Physiology Courses Around the Health Sciences Center

Physiology DENT 1115
Course Director: Nicholas Gilpin, PhD

General and Oral Physiology DHY 3202
Course Director: Xinping Yue, PhD

Human Physiology HLSC 2410
Course Directors: Maureen Basha, PhD
Lisa Harrison-Bernard, PhD

Pathophysiology HLSC 3410
Course Directors: Stefany Primeaux, PhD
Flavia Souza-Smith, PhD

Biological Systems INTER 131/132
Course Director: Scott Edwards, PhD

Experimental Design & Analysis INTER 143
Course Director: Stefany Primeaux, PhD

Ethics in Biomedical Sciences INTER 220
Course Director: Jeff Gidday, PhD

Disease and Therapy of the Reproductive and Endocrine System MCLIN 238
Course Co-Director: Patricia Molina, MD, PhD

Human Physiology PHYSIO 100
Course Director: Jason Gardner, PhD

Endocrinology PHYSIO 216
Course Director: Scott Edwards, PhD

Medical Spanish PHYSIO 220
Course Director:  Patricia Molina, MD, PhD

Medical Spanish Guatemala Elective MCLIN 140 (Visit Website)
Course Director: Patricia Molina, MD, PhD

Scientific Writing for Graduate Students PHYSIO 250
Course Director: Michael Levitzky, PhD

Special Topics in Physiology: Perspectives in Alcohol Research PHYSIO 289
Course Director: Robert Siggins, PhD

Special Topics in Physiology: Biostatistics for Graduate Students PHYSIO 289
Course Director: Nicholas Gilpin, PhD

Educational Scholarship

Harrison-Bernard LM, Nalijayan MV, Mercante DE, Gunaldo TP, Edwards S. 
Longitudinal interprofessional education in a graduate physiology course. 
Advances in Physiology Education; 2019 43:241-245.

Edwards S, Molina PE, McDonough K, Mercante DE, Gunaldo TP. 
The potential of interprofessional education to effectively translate physiology curricula into future team-based healthcare. 
Advances in Physiology Education; 2018 42:354-359.

Harrison-Bernard LM, Naljayan MV, Eason JM, Mercante DE, Gunaldo TP.
Effectiveness of interprofessional education in renal physiology curricula for health sciences graduate students.
Advances in Physiology Education; 2017 41:594-598.

Edwards S, Molina PE, McDonough K, Mercante DE, Gunaldo TP. 
Integrating an interprofessional education experience into a human physiology course. 
Journal of Physician Assistant Education; 2017 28: 146-148.

English R, Edwards S, Armstrong M, McDonough K, Molina P. 
Alcohol use disorder: An interprofessional case-based exercise.
MedEdPORTAL; 2014
 

Textbooks by Physiology Faculty Members

Endocrine Physiology, 5th Edition, Dr. Patricia E. Molina

Pulmonary Physiology, 9th Edition, Dr. Michael G. Levitzky

Additional Resources