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Mindy F. Reynolds Awarded 2015 Undergraduate Educator Award

By Raul Suarez posted 02-19-2015 16:06

  

v22015 SOT Undergraduate Educator Award - Mindy Reynolds-02.jpgMindy F. Reynolds is the recipient of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 2015 Undergraduate Educator Award. Dr. Reynolds has demonstrated dedication and commitment to undergraduate education in toxicology. When she arrived at Washington College in 2008, there were no toxicology courses offered and no toxicological research was being conducted. Within her first year, she had strived to develop a course in the Principles of Toxicology and by spring of 2009, she had begun to teach this course to undergraduate students. This course has been offered every spring since then. Dr. Reynolds also makes it a priority to oversee the independent research of undergraduate students each summer in an intensive 11-week research program.

In addition, Dr. Reynolds has given numerous presentations to undergraduate educators on the integration of toxicology into an undergraduate curriculum. She is very active within metals toxicology research that includes cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of multiple heavy metal exposure in human cells, but has expanded her research to include whole animal ecotoxicology in both vertebrate and invertebrate models. She actively involves students in this research and has mentored over 18 students on their senior thesis projects, several of which have dealt directly with her research.

Dr. Reynolds has been a member of the SOT since 2004. Since that time she has been dedicated to working towards her longtime mission of advancing the science of toxicology to undergrads. She currently serves as Chair of the SOT Education Subcommittee on Undergraduate Education and has served as a member of this committee since its inception in 2009. In 2010, she led the Undergraduate Subcommittee Workgroup to develop an online resource for undergraduate instructors. Under her leadership, the subcommittee has developed multiple programs for faculty including a webinar series.

She was a featured speaker at the 2011 SOT Education Summit to provide perspective on undergraduate teaching to help develop SOT strategic efforts. Such is her commitment to her undergraduates that many students in her laboratory present their research annually at the SOT Annual Meeting and receive awards such as the Pfizer/SOT Undergraduate Travel Award.

The Society is pleased to present Dr. Reynolds with the 2015 Undergraduate Educator Award.

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