Health Sciences - New for September 2012

Bachelor degree is offered in Health Sciences.

The Franklin Pierce difference

The Health Sciences major is a pre-professional program providing students with the curriculum, advising, internship and field experiences necessary for entry into graduate and professional programs including medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, public health, physical therapy, pharmacy and health care management. We offer conditional acceptance of highly qualified undergraduates into our Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. Our graduates may also pursue admission to our Master of Physician Assistant Studies program. Coming soon, our Athletic Training and Health Science Center will provide new classroom and lab facilities for this program and for the care and treatment of our student athletes.

Program details

The curriculum encourages critical thinking skills, the ability to use medical and basic scientific literature, the acquisition of a broad biomedical knowledge base, and the development of a clear understanding of the requirements necessary to succeed in application to graduate schools in health care related fields. Members of the Health Sciences Advising Committee offer careful advisement in self assessment, development of career goals, and the construction of a plan for the student’s successful attainment of his or her goals. First year students will pursue coursework in biology, chemistry, mathematics and the liberal arts. Upper class students will choose from a wide variety of health related electives that include courses such as Human Health and Nutrition, Medical Anthropology, and Endocrinology.

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Contact

Franklin Pierce University
College at Rindge
1.800.437.0048
admissions@franklinpierce.edu

FACULTY

Health Science Advising Committee Faculty

Susan Arruda – Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Dartmouth College; B.A., College of the Holy Cross. Professor Arruda is currently working with a group of biology majors studying vision and retinal degenerative diseases in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. This research is funded through a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s New Hampshire Idea Network for Bio-medical Research Excellence (NH-INBRE). NH-INBRE is a statewide initiative aimed at providing undergraduates with opportunities in discovery-driven biomedical research.

Thomas E. Bennett, M.D. – Visiting Assistant Professor of Health Sciences; Internal Medicine Residency, Penn State University; Doctor of Medicine, East Carolina University; B.S., Microbiology, minor: Chemistry, Ball State University. His research interests include evidenced based medicine and comparative effectiveness. Professor Bennett is the Medical Club Advisor, a member of the IC 101 Steering Committee and the Health Sciences Development Committee. He believes that his students have great potential and feels it is his job to help them fulfill that potential. “I work to facilitate the acquisition of the knowledge and skills they will require to succeed in their future lives and careers.”

Harry Davis - Professor of Biology; Ph.D., University of Florida, B.S., University of Maine. His research interests include mosquito systematics, ecology and behavior, tick borne diseases, carrion beetle behavior and encephalitis surveillance. Professor Davis has 26 years of full time teaching experience at the college level, 21 years of part-time clinical hospital work and two years of molecular biology experience at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the department of viruses and diseases.

Frank Hubacz, Jr. – Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Connecticut; M.S.T., University of New Hampshire; B.S., Worcester State College. His research specialty and interests include science education and the development of guided inquiry laboratories. Professor Hubacz is a member of the American Chemical Society, National Science Teachers Association, New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, Pi Lambda Theta Honor Society and Professional Association in Education. He helped secure a grant from the National Science Foundation (1993) which allowed for the purchase of two gas chromatographs and two UV-visible spectrophotometers for use in the chemistry lab. He is currently serving as Coordinator of the Health Sciences Development Committee.

Emlee Kohler – Associate Professor of Psychology; Ph.D. Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience (Experimental Psychology), Bowling Green State University. Professor Kohler’s research interests include psychopharmacology, the biological aspects of human neurodegenerative disease and the biology of learning and memory. In addition, her teaching interests include research design and execution and biological mechanisms for controlling behavior. She is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, American Psychological Association and American Psychological Society.

Faculty

Dr. Linda Malmgren
Professor of Biology
B.A., Bridgewater State College
M.S., Ph.D., University of Connecticut
malmgrla@franklinpierce.edu

Dr. Jacques P. Veilleux
B.S., Fitchburg State College
Ph.D., Indiana State Univ.

Co-Curricular Opportunities

The Medical Club brings together students interested in the health professions for visitation to hospitals and other health related venues, presentations by graduate program directors, alumni in graduate programs, and health care professionals. Internships, job shadowing experiences and volunteer opportunities are also explored.

The Health Sciences Advising Committee will focus the student early on a series of benchmarks allowing them to identify and prepare for the requirements of graduate school admission or immediate entrance into a career. The advising process produces personal development plans that reflect our commitment to supporting students in a challenging and competitive environment.
The Career Services staff provide added support with career coaching and goal setting, resume and cover letter guidance, internship and job listings, interview prep and assistance with graduate school applications.

Student Success

10% of students currently enrolled in our Doctor of Physical Therapy Program were FPU undergraduates. 14% of the students receiving the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2011 were FPU alumni.
FPU students have participated in highly competitive internships including a program in virology and immunology with the University of Georgia and Centers of Disease Control in Atlanta.
Our students have gained admission to medical, veterinary, dental, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy and physician assistant programs of study, among other healthcare fields.