Contact Us

Biomedical Sciences | Interdisciplinary Program

Dr. Sreejayan Nair
Director, Biomedical Sciences Program

Debbie Swierczek
Program Coordinator
School of Graduate Education
Knight Hall 247
Phone: (307) 766-4128
Email: bms@uwyo.edu


Faculty & Staff

Work alongside world-class scholars in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program, specializing in diverse research areas such as the molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, advanced carbon materials and biomaterials like spider silk, SERS biosensors and immobilized enzyme systems and advanced exercise physiology.

Sreejayan Nair

Director, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
Professor of Pharmacology

School of Pharmacy

Health Sciences 484

(307) 766-6138 | sreejay@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: pharmaceutical sciences, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, molecular mechanisms of disease and physiology

Brenda Alexander

Professor

Department of Animal Science

AS/MB 405

(307) 766-6278 | balex@uwyo.edu 

Areas of study: animal behavior, reproductive physiology, neurobiology and endocrinology

Bledar Bisha

Department Head
Associate Professor

Department of Animal Science

AS/MB 115

(307) 766-3140 | bbisha@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: food microbiology, microbial diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance, microbial ecology and food safety

Danielle Bruns

Associate Professor

Division of Kinesiology and Health

Science Initiative Building 3210

(307) 766-5290 | dbruns1@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: ardiovascular physiology, heart disease mechanisms, exercise physiology and therapeutic interventions for heart failure

Jared Bushman

Associate Professor

School of Pharmacy

Health Sciences 480

(307) 766-4198 | jbushman@uwyo.edu

Sheba David

Assistant Professor

School of Pharmacy

Health Sciences 480

(307) 766-6482 | snakkada@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: drug delivery, nanoparticles, biomaterials and pharmacological assessments

Alex French

Assistant Professor

School of Pharmacy

(307) 766-6532 | afrench9@uwyo.edu

Guanglong He

Associate Professor

School of Pharmacy

Health Sciences 562

(307) 766-6637 | ghe@uwyo.edu 

Evan Johnson

Associate Professor

Division of Kinesiology and Health

Corbett 109

(307) 766-5282 | evan.johnson@uwyo.edu 

Areas of study: physiological mechanisms and overall health benefits related to optimal hydration, physical activity and heat exposure

Jill Keith

Department Head
Associate Professor

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

(307) 766-5248 | jkeith5@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: nutrition science, human eating behaviors, dietary health outcomes, food sensory characteristics, Indigenous food systems, community-based health research and health education disparities

Christine L. McKibbin

Professor

Department of Psychology

Biological Sciences 132

(307) 766-2719 | cmckibbi@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: gerontology, rural health, aging and mental health, caregiving, community-engaged research, telehealth interventions and healthcare workforce development

John Oakey

Professor

Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering & Energy and Petroleum Engineering

EERB 435A

(307) 776-2518 | joakey@uwyo.edu 

Areas of study: fluid dynamics, colloidal science, materials science, microfluidics, biomedical engineering and biomaterials

Tim Robinson

Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statsitics

Ross Hall 335

(307) 766-4221 | tjrobin@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: data science, hierarchical modeling, response surface methods, statistics education, and applications in ecology, medicine and the environment

Emily Schmitt

Assistant Professor

Division of Kinesiology and Health

Science Initiative Building 3228

(307) 766-5286 | eschmit4@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: exercise physiology, circadian biology, molecular mechanisms of circadian disruption and disease prevention

Derek Smith

Associate Professor

Division of Kinesiology and Health

Corbett 108

(307) 766-5271 | smithdt@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: kinesiology, health behavior change, physical activity interventions, chronic disease prevention and lifestyle modification

Qian-Quan Sun

Professor

Department of Zoology and Physiology

Biological Sciences 214

(307) 766-5602 | neuron@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: neuroscience, neurophysiology, brain development and neural network plasticity

Marie-Agnès Tellier

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statsitics

Ross Hall 337

(307) 766-4221 | mtellier@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: environmental statistics, ecology, natural resource management, spatio-temporal modeling and computational data analysis

Jennifer Thomas

Associate Professor

Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing

Health Sciences 432

(307) 766-3546 | jthoma41@uwyo.edu

Qin "Arthur" Zhu

Professor

Division of Kinesiology and Health

Corbett 114A

(307) 766-3662 | qzhu1@uwyo.edu

Areas of study: perceptual-motor skills, human movement, motor control and rehabilitation

Contact Us

Biomedical Sciences | Interdisciplinary Program

Dr. Sreejayan Nair
Director, Biomedical Sciences Program

Debbie Swierczek
Program Coordinator
School of Graduate Education
Knight Hall 247
Phone: (307) 766-4128
Email: bms@uwyo.edu