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Jessica Dunleavey, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Director of the BME Undergraduate Program at Johns Hopkins University. She holds affiliations with both the Whiting School of Engineering and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Education: B.S. from Muhlenberg College; Ph.D. from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (lab of Dr. Victoria Bautch), studying blood vessel signaling in tissue formation. Postdoctoral training at University of Maryland School of Medicine under Dr. Norann Zaghloul, focusing on pancreatic function in diabetes.
Research & Teaching: Specializes in active-learning course design, educational accessibility, and integrating hands-on cell/tissue/immunoengineering practices. Oversees the biological teaching lab and directs ISPEED, a pre-college engineering program for under-represented groups. Courses emphasize student-directed learning and independent thinking through cutting-edge methodologies.
Awards & Grants: 2024 Alumni Teaching Excellence Award, 2018/2019 Collaborative Teaching Fellowships, 2023 Faculty Forward Fellowship. Received grants for course development and educational innovation.
Labs/Teams: Leads biological teaching lab initiatives within Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering, fostering early engineering training through experimental learning environments.
