My expertise in neuroscience and case method programs of interdisciplinary teaching and learning is quite extensive, leading teams of students and faculties in case collaborations with peer schools nationally and in 7 foreign countries. I have a BS magna cum laude in biological sciences and MS PhD in neuroscience. As an NIH principal investigator I am the founding director of the laboratory for cellular and molecular neuroscience at Harvard while leading a path to innovation in teaching and...
My expertise in neuroscience and case method programs of interdisciplinary teaching and learning is quite extensive, leading teams of students and faculties in case collaborations with peer schools nationally and in 7 foreign countries. I have a BS magna cum laude in biological sciences and MS PhD in neuroscience. As an NIH principal investigator I am the founding director of the laboratory for cellular and molecular neuroscience at Harvard while leading a path to innovation in teaching and learning in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
I excel in a tutorial collaborative environment, building partnerships of practice with my students through communication, cooperation, and feedback. Most notably, I developed the interactive case-based online network, ICON that empowers any learner to virtually immerse themselves into any case setting to interact in a real time decision-making, problem-solving situation. I modeled this learning method on the Hopfield neural net and the neural basis of executive functioning skills.
My work is published in scientific journals and 100+ case studies, describing cognitive competencies that help students plan, organize, focus, and manage a new preparedness and confidence in understanding important principles and concepts in their learning. My goal is for students to begin a path to academic success and transformative lifelong outcomes in ways I have seen my students never forget.
