Mary Gemmel O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology

  mgemmel-odonnell@thiel.edu
  724-589-2361
  Academic Center Room 400

Education and Experience

• B.S. Microbiology, Sociology Minor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience program, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Pennsylvania

Research interests:

• Investigating how stress and stress-related disorders, such as anxiety and depression, impact reproductive and perinatal health.
• Researching how perinatal maternal adversity and relevant treatments affect maternal and offspring outcome across the life span.
• Investigating how active learning approaches improve student engagement and success.

Courses Taught at Thiel:

BIO 145 - Foundations of Biology, BIO 350 – Introduction to Immunology, BIO 212 - Microbiology, BIO 290 - Cell Biology: A Molecular Approach, BIO 295 – General Parasitology, BIO 343 – Developmental Biology, BIO 452/482 - Independent Study, BIO 395 – Junior Seminar, BIO 462 - Senior Seminar, SEMS 400- Global Health and Human Disease