The Pathways to Health and Wellness Curriculum Steering Committee has announced curriculum directors, instructors of record, and members of four course teams for the new curriculum, which will launch in August.
The curriculum directors for the PHWC are
Jody Gerome Zuchowski, D.O.('05), assistant dean and associate professor of obstetrics/gynecology, and
Peter Coschigano, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology.
The four phases of the PHWC will focus on wellness, acute illness, chronic illness and return to wellness. Instructors of record are:
Wellness
Leah Sheridan, Ph.D., associate lecturer in physiology
Paige Gutheil, D.O. ('02), assistant professor of primary care
Acute Illness
Ann Dietrich, M.D., associate professor of primary care
Fabian Benencia, Ph.D., associate professor of immunology
Chronic Illness
Christine Fall, M.D., associate lecturer in primary care
Christian Stork
, Ph.D., lecturer in physiology
Return to Wellness
Dawn Graham, Ph.D., lecturer in social medicine
Andrea Barresi, Ph.D., lecturer in physiology
The course teams are:
Wellness
Joseph Bianco, Ph.D., assistant professor of social medicine
Lawrence Witmer, Ph.D., professor of anatomy and Chang Ying-Chien Professor of Paleontology
Karen Coschigano, Ph.D., associate professor of molecular/cellular biology and director of the Diabetes Institute research division
Shawn Kerger, D.O. ('95), associate professor of osteopathic manipulative medicine
Nathaniel Kralik, OMS IV
Acute Illness
Erin Murphy, Ph.D., associate professor of bacteriology
Christie Murphy, D.O. ('98), associate lecturer in primary care
Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D., professor of neuroscience, interim associate dean for academic affairs
Jenny Zamor
, D.O. ('98), lecturer in osteopathic manipulative medicine
Chronic Illness
Nick Okada, Ph.D., associate lecturer in pediatrics
Kelly Coon
Adami
, D.O. ('95), associate professor of family medicine
Ruger Porter
, Ph.D., lecturer in human anatomy
Cheryl Hammes
, D.O. ('98), associate professor of osteopathic manipulative medicine
Audrone Biknevicius
, Ph.D., associate professor of gross anatomy
Return to Wellness
Berkeley Franz, Ph.D., assistant professor of social medicine
Alan Wiggers, D.O. ('90), associate professor of family medicine
Maureen Kollar, D.O. ('84), assistant professor of primary care
Michael Soroka, D.O., assistant professor of osteopathic manipulative medicine
Nancy Stevens, Ph.D., professor of functional morphology and vertebrate paleontology
For an update on the preparations to launch the PHWC, come to the Community Forum on Tuesday, March 20, from noon - 1 p.m. at these locations:
Athens: Irvine 194
Cleveland: SPS-110
Dublin
: MEB1 - 415