Faculty

Dr. M. Eva Weicker

Assistant Professor of Biology

 

Dr. Weicker received her diploma from the Cabrini Institute of Science of Italy: her Medical doctor, at the La Sapienza University of Rome (research in cardiology) and post-doctoral fellowship at Brown University, Providence RI and Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia PA: in 2004 she also completed her MBA in health care administration at Alvernia University.

Dr. Weicker began her career working in research at Brown University in the hospital Rhode IslandProvidence, RI, for four years and then transfer to Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia, PA. Her academic career has focused on education, practice, research, and publications on the p53 tumor suppressor gene, researched based on molecular aspect of cancer. She has spent a decade teaching, Anatomy and Physiology, Human Biology, Biology of Aging, Pathophysiology and Nutrition to undergraduate students at several colleges. She recently explored the administrative aspect of Medicine. For this reason, she completed her MBA in Health care at Alvernia. She continues to teach undergraduate courses in Pathophysiology and Anatomy & Physiology and writing a review book in anatomy and physiology for Prentice Hall. She held the position of assistant professor in the Department of Math/Science Biology at Alvernia, and served as a facilitator for the Board of nursing and Student reasearch at Alvernia University. Dr. Weicker is a member of the HAPA Human Anatomy and Physiology Association, and the American Medical Association.

 

Professional Education

• Bachelors of Biology - University of Rome Italy
• Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - University of Rome Italy, La Sapienza
• Postdoctoral fellowship - Brown University, RI

Courses taught

• Human Anatomy & Physiology
• Human Biology
• Fundamentals of Biology
• Biology of Aging
• Microbiology
• Pathophysiology
• Nutrition

Web Sites of Interest

• National Institutes of Health
• Medscape
• Human Anatomy

Research Interests

Expression of p53 in brain tumors.

 

Pedagogical Interests

Biology and Cell Biology
Genetics

Journals of Interest

• Science
• Oncogene
• New England Journal of Medicine

Professional Activities

• Human Anatomy & Physiology Society