Placeholder Faculty Staff Image

Irina Grichtchenko

Affiliate Faculty

Biology

Biography

With PhD in Biology and extensive teaching expertise I successfully teach HumanAnatomyPhysiology(A&PI_II), Neurobiology. I’ve awarded Recognition Certificate for mentoring student’s posters at 5th MSUD Undergraduate Research Conference. I’ve advised numerous students.

Research Interests

    Neuroscience of the Brain pH regulation (Electrophysiology, Cell culture, Biochemistry methods, NYU 1991-1996); Cellular/Molecular Physiology and structure-function of Bicarbonate Membrane Transporters (Molecular Biology Methods, Yale University 1996-2002) Novel Molecular Markers in abnormalities in Sjogren's syndrome, and Down Syndrome (confocal fluorescent microscopy, UCD 2001- 2011) Bioinformatics of Spinal Cord Injury (2011- present in collaboration with UCD)

Teaching Interests

    2015 – present MSUD Human_Anatomy_PhysiologyI_II_BIO2310_2320 Neurobiology_BIO4300 Advanced_Human_Physiology_BIO3320 2011 – 2015 UCCS Human_Physiology_BIOL4360 Gastrointestinal_Physiology_Clinical_Implications BIOL4000 Pathophysiology HSCI4080 Health_Science_Research HSCI4010_online Medical_Terminology HSCI3230_online Mindful Meditation (HSCI 4890) 2002 – 2011 UCDMedSchool Gastrointestinal_Physiology_DPT6002

Education

PhD in Physiology and Biological Sciences

Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology Ukraine National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine

MS in Physics

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology