UC Clermont

Science & Health Faculty

Department Faculty Information

Department Chair

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Brenda K. Poynter

Professor - Educator, CC Surgical Technology

259 CC West Woods Acad Cntr

513-558-6219

Program Manager

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Dayna Brown

Program Manager, Technology & Health Information Systems Department and Science & Health Department

513-558-8975

Laboratory Manager

Biology

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Josh Eugene Snyder

Sr Lab Associate, CC Science & Health

247 CLER MCDONH

513-558-8230

Chemistry

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Anne-Lise Girard

Sr. Lab Associate, Science & Health

CLER SNYDER 277 4200 Clermont College Dr Batavia OH 45103-0162

Department Faculty

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David L Blevins

Assoc Professor - Educator, CC Surgical Technology

283 CC West Woods Acad Cntr

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Kimberly Ann Buschmeier

Instructor - Educator, CC Respiratory Therapy

S252J CC Snyder Addition

513-558-4758

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Emily Christine Clem

Asst Professor - Educator, CC Respiratory Therapy

252-J CC Snyder Addition

513-558-5145

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Erin Wynter Dodson

Asst Professor - Educator, CC Biology

CC Student Services Build

513-558-8400

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Kaylin G Earnest-King

Asst Professor, CC Chemistry

252N CC Snyder Addition

513-558-4776

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Katie Elizabeth Faris

Asst Professor - Educator, CC Physical Therapy Assisting

CLER UCEAST1

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Jill M. Gomez

Professor, CC Social Work

CC Facil Mgmt Bldg

513-752-7000

Dr. Jill Gomez, Jill Gomez, LISW-S, LICDC-CS is a full-time, tenured faculty member at UC Clermont College. In 2016 she became a certified Chopra Center Perfect Health Ayurveda Instructor.   As an Ayurveda educator she is commitment to teaching mindfulness/meditation and balance to graduate level students and/or other interested individuals. Dr. Gomez has spent the past the past 30 years serving individuals and families impacted by substance use disorders. Prior to her work as a consultant she worked part-time for the Mental Health and Recovery Board in Warren and Clinton County. Her work on the local level has been extensive as well as her role as a CARF accreditation surveyor.
 
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M. Vicky Gomez-Stallons

Assistant Professor, CC Biology

CLER MCDONH

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Connie Kay Huber

Asst Professor, CC Public Health

CC West Woods Acad Cntr

513-558-8230

Connie Huber is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator in the Public Health Program at the University of Cincinnati Clermont College. She is a Senior Curriculum Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, where she is actively engaged in curriculum development and policy research. Her research focuses on the primordial prevention of adolescent risk and promoting the well-being of children and adolescents. She was a subject matter expert providing training and technical assistance for adolescent prevention program grantees with the Family Youth Service Bureau within the Administration for Child and Family Services of the U.S. Health and Human Services. 
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Megan M Begley Jenkins

Instructor - Educator, CC Surgical Technology

250.12 CC West Woods Acad Cntr

513-558-8004

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Diane Kallmeyer

Dr. , CC Biology

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513-558-4773

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Karen M. M Mathis, Ph.D.

Professor, CC Biology

215M CLER MCDONH

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Sreerupa Ray

Asst Professor, CC Biology

CC Student Services Build

513-558-8400

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Taylor Matthew Roberge

Asst Professor, CC Biology

CC Student Services Build

513-558-8400

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Carolyn Shisler

Assoc Professor - Educator, CC Physical Therapy Assisting

285 CC West Woods Acad Cntr

Professor Shisler brings over 30 years of clinical experience to her role as Associate Professor and Program Director for the Physical Therapist Assistant Program. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from Marquette University and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Cincinnati.

Her teaching focuses on acute care physical therapy and the medically complex patient. Her recent work emphasizes enhancing collaboration and communication within the PT-PTA team. She has developed intraprofessional learning experiences with local DPT programs and completed her master’s thesis on PT-PTA collaboration in the acute care setting.

Professor Shisler is passionate about sharing her love for patient care and the physical therapy profession with her students. She advocates for the vital contributions of PTAs in clinical practice and strives to instill a patient-centered approach in future clinicians. 

At the university level, Professor Shisler was accepted into the Academy of Fellows for Teaching and Learning in 2024 and co-created the Teaching and Learning Community of Practice at UC Clermont. 

At a national level, Professor Shisler teaches the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Level 1 and Level 2 Clinical Instructor Credentialing courses and she is active in the APTA Academy of Education PTA Educator Special Interest Group. She represents PTA education on the APTA's Collaborative for Physical Therapy Education.

In addition to her academic responsibilities, she continues to practice at The Christ Hospital in the acute care and inpatient rehab settins. 
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Jill M Shirokawa

Assoc Professor, CC Chemistry

215R CLER MCDONH

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Rachel LeAnn Wells

Asst Professor, CC Biology

CC Student Services Build

513-558-8400

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Emily Grace Westbrook

Assistant Professor, CC Chemistry

252N CC Snyder Addition

513-558-4777

Dr. Emily Westbrook is an Assistant Professor of General Chemistry in the Science & Health Department at the University of Cincinnati Clermont College. She has true passion for teaching and chemistry, and enjoys teaching her General Chemistry lecture and lab courses. 
 
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Bozena Barbara Widanski

Professor, CC Chemistry

215 C CLER MCDONH

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Danielle Winget

Assistant Professor, CC Biology

215T CC Facil Mgmt Bldg

360-525-7270

Emeritus Faculty

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Nestor T Hilvano

513-558-5230


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.
 
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Clifford E. Larrabee

Cliff Larrabee’s background and training is in theoretical and experimental aspects of aqueous solution physical chemistry, particularly the self-assembly of surfactants and polymers. His current research focuses on the design and characterization of nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery.