Members of the Physiology Department faculty are actively involved in the teaching mission of Emory University.  These efforts include coordinating and lecturing in the newly revised medical school course, Foundations of Medicine (Healthy Human and Human Disease), the Allied Health Physiology course given to students in the Allied Health Programs of the Medical School, and numerous graduate courses in the Graduate Division of Biomedical and Biological Sciences.

The Foundations of Medicine (Healthy Human) course is presented to the first year medical students during the first 11 weeks.  It is divided into 7 two or three-week modules.  The Physiology faculty is involved in the following modules:

       Neural Function:
           Director:      Ron Abercrombie
           Lecturers:    Shawn Hochman, Donald Humphrey, Richard Nichols, Martin Pinter, Pete Wenner

       Exercise and Movement:
           Director:      Wylie Nichols
           Lecturers:    Ron Abercrombie, Douglas Eaton, Otto Froehlich, Jennifer Gooch, Ron Joyner, Wylie Nichols, Jeff Sands

       Nutrition and Metabolism
           Lecturer:     Otto Froehlich

       Endocrine Control:
           Lecturer:     John White

The Foundations of Medicine (Human Disease) includes organ/system based modules that continue for 11 months.  The Physiology faculty lecture in the following modules:

       Pulmonary:                          Ron Abercrombie
       Gastrointestinal:                  Otto Froehlich
       Renal and Genitourinary:    Douglas Eaton, Jeff Sands
       Endocrine:                           John White
       Neuroscience:                      Ron Abercrombie

The Allied Health Physiology course provides the fundamentals of systems physiology in a one semester course to the students in the Allied Health Programs at Emory.  This course is directed by Ron Abercrombie and the following Physiology faculty members contribute to the lectures, small groups, and assessment:

       Allied Health Physiology:
           Lecturers:    Otto Froehlich, Inyeong Choi, John White, and Leona Young

The Physiology faculty contributes to the success of Emory’s graduate programs by mentoring Ph.D. students, by contributing to program administration, and by directing and lecturing in the following graduate school courses: