Department of Health and Life Sciences (HLS)

Faculty and Staff

Jorge N. Artaza, M.S., Ph.D.

Jorge N. Artaza, M.S., Ph.D.
Department Chair, Associate Professor
Classes:

  • BMS 320L: General Microbiology (Fall)
  • BMS 405L: Immunology (Spring)
  • BMS 444: Clinical Immunology & Hematology (Spring)
  • MBS 530: Translational Research Methods I (Fall) 
  • MBS 570: Advances in Hematology & Immunology (Summer)
  • MBS 580: Infectious Diseases & Epidemiology (Summer)
Monica G. Ferrini, M.S., Ph.D.

Monica G. Ferrini, M.S., Ph.D.
Dean, Associate professor
Classes:

  • MBS 545: Advanced Human Anatomy & Development (Fall)
Keonna Hardson-Simpson, MPHc

Keonna Hardson-Simpson, MPHc
Program Coordinator II

Bikau Shukla, Ph.D.

Bikau Shukla, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Classes:

  • BMS 140: General Chemistry (Fall)
  • BMS 141: General Chemistry II (Spring)
  • BMS 210: Organic Chemistry (Fall)
  • BMS 211: Organic Chemistry (Spring) 
Silvana Constantinescu, Ph.D.

Silvana Constantinescu, Ph.D.
Associate professor
Classes:

  • BMS 303L: Biochemistry (Fall/Spring)
  • BMS 100: Human Biology (Fall/Spring)
  • BMS 410: Human Genetics (Spring)
  • BMS 368: Fundamentals of Biotechnology (Spring)
  • MBS 500: Medical Biochemistry (Fall)
Thomas Magee, Ph.D

Thomas Magee, Ph.D.
Associate professor
Classes:

  • BMS 201: Social Justice & Leadership I (Summer)
  • BMS 333: Cellular & Molecular Biology (Fall)
  • BMS 425: Human Embryology (Fall)
  • BMS 450: Ethics of Biomedicine (Summer)
  • MBS 540: Ethics Conduct in Medicine & Science (Fall)
  • MBS 550: Medical Genetics and Epigenetics (Spring)
  • MBS 560: Scientific Communication (Spring)
Enrico Rodrigo, Ph.D.

Enrico Rodrigo, Ph.D.
Associate professor
Classes:

  • MTH 126: College Algebra (Fall)
  • MTH 130: Pre-Calculus (Fall)
  • MTH 230: Calculus (Spring)
  • MTH 150: Statistics (Spring)
  • PHY 250: General Physics I w/lab (Fall)
  • PHY 251: General Physics II w/lab (Spring)
  • BMS 453: Biophysics (Spring
Arneshia Bryant-Horn, PhDc, M.A. Ed., MPH, MS

Arneshia Bryant-Horn, PhDc, M.A. Ed., MPH, MS
Full-time Instructor
Classes:

  • COM 113: Medical Terminology (Spring/Summer)
  • BMS 130L: General Biology I (Fall)
  • BMS 131L: General Biology II (Spring)
  • NTR 220: Principals of Nutrition (Summer)
Revecca Millán, M.S.

Revecca Millán, M.S.
Laboratory Coordinator
Classes:

  • BMS 365: Neuroscience & Behaviors (Fall)
Revecca Millán, M.S.

Thalia Jimenez, M.S.
Laboratory Coordinator
Classes:

  • BMS 303: Biochemistry Lab (Fall/Spring)
  • BMS 310: Anatomy & Physiology I Lab (Fall/Spring)
  • BMS 311: Anatomy & Physiology II Lab (Spring/Summer)
  • BMS 320: General Microbiology Lab (Fall)
  • BMS 405: Immunology Lab (Spring)