Dr. Collin’s research interest is focused on generational care. This includes care of the patient and the family caregiver. Currently, she serves as Co-Chair for a collaboration between the Alzheimer’s Association and the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Through this partnership plus community engagement, their goal is to increase awareness and early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia. They will accomplish this goal through research involvement and advocacy. In addition, she is passionate about food, cooking, and ways to improve one’s diet as a means to prevent and control disease. Dr. Collins is grateful to be able to combine her interest in the Culinary Medicine Course.
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Dr. Gardiner is interested in research aimed at improving quality of life and effecting positive, sustainable change in the areas of wellness and preventive medicine, physician burnout, and curriculum/education. She is particularly interested in research seeking to address issues in pediatric preventive medicine, such as improving health literacy in vulnerable communities, and inquiries into strategies for preventing childhood obesity through education-based lifestyle modification interventions. She is also interested in prevention of burnout and wellness in medical providers in an effort to improve quality of care for patients and to increase physician retention and quality of life. Dr. Gardiner obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in systems biology and translational medicine. Her doctoral studies utilized structural equation modeling to highlight novel relationships in the area of chronic kidney disease and metal toxicities. In the future, Dr. Gardiner looks forward to utilizing these tools to explore concerns in medicine and education and use her findings to inform policy that will create positive, sustainable change.
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Trzeciakowski JP, Gardiner L, Parrish AR. Effects of environmental levels of cadmium, lead and mercury on human renal function evaluated by structural equation modeling. Toxicol Lett. 2014 Jul 3;228(1):34-41. doi:10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.04.006
Gardiner L, Akintola A, Chen G, Catania JM, Vaidya V, Burghardt RC, Bonventre JV, Trzeciakowski J, Parrish AR. Structural equation modeling highlights the potential of Kim-1 as a biomarker for chronic kidney disease. Am J Nephrol. 2012;35(2):152-63. doi:10.1159/000335579
Trache A, Trzeciakowski JP, Gardiner L, Sun Z, Muthuchamy M, Guo M, Yuan SY, Meininger GA. Histamine effects on endothelial cell fibronectin interaction studied by atomic force microscopy. Biophys J. 2005 Oct;89(4):2888-98. doi:10.1529/biophysj.104.057026
Gardiner L. Author Interview of Publication: Structural Equation Modeling Highlights the Potential of Kim-1 as a Biomarker for Chronic Kidney Disease. Hemodialysis.com. 2012.
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Dr. Leigh has research interests that focus on the education of medical learners, Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment, Primary Care Sports Medicine, the application of musculoskeletal ultrasound, and Quality Improvement in Primary Care Practice. He has previously presented his work nationally at the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Conference and STFM Medical Student Education Conference, and at the regional level many times as research champion during his time as Director of Osteopathic Education/Core Faculty at the Southeastern Family Medicine Residency in NC before joining SHSU-COM as Assistant Professor of Family Medicine. Currently, Dr. Leigh is working on a submission for presentation that centers on the development of best practices to promote learner engagement during online/hybrid classes and has plans to begin work on review articles on various Sports Medicine topics. He also serves as a peer reviewer for the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association and American Family Physician.
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Dr. Shah’s academic training and professional experience provide her with an excellent background in pediatrics and her work as a clinician/educator inspire research interests in preventative healthcare for children. She has special interest in childhood obesity and hopes to build on research she began at Dell Children’s Hospital involving education-based nutrition interventions. She is excited to use this experience to inform future research with designs to promote optimal development and health in children and other vulnerable groups. Dr. Shah is also hopeful for a project that will see herself and colleagues design new pediatric and geriatric curricula for year 2 of medical school. They aim to affect the ways in which these specialties are regarded and taught before the clinical clerkship years.
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Dr. Walkley’s primary research interests involve creating novel undergraduate medical school curriculum with focus on content blueprinting and vertical alignment of foundational biomedical and clinical sciences. In her nearly 20 years as a clinician and educator she has created curricula for students in their internal medicine clerkship and curricula for residents and practicing physicians in internal medicine as preparation for their American Board of Internal Medicine examinations. She has also designed independent teaching sessions related to microbiology and infectious diseases within the preclinical medical curriculum at SHSU. Her next scholarly project will see herself and colleagues create a visual comprehensive curriculum for SHSUs medical school and use content blueprinting to identify and place granular content. They hope this project will establish an institutional comprehensive curriculum and support the faculty in content sequencing. Dr. Walkley is pursuing a Masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction at SHSU to explore her specific interests in curriculum ideologies in undergraduate medical education and curricular interventions for low-performing students in the preclinical academic program.
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Dr. Woolford’s research interests are in gaming in medical education, simulation and physician wellness. She is specifically interested in serious games for medical students both in the classroom and simulation lab. She completed AAFP’s Leading Physician Wellbeing certificate program and is working on projects that will improve faculty physician wellbeing here at SHSU.
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Presentations: Woolford ML, Manis M. Escaping Chest Pain: Creating a Virtual Escape Room to Promote Clinical Reasoning Skills [abstract]. In: AACOM Educating Leaders, 2021 April 20-22; virtual. “Escaping Chest Pain” SHSU Teaching and Learning Conference 2022 |
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SHSU Salvation Army Pop-Up clinic, 2021 Cross Conroe 2021 and 2022 |
Dr Zarutskie is a nationally recognized physician leader, pioneer in invitro fertilization technologies, and a visionary helping to create a new model for women’s care across the age continuum.
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National Board of Medical Examiners |
1977 |
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American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
1983 |
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American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
1986 |
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American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology Division of Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility |
1987 |
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