Science & Health Faculty
Department Faculty Information
Department Chair
Brenda K. Poynter
Associate Professor Educator, CC Surgical Technology
259 CC West Woods Acad Cntr
Program Manager
Dayna Brown
Program Manager, Technology & Health Information Systems Department and Science & Health Department
Laboratory Manager
Biology
Josh Eugene Snyder
Sr Lab Associate, CC Science & Health
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Chemistry
Anne-Lise Girard
Sr. Lab Associate, Science & Health
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Department Faculty
David L Blevins
Assoc Professor - Educator, CC Surgical Technology
283 CC West Woods Acad Cntr
Kimberly Ann Buschmeier
Instructor - Educator, CC Respiratory Therapy
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Emily Christine Clem
Asst Professor - Educator, CC Respiratory Therapy
252-J CC Snyder Addition
Erin Wynter Dodson
Asst Professor - Educator, CC Biology
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Kaylin G Earnest-King
Asst Professor, CC Chemistry
252N CC Snyder Addition
Katie Elizabeth Faris
Asst Professor - Educator, CC Physical Therapy Assisting
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Jill M. Gomez
Professor, CC Social Work
CC Facil Mgmt Bldg
Connie Kay Huber
Asst Professor, CC Public Health
CC West Woods Acad Cntr
Megan M Begley Jenkins
Instructor - Educator, CC Surgical Technology
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Taylor Matthew Roberge
Asst Professor, CC Biology
CC Student Services Build
Carolyn Shisler
Assistant Professor Educator, CC Physical Therapy Assisting
285 CC West Woods Acad Cntr
She holds a B.S. in physical therapy from Marquette University and an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Cincinnati.
Her teaching content is in the area of acute care physical therapy and the medically complex patient. Most recently, her focus has been on improving collaboration and communication within the PT-PTA team. Prof. Shisler has established intraprofessional experiences with two local DPT programs and completed her master’s theses on the intraprofessional team as it relates to the entry-level skills for the acute care PTA.
Her goal as a faculty member is to relate her love for her patients and her profession to her students. Physical therapy is more than just treating a diagnosis, it is treating a person. She is also passionate about teaching physical therapists and student physical therapists the abundance of knowledge and skills that physical therapist assistants bring to the clinical setting and their patients.
Despite her teaching and administrative schedule, Prof. Shisler continues to work at The Christ Hospital in the acute care setting evaluating and treating people who are critically ill and/or recovering from medical and surgical diagnoses. She has been a practicing PT for over 30 years.
Rachel LeAnn Wells
Asst Professor, CC Biology
CC Student Services Build
Emily Grace Westbrook
Assistant Professor, CC Chemistry
252N CC Snyder Addition
Danielle Winget
Assistant Professor, CC Biology
215T CC Facil Mgmt Bldg
Emeritus Faculty
Nestor T Hilvano
Dr. Nestor Hilvano is Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences (since July 31, 2024) at the University of Cincinnati Clermont College, Science and Health Department. Following 19 years as a professor and a chair of Anatomy Department at Far Eastern University-NRMF Institute of Medicine and St. Luke's Medical Center College of Medicine, and as a professor at OLFU College of Medicine, Nestor served 18 years at University of Cincinnati as a professor, academic coordinator, university faculty liaison on dual enrollment program, and professor affiliate of pathophysiology at UC College of Nursing, Doctor of Nurse Practice- Anesthesia. He also served as a chair of various committees such as the College Academic Assessment, College RPT, College Faculty Development, College Faculty Planning, College Academic Advising, College Student Affairs, College Student Appeal and Grievance, College Student Honors, College Teaching and Learning, UC Pipeline Advising, UC Early Alert Program, and Science and Health (SH) RPT, SH Laboratory Safety, SH Merit Pay, SH Sabbatical Leave, and SH Faculty Searches. Dr. Hilvano holds an MD (Doctor of Medicine) and MPH (Master of Public Health) degrees, and has general medicine/family physician private practice that manages common and long-term illnesses, focusing on overall health and well-being, and as occupational health care physician focusing on the prevention and treatment of work-related injuries and illnesses.
He is a Fellow in Anatomy Society and active member of the American Association for Anatomy (AAA). He has served as Career Development Mentor for the Mentor Match program, a virtual microscopy database user, and has served in the Committee for Early Career Anatomists, Advisory Committee for Young Anatomists, and Short Term Visiting Scholarship Committee of the AAA. He is a peer reviewer of abstracts and articles in anatomical-biomedical science and educational research, and external peer reviewer on anatomy video resource.
