Brian DeHaven, PhD
Chief Program Director, Biomedical Sciences
Email: briande@pcom.edu
Phone: 215-871-6732
Dr. DeHaven coordinates the MS in Biomedical Sciences program across all three campuses. As a scientist and educator, his areas of expertise include virology, immunology and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Qian Chen, PhD
Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology
Email: qianch@pcom.edu
Sharia Wolfe, MBA
Graduate Program Manager
Phone: 215-871-6440 | Fax: 215-871-6540
Bonnie Buxton, PhD
Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Email: bonnieb@pcom.edu
Phone: 678-225-7465
Program Assistant
Phone: 678-225-7460 | Fax: 678-225-7479
Edward Shaw, PhD
Director, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Email: ed.shaw@pcom.edu
“When it was time for medical school, I had already found a community of fellow students, and, more importantly, faculty and staff that I knew I could lean on for the next four years.”
Kala Hurst, MS/Biomed '18, DO ‘22
“During my MS (Biomed) program, I fell in love with the PCOM communities, especially the academic faculty, which also teaches in the DO program. They were supportive and truly cared about my learning and ultimate success.”
Julia Burns, MS/BioMed ’20, DO ’24
Professor of Neuroscience and Neuropathology
Email: brianba@pcom.edu
Director Gross Anatomy Laboratory
Email: davidc@pcom.edu
Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology
Email: qianch@pcom.edu
Professor of Anatomy
Email: kerincl@pcom.edu
Professor of Physiology
Email: cathyha@pcom.edu
Director of Biomedical Science Master's Program Research Concentration
Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Pharmacology
Email: jocelynli@pcom.edu
Email: chrisl@pcom.edu
Director of IPE, DO Program
Email: adwoaad@pcom.edu
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Email: bonnieb@pcom.edu
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Email: shafikha@pcom.edu
Professor of Pathology
Email: Ericaru1@pcom.edu
Director, Biomedical Science Graduate Program
Email: ed.shaw@pcom.edu
Assistant Dean of Assessments
Email: brandysr@pcom.edu
Associate Professor of Physiology
Assistant Dean of Transformational Learning
Email: robertwa1@pcom.edu
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