Dr. Robert Hawley - Program Director
Dr. Hawley obtained his Ph.D. in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto and has held leadership positions in academic medical centers and biomedical research institutes. The MATS Program was one of his educational initiatives when he was Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, and he assumed the role of Program Director in July 2019.
Dr. Nicole DeVaul - Assistant Program Director
Dr. DeVaul is a Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University. Dr. DeVaul completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the NIDDK institute of the National Institutes of Health. She joined the George Washington University faculty in 2018. Dr. DeVaul serves as a Reproductive/Endocrine block director and histology discipline director in the medical curriculum and is a course director of anatomy for graduate and physician assistant students.
Course Directors - MATS First Year:
- Dr. Melissa Carroll, ANAT 6160 (Clinically Oriented Human Functional Neuroanatomy)
- Dr. Nicole DeVaul, ANAT 6181 (Clinically Oriented Human Gross Anatomy), ANAT 6292 (Projects in Anatomical Sciences)
- Dr. Robert Hawley, ANAT 6150 (Clinically Oriented Human Microscopic Anatomy), ANAT 6223 (Special Topics/Scientific Writing), ANAT 6275 (Advanced Studies in Translational Sciences)
- Dr. Victor Taylor, ANAT 6130 (Clinically Oriented Human Embryology)
Course Directors - MATS Second Year:
- Dr. Timothy McCaffrey, MICR 6236 (Genomic Medicine)
- Dr. Travis O'Brien, PHAR 6205 (Pharmacology I), PHAR 6206 (Pharmacology II), PHAR 6116 (Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine)
- Dr. Ahdeah Pajoohesh-Ganji, ANAT 6219 (Ethics for Translational Sciences)
- Dr. Alexandros Tzatsos, ANAT 6182 (Fundamentals of Translational Science)