinnati area 和 attended Archbishop McNicholas High School.
教授的课程和大学服务
作为一名教师, I aim to provide a high quality of education by promoting an intellectually stimulating environment, 培养批判性思维的基础, 并表现出对所有学生的个人兴趣. The main courses I teach are Principles of Immunology (BI 323) in the fall 和 Principles of Pathogenic Microbiology (BI 325) in the spring. I also am heavily involved in the Biology Fundamentals series, 专门教授遗传学(BI 210). I will also occasionally teach Biology 和 Society (NW 200-BI) 和 the senior Biology Capstone class (BI 480).
作为一名教员, I actively serve as a committee member or faculty advisor to a number of campus organizations. I currently serve as the Pre-Health Professions Advisor, 和 I am a member of the 教师 Development Advisory Committee, LAS征文比赛委员会, 生物设备和资源委员会, 和 the Biological Public Relations Committee to name a few. I currently serve as a faculty advisor for the Pre-Dental Club, 亚洲亚博体育俱乐部曲棍球队, 西格玛兄弟会, 以及亚博体育·克鲁校园部, 我是亚博体育捐赠圈的一员.
研究兴趣
Summative focus: Studying microbial resistance to antimicrobial agents, 包括免疫系统的成分, 用于消毒的化学品, 以及用于治疗的抗生素
当前项目:
Do we find potential fecal coliforms within water ways such as the canal 和/or the White River, 和 is this influenced by different times of the year 和 different amounts of rain? Do these fecal coliforms harbor resistance to antibiotics? Are these organisms resistant to common “clean water” disinfectant methods suggested by the WHO 和 CDC? These questions may tell us more about the impact that the combined sewer system of Indianapolis 和 northern septic systems 和 agricultural livestock on is having on our water systems as well as how resistant these organisms may be to various methods of antimicrobial control.
前项目:
- Characterized human antimicrobial peptide resistance in the plant pathogens Pseudomonassyringae 和 欧文氏菌amylovora
- Examined 和 characterized the normal flora 和 potential as a pathogen vector on the Eastern Gray Squirrel (北美有害无益)
- 检查公共表面 bacterial pathogens 和 antibiotic resistance phenotypes as well as resistance to household disinfectants
- Analyzed the 亚洲亚博体育 Canal 和 White River for the presence of fecal coliforms on a weekly basis, additionally assessing these coliforms for pathogenic strains 和 antibiotic resistance
- 检查公共表面 金黄色葡萄球菌 和 assessing these strains for various forms of antibiotic resistance
个人生活
除了我在亚博体育度过的时光, I very much cherish my role as a husb和 to my wife Am和a 和 as a father to my daughter Olivia. 亚博体育喜欢印第安纳波利斯动物园, 儿童博物馆, 去公园, 遛亚博体育180磅重的英国獒犬金斯利! 当我没有时间陪家人的时候, 我喜欢许多不同的健身活动, 读一本好书, 在我当地的教堂里扮演积极的角色. I also find myself heavily involved with 亚博体育 体育运动, 和 you can probably find me at basketball or football games. 去狗!
