Director of Pre-Clerkship Curriculum, Assistant Professor of Medical Science, Clinician Educator, Assistant Dean of Medical Education, Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Overview

Thais Salazar Mather serves as the Assistant Dean for Medical Education and the Director of the Pre-Clerkship Curriculum at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. In her role as Assistant Dean, she provides strategic direction and oversight for the entire pre-clerkship curriculum, which includes both foundational and systems-based components.

Dr. Mather trained as a molecular virologist at the Marshall University School of Medicine before joining Brown University as a postdoctoral researcher in viral immunology. She became part of the Office of Medical Education in 2012 and has been an active lecturer and course leader for the Scientific Foundations of Medicine course, where she teaches immunology, as well as Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in the pre-clerkship curriculum.

During her career, Dr. Mather’s academic interests have shifted from understanding the mechanisms of immune cell trafficking during in vivo virus infection to the application and development of pedagogical strategies to facilitate undergraduate medical education. She has received the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award multiple times (2005–2016, 2018–2022, 2024).  In addition to her work in teaching, advising, and mentoring students, her greatest joys in life include spending time with her family and dogs, dancing to Latin beats, and listening to loud rap music.

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