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Have additional questions? Email is the best way to contact us: biomedfocus@umich.edu

Please email Letters of Recommendation for candidates to biomedfocus@umich.edu

BioMed Focus Leadership Team

Megan Radyk, Ph.D.

BioMed Focus Director

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Sarah Steiner

BioMed Focus Director

Ph.D. Candidate
Cell & Developmental Biology


Paola Isabel Medina Cabrera

Science Communication Course Instructor

Ph.D. Candidate
Cancer Biology

Elena Levi-D'Ancona

Science Communication Course Instructor

Ph.D. Candidate
Immunology

Joseph Nieto Carrion

Student Advisor

Ph.D. Candidate
Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Brooke Lavoie

College Prep Course Instructor

Undergraduate
University of Michigan
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology major

Shelbie Taylor

College Prep Course Instructor

University of Michigan '24
B.S. in Biology, Health, and Society

Jayda Cheeks

College Prep Course Instructor

Undergraduate
Michigan State University
Biomedical Laboratory Science major

Emilia McLeod

College Prep Course Instructor

Undergraduate
Wayne State University
Psychology and University Honors majors

Yatrik Shah, Ph.D.

BioMed Focus Faculty Director

H.W. Davenport Collegiate Professor of Physiology

Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology 

Previous Members of the BioMed Focus Leadership Team

Varun Ponnusamy - College Prep Instructor
University of Michigan '24 - B.S. in Biology, Health, and Society

Kristen Turner,  Ph.D. - Science Communication Course Instructor
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Jason Lin - College Prep Course Instructor
University of Michigan '24 - B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Monica Bonilla, Ph.D. - Science Communication Course Instructor
University of Michigan '24 - Ph.D. in Cancer Biology

Kelsey Temprine, Ph.D. - Science Communication Couse Instructor
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Molecular & Integrative Physiology