Emmanuel College School of Science & Health, Spring 2022

BE IN BOSTON BE INSPIRED BE IN DEMAND

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A Note F R O M Associate Dean March When you study at a center of scientific innovation, with a robust curriculum, unparalleled research opportunities and state-of-the-art facilities, you more than study scientific breakthroughs—you create them.

Emmanuel’s School of Science & Health educates critically thinking science and health professionals in both the methods and value of scientific inquiry in solving important issues facing society today.

The School is comprised of expansive, experientially driven programs in biology, chemistry & physics, mathematics, neuroscience and psychology, as well as pre-professional programs in pre-dental, pre-medical and pre-veterinary tracks.

Graduates are prepared for careers in the country’s top hospitals and research institutions, as well as the biomedical startups primed to transform the healthcare landscape in Boston and around the world.

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Our faculty don’t just teach—we are scholars and practitioners whose work continuously informs and inspires the curriculum. We engage undergraduate students in nationally recognized research on campus as early as their first year, and forge connections with local partners and collaborators in the world-class medical centers of the surrounding Longwood Medical and Academic Area.

The School of Science & Health is truly a forward-thinking and supportive community of teaching and learning. I hope you sense this excitement as you learn more about our programs.

Paul March, Ph.D. Associate Dean and Professor of Biochemistry, School of Science & Health

Boston hospitals placed in the top 5 for specialties such as oncology, endocrinology, psychiatry, rheumatology, ENT, ophthalmology and more.

(The Country’s Best Hospitals, U.S. News & World Report, 2021-2022)

Based on conservative estimates of lab space growth, Massachusetts life sciences companies may need nearly 40,000 net-new employees by 2024.

(2021 MassBio Industry Snapshot)

BOSTON:

A City Without Limits In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, scientific and medical advancements such as modern cardiac surgery, organ transplantation, immunosuppression and even the first milk-based infant formula all took place in Boston’s hospitals.

The city has become a global center for research, drug development and treatment for disorders of the brain and body, with institutions such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Merck Research Laboratories leading the charge. Boston’s medical, educational,

biotech and healthcare institutions were again a leader in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding (brmb.org), receiving $2.3 billion in 2019-2020 alone.

So, what’s next? Right now in greater Boston, life-sciences startups are raising billions of dollars in venture capital to drive early-stage research in regenerative medicine, early disease detection, biotherapeutics, gene therapies and more—and they are hiring Boston’s enterprising best and brightest to solve some of the most exciting and challenging issues facing the industry, and society, today.

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HILARY SKOV ’15 MAJOR: Individualized Major in Health & Rehabilitation Sciences RESEARCH: Exploring Child Emotion Regulation During a Laboratory-Based Stressor Task Among a Clinical Sample of Youth Seeking Psychotherapy CURRENTLY: Ph.D. candidate in Psychology, Tulane University Hilary is interested in the biological and environmental factors that contribute to children’s emotional development. After Emmanuel, Hilary embarked on a Fulbright ETA fellowship at the State Vocational School of Central Java in Semarang, Indonesia. While there, she collaborated with school officials to address crosscultural differences in stress reactivity as well as adaptive and maladaptive stress management techniques.

Before pursing her Ph.D., Hilary worked as a research assistant at Harvard’s Lab for Youth Mental Health, comparing modular, evidencebased psychotherapy to school-based counseling for youth ages 7-14 who are presenting with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and/or disruptive behaviors.

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Emmanuel’s Maureen Murphy Wilkens Science Center is the center of academic inquiry in the School of Science & Health.

The building houses 14 state-of-the-art laboratories for biology, chemistry, physics, biochemistry, neuroscience and research, as well as classrooms, multipurpose rooms and plenty of breakout and meeting space for collaboration.

Here, students and faculty collaborate on groundbreaking research.

Emmanuel faculty have received more than $2 million in National Science Foundation (NSF) funding for work in chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics and psychology neuroscience over the last decade—creating a culture of excellence that opens the door for current and future students to engage in high-level and impactful research.

“The wonderful thing about this support from the NSF is that you are only funded a second time if you were successful the first.

The undergraduate students who dedicated themselves to these projects produced the results, publications and conference presentations that demonstrated the high level of research done at Emmanuel College.”

-Aren Gerdon, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry; Dr. Gerdon served as principal investigator on projects funded by NSF in 2013 and 2019

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As a student in a science- or health-related major, it can be difficult to find space in your course schedule to study abroad. The School of Science & Health currently offers two faculty-led travel courses that fulfill elective requirements of several programs.

M A R I N E M I C R O B I O LO GY I N T H E G R E AT B A R R I E R R E E F From the vibrant colors along the Australian shoreline, wading to the shore of the remote island research station located on the Great Barrier Reef, snorkeling among sea turtles and giant clam gardens, or witnessing a rare view above a rainforest’s canopy, this is not your typical research experience.

During this course, students learn basic marine biology techniques in Emmanuel’s labs, enabling them to make the most of their three weeks Down Under. While abroad, students conduct research along the Great Barrier Reef, surveying the marine environment and examining the different bacteria that exist along the coastline, in the ocean, at coral reefs and more.

The group spends three nights on Orpheus Island, located within the Palm Island Group on the Great Barrier Reef, where partner James Cook University maintains a research station and educational facility.

INDONESIA: S U STA I N A B I L I T Y S C I E N C E Though industrialization has fueled economies and innovation, its progress has had devastating effects on the natural world.

After a semester of study on Emmanuel’s campus, this course travels to Indonesia for two weeks over the summer, focusing on issues of deforestation on the island of Borneo, the urbanization of Java and its diminishing biodiversity and the depletion of marine resources due to tourism in Bali. The course focuses on the causes and effects on people and their environments, as well as how Indonesians are working to find their own solutions.

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MORE COURSES STUDENTS CAN’T WAIT TO TAKE: Biology and Society Chemistry of Fire and Explosives Programming in SAS Theories of Personality Race, Gender and Sexuality: Intersection of Privilege and Oppression

A Glimpse I N T O T H E Curriculum

CURRENT TOPICS IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH Ask five scientists what motivates them, and you’ll get five different answers—to push the limits of what’s been done, solve a problem deemed unsolvable, find a better cure for common illnesses, or develop a cure for an uncommon one. The emerging fields of biotechnology, genetic engineering and molecular biology are having a revolutionary impact on our lives. Delve into—and get inspired by— studies around transplantation, artificial organs, drug design and delivery systems, exotic epidemics, gene therapy and more.

Readings from a wide spectrum of books and periodicals serve as basis for class discussion, in which you will be encouraged to view the challenges of modern biology from scientific, social and ethical viewpoints.

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Associate Professor of Psychology Kimberly Smirles reviews for exams with her “General Psychology” students.

FORENSIC CHEMISTRY Fingerprints. Fiber samples. Trace amounts of blood, paint, soil. The building blocks of a crime scene. While television shows glamorize the work of forensic scientists, these highly skilled and detail-oriented technicians provide a vital link between science and the law. In recent years, we’ve seen how scientific evidence has been used in court to both convict criminals and exonerate the innocent. Learn to unlock the mystery of crimes through the application of modern techniques through the analysis of trace evidence, forensic toxicology and drug analysis, DNA profiling and other subdisciplines. Special emphasis will be placed on the techniques of sampling a crime scene and the use of physical evidence.

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

How does “body talk” affect our self-image?

Professor of Psychology Dr. Linda Lin’s research aims to better understand the causes of poor body image so effective treatments can be developed to prevent related disorders. Noting the limitations in instruments designed to measure “body talk” Dr. Lin and fellow researchers developed a 14-item Body Talk Scale to measure both positive and negative body talk in men and women—the results of which were publishing in prominent journal, Body Image, in 2021.

Working with psychology major Kate Del Torchio ’21, Dr. Lin is examining the prevalence of fat talk, muscle talk and positive body talk in both in-person and online conversations, and whether each type of body talk in conversation relates to eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia development.

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TOP 10 FIRST EMPLOYERS

of School of Science & Health Graduates (Classes of 2015–2021)

1. Massachusetts General Hospital 2. Boston Children’s Hospital 3. Brigham & Women’s Hospital 4. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 5. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 6. Harvard Medical School 7. Broad Institute 8. Tufts Medical Center 9. McLean Hospital 10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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100% of students in the School of Science & Health complete at least one internship as part of the core curriculum, gaining real-world experience in Emmanuel College’s laboratories or in the city of Boston. Our Leslie Ferrick McCafferty Career Center has a designated career community for STEM & Health Sciences students with specialized recruiting opportunities and events to build your networking skills—and your résumé.

• Gain career insight and inspiration through alumni panels and networking events • Participate in career-igniting research alongside faculty and peers on Emmanuel’s campus • Meet dozens of top employers in one afternoon at our annual non-profit internship and career fair • Take advantage of our professional partnerships with regular off-campus events, such as Boston Children’s Hospital’s Patient Experience Representative Recruitment Night

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• Get face time with recruiters through our regular Recruiter Series, in which we bring employers such as Boston Children’s Hospital, Empow Studios, FBI, Franciscan Children’s Hospital, LabCentral, Massachusetts General Hospital, MassLife Sciences and Quest Diagnostics to campus to talk internship and job opportunities • And, most importantly, check in with your Career Advisor early and often—they are here to learn more about your individual skills and career goals

Logan McGloin ’22 MAJOR: Chemistry, concentration in Forensic Chemistry As a student researcher working alongside Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Aren Gerdon and fellow undergraduates, Logan gained valuable laboratory skills and a variety of instrumental techniques studying mineral formation, biochemistry and biomimetic processes in the hopes of contributing to biotechnological solutions to bone regeneration and repair.

The experience prepared him for an internship with the Massachusetts State Police, where he explores the principles and practices of scientific work in the organization’s crime laboratory.

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One School, Many Paths

Graduates are also continuing their education at prestigious institutions from Boston to Glasgow, gaining master’s or doctoral degrees in mental health counseling, data science, veterinary medicine, nursing, chemistry, social work, speech pathology, neuroscience, forensic science, biophysics and nutrition.

Our students are limited only by their ambition—take a look at the far-reaching effects of just a few of our recent graduates.

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Jessica LeClair ’16

Raquel Ferreira ’18

Sarah Faulkner ’15

Samantha Smith ’19

Jolie Xifaras ’15

Biostatistics and Biology

Biology

Chemistry

Research Data Coordinator, Boston Children’s Hospital

Director of Marketing, Goddard Technologies; M.S. in Science Journalism, Boston University

Neuroscience and Psychology Clinical Research Assistant II, McLean Hospital

Rare Disease HCP Navigator, Pfizer; MPH in Health Policy, New York University

Jeff Malavasi ’18

Ph.D. Candidate in Biostatistics, Boston University

Lena Hajjar ’14

Jacquelyn Schneider ’20

May Le ’15

Lindsay Hillyer ’17

Mathematics and Biostatistics

Biology, concentration in Health Sciences

Chemistry

Developmental Psychology

Senior Engineer, Everquote

Clinical Laboratory Process Development Associate, Broad Institute

Associate Software Quality Engineer, MedAcuity

Study Coordinator, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities

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Neuroscience Systems Engineer, Hubspot

Julia Bujalski ’18

Matthew Powers ’17

Conor Gomes ’16

Alyssa Taubert ’15

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Biology, concentration in Health Sciences

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Development Scientist, Pion, Inc.; Ph.D. in Chemistry, Northeastern University

Occupational Therapist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Doctor of Occupational Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professions

Business Development, Precision for Medicine

Web Designer, STAT

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By one year after graduation, 96% of the School of Science & Health Class of 2020 were either employed, enrolled in graduate school, or engaged in military service. Graduates are working in various facets of clinical research and development, healthcare and health services, biotechnology, secondary and higher education, social services, pharmaceuticals, information technology and more.

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Senior Associate Scientist, Pfizer

Michelle Church ’19

Program Overview Emmanuel’s robust academic programs offer a set of core majors in expansive and diverse disciplines—students may choose to keep their studies broad, or may specialize in a more specific field of study with an added concentration.

The School of Science & Health also offers pre-professional programs in Pre-Dental, Pre-Medical and Pre-Veterinary curricula.

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BIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY BIOSTATISTICS BIOTECHNOLOGY CHEMISTRY COUNSELING & HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY FORENSIC SCIENCE HEALTH SCIENCES MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICAL MODELING NEUROSCIENCE (BIOLOGY) NEUROSCIENCE (PSYCHOLOGY) PHYSIOLOGY STATISTICS

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