Harry Bernheim
Associate Professor
Human Physiology and Immunology

Ph.D., Medical Physiology, University of Michigan - 1976
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Yale University, Infectious Diseases - 1976-1979.

Research Interests

Dr. Bernheim is interested in the integration of the immunological responses, specifically how cytokines affect the outcome of host parasite interactions.

Besides being Chair of the Biology Department, Harry is very involved in University activities including his position as Chair of the Health Professions Recommendation Committee (HPRC), which is responsible for writing letters of recommendation for students applying to health professional schools.

Dr. Bernheim is also Co-Chair of the Committee on Student Life (CSL), a group of faculty and students that hear student appeals to disciplinary decisions.

Harry serves on the Advisory Board for the Community Health Major, a discipline that investigates the reaction and actions that a community takes to various health issues, and he serves on the Committee on Committees, which helps assign faculty members to various committees.

Dr. Bernheim also serves on the Faculty Research Awards Committee which has the pleasant task of allocating funds to faculty for research both within and outside the University.

Prof. Bernheim is the Faculty Advisor to students who organize and run the Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium. This annual symposium allows students to showcase their original research and scholarship they have conducted or participated in during the current academic year.

Harry also serves on the committee for academic standing and honors.

Courses

Biology 14: Organisms and Populations
Biology 75: Comparative Vertebrate Physiology
Biology 104: Immunology
Biology 115 and 116: General Physiology
Biology 178: Seminar in Immunology

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