Technologies in Biomedical and Life Sciences Education Approaches and Evidence of Efficacy for Learning

Harry J. Witchel, Ph.D.
Dr. Harry J. Witchel is Discipline Leader in Physiology on the University of Sussex site of Brightonand Sussex Medical School (UK). His team's interdisciplinary research within the Department ofNeuroscience there resulted in his students winning the Best Research Paper Award at theinternational ECCE conference (2019); he also researches and innovates on educational topicsrevolving around human computer interaction and assessment. He has received over 15teaching awards and recognitions, including three at the national level: from the British ScienceAssociation, the Physiological Society, and most recently a National Teaching Fellowship fromAdvanceHE (2021). He is a long-standing member of the Physiological Society, where hecurrently serves on the Education, Public Engagement and Policy Committee. His teachingqualification is as a Senior Fellow (Higher Education Academy); he received his A.B. (College) inBiophysics from Columbia University (New York), and his Ph.D. from the Department ofPhysiology-Anatomy at the University of California at Berkeley.
Michael W. Lee, Ph.D.
Dr. Michael W. Lee received his Masters and Doctoral degrees in Medical Science, with a focuson Medical Pharmacology, from the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of SouthFlorida. This was followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Florida College ofMedicine at the Shands Cancer Center. He has served as a founding faculty member at severalpharmacy and medical schools where he has trained students both in the classroom and in thelaboratory. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin DellMedical School in the departments of Medical Education and Oncology. He is also an AssociateMember at the Live Strong Cancer Institutes. His research interests center around delineatingmolecular mechcnisms of therapeutic agents for cancer and on development of noveleducational technology tools for enhancing basic science learning. He has received numerousawards for teaching including a Golden Apple (2011), a Recognition of Innovation award (2011),and he has been awarded excellence in teaching awards three consecutive years (2019, 2020,and 2021). In 2020 he was awarded the designation of Distinguished Teaching Professor,following admittance into the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Academy ofDistinguished Educators. He is an active member of the International Association of MedicalScience Educators (IAMSE), the American Physiological Society (APS), and he serves on theeditorial board of the journal Pharmacology Research and Perspectives.