Meet Our Faculty and Staff

While students in the Biomedical Science major can expect to encounter many faculty and staff members while enrolled at Ohio State, the following faculty and staff will frequently engage with students specifically enrolled in Biomedical Science. 

Courses in the Biomedical Science major are often “team taught” in a format similar to that of many medical and other professional schools.  Below is a list of faculty with a link to their online profile. 

Program Director                                            

John Gunn, PhD
Professor
Director, Biomedical Science Major
(614)-292-6036

Program Manager                                                                              

Lori Scott Martensen

1080 Graves Hall

614-247-8060

martensen.5@osu.edu

Faculty

Candice Askwith, PhD

Assistant Professor, Neuroscience

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/askwith.1/

Anthony Brown, PhD

Associate Professor, Neuroscience

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/brown.2302/

Dan Clinchot, MD

Associate Dean, College of Medicine

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/clinchot.1/

Andrew Fischer, PhD

Associate Professor, Neuroscience

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/fischer.412/

Kenneth Jones, PhD

Assistant Professor, Division of Anatomy

Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Dentistry

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/jones.4/

Lori Martensen, MS

Program Manager, Biomedical Science major

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/martensen.5/

Kirk Mykytyn, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/mykytyn.1/

Periluigi Porcu, MD

Associate Professor, Hematology and Oncology

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/porcu.1/

Carol Powell, MLS

Associate Professor, Health Sciences Library

Associate Professor, University Libraries

Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/powell.225/

Virginia (Ginny) Sanders

Professor, Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/sanders.302/

Andrew Thomas, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor-Clinical, General Internal Medicine

Physician, University Hospitals

Associate Dean, College of Medicine

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/thomas.302/

Amanda Toland, PhD

Assistant Professor, Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics

https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/toland.13/