Jolyne Drummelsmith, PhD
Assistant Dean, Medical Sciences Education and Professor, Department of Medical Foundations
Biography
Dr. Drummelsmith’s was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Microbiology from the University of Guelph, Ontaro, Canada, for research into the “Genetics, biosynthesis and translocation of group 1 capsules in Gram-negative bacteria.” Her postdoctoral years were spent researching antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in the protozoan parasite Leishmania and developing and as co-director of a two-dimensional gel electrophoresis platform at the Université Laval, Quebec, Canada. She became an independent researcher and assistant professor at that same university in 2006, with a research focus on antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in Staphylococcus aureus.
- 2008–present: Ross University School of Medicine
- 2006–2008: Université Laval, Canada, Department of Medical Biology
- 2005–2008: Centre Hospitalier de l’Université Laval, Canada, Infectious Diseases Research Centre
Areas of Expertise
- Infectious Diseases
- Bacteriology
- Molecular Biology
- Microbiology
Education and Certification
PhD, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- 2000–2005: Université Laval, Canada, Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2000: University of Guelph, Canada, Ph. D. (Microbiology)
- 1995: University of Guelph, Canada, B.Sc. (Hons., Majors in Microbiology and Biochemistry)