#  Publications 

 



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## Selected Publications 

**Peters J.J.** [An Environmental Justice Fictional Case Study for Engaging Non-Majors in Human Biology](https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00005-24). *J Microbiol Biol Educ.* (2024).

**Vladis NA**, **Coleman BI**. [Moving a Flipped Class Online to Teach Python to Biomedical PhD Students during Covid-19 and Beyond](https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.00099-21). J Microbiol Biol Educ. (2021) Mar 31;22(1).

Katherine Lachance, **Ronald J. Heustis**, Joseph J. Loparo, and **Madhvi J. Venkatesh**. [Self-Efficacy and Performance of Research Skills among First-Semester Bioscience Doctoral Students.](https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.19-07-0142) CBE—Life Sciences Education Vol. 19, No. 3 (2020).

**Rowell, T.R,**  Redd, R.A., Neuberg, D.S., Walensky, L.D. [Mind the gap: Expediting gender parity in MD-PhD admissions.](https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/136037) (2020) JCI Insight 5(4).

**Heustis, R.J., Venkatesh, M.J., Gutlerner, J.L.**, Loparo, J.J. [Embedding academic and professional skills training with experimental-design chalk talks.](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-019-0338-1) (2019) Nat Biotechnol 37, 1523–1527.

**Bonham KS, Stefan MI.** [Women are underrepresented in computational biology: An analysis of the scholarly literature in biology, computer science and computational biology.](http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005134) (2017) *PLoS Comput. Biol.* Oct 12; 13(10).

Loda, M, Mucci L**, Mittelstadt ML,** Van Hemelrijck M, Cotter MB, *eds. Pathology and Epidemiology of Cancer.* Dordrecht: Springer Verlag, (2016). Print.

**Mittelstadt ML,** Giovanucci EL, Mucci L, Loda M. “The Intersection of Epidemiology and Pathology.” *Pathology and Epidemiology of Cancer.* Ed. Massimo Loda, Lorelei Mucci, Megan L Mittelstadt, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Maura Brid Cotter. Dordrecht: Springer Verlag, (2016). Print.

**Gutlerner, JL** [Beyond Publish or Perish](/sites/curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/files/Science-2015-Gutlerner-49.pdf), **(**2015) *Science* **Vol. 350** no 6256, p.49.

**Stefan, MI, Gutlerner, JL,** Born, RT, Springer, M. [The Quantitative methods boot camp: teaching quantitative thinking and computing skills to graduate students in the life sciences](/sites/curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/files/QMBC%20paper.pdf). PLoS Comput Biol[.](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25880064#) (2015) Apr 16;11(4):e1004208. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004208.

Ramirez C, **Gajdos Z**, Kreatsoulas C, Afeiche M, Asgarzadeh M, Nelson C, Kanjee U, Caban-Martinez A   
[Public Health 101 Nanocourse: A Condensed Educational Tool for Non–Public Health Professionals](http:/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Public+Health+101+Nanocourse%3A+A+Condensed+Educational+Tool+for+Non%E2%80%93Public+Health+Professionals#)  
(2015) *Am J Public Health*[.](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Public%20Health%20101%20Nanocourse:%20A%20Condensed%20Educational%20Tool%20for%20Non%E2%80%93Public%20Health%20Professionals#) Mar;105 Suppl 1:S50-4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302305.

Marino J, **Stefan MI**, Blackford S. [Ten Simple Rules for Finishing your PhD. ](http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003954)(2014) *PLoS Comput Biol 10(12): e1003954.*

**Ahuja A**, Dillon K, **Stefan MI**, **Liu Y**, **Gutlerner JL**, **Van Vactor D**. [Characterizing Statistics Understanding And Attitudes In Graduate Students And Postdocs In The Life Sciences](http://www.melaniestefan.net/posters/Stats_Saber_2014.pdf). (2014) *Poster, SABER National meeting, Twin Cities, US.*

**Gutlerner JL, Van Vactor D**. [Catalyzing curriculum evolution in graduate science education](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867413004698). (2013) *Cell*. 9;153(4):731-6.

**Jandu N**. [Microbiology for the masses: teaching concepts and skills for a general audience](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966842X12001229). (2012) *Trends in Microbiology*, 20(10):459-460.

**Gutlerner JL**. [Reforming Graduate Science Education: Start in the Classroom](http://expositions.journals.villanova.edu/article/view/200).(2009) *Expositions: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities*, 3:2, 149-154.

**Bentley AM,** Artavanis-Tsakonas S**, Stanford JS**. [Nanocourses: a short course format as an educational tool in a biological sciences graduate curriculum](http://www.lifescied.org/content/7/2/175.long). (2008)​​​​​​​ *CBE Life Sci Educ* 7(2):175-83.