Director, Preclinical Curriculum Year 1, Assistant Dean of Medical Education, Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Assistant Professor of Medical Science

Overview

Thais Salazar Mather is Assistant Dean for Medical Education and Director of the Year 1 Curriculum at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.   She was trained as a molecular virologist at Marshall University School of Medicine before coming to Brown University as a postdoctoral researcher in viral immunology. Dr. Mather joined the Office of Medical Education in 2012 and is an Assistant Professor of Medical Science (Teaching Scholar) and Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at Alpert Medical School. She has served as a member of NIH/NCI Study Sections and an ad hoc member of NIAID, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Study Section. At the Alpert Medical School, Dr. Mather is co-director of the Scientific Foundations of Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease courses.  She teaches immunology and microbiology in the first-year medical school curriculum.  Her academic interests include applying and developing pedagogical strategies to facilitate medical education in the pre-clerkship years. She is a recipient of the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award (2005-2016, 2018-2021).  In addition to teaching, advising, and mentoring students, her greatest joys in life are her family and dogs, a good bottle of wine, and listening to loud rap music.
 

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