*RUSM has a first-time residency attainment rate of 96%, calculated as the percent of students attaining a 2025-26 residency position out of graduates or expected graduates in 2024-25 who were active applicants in the 2025 NRMP match or who attained a residency position outside the NRMP match. AUC’s first-time residency attainment rate for 2024-2025 graduates and expected graduates is 95%. SABA’s four-year residency placement rate of 97% is calculated as the percent of students attaining a residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 who were active applicants in the NRMP match or attained a residency outside the NRMP match. As of July 17, 2025, they have not published their 2025 rates. SGU’s US residency placement rate of 94% pertains to graduates over five years from 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 with the rate calculated as the total number of students/graduates who obtained a US residency divided by the total number of students/graduates who applied to a US residency program in a given year as of April 2025.
Kherie Rowe, PhD. (Molecular Medical Microbiology); MSc (Dist.); BSc.(Hons)
Biography
Dr. Rowe is a medical educator with over 15 years’ experience teaching in university environments at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including 5+ years in international medical universities. With a strong background in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Dr. Rowe is a dedicated educator who is highly motivated in shaping the academic and professional development of future healthcare practitioners.
Throughout her career, Dr. Rowe has been actively involved in curriculum development, instructional design and student mentorship. This expertise extends across traditional lectures, problem-based learning and clinical case discussions, ensuring the students receive a well-rounded and clinically relevant education.
Dr. Rowe joined Ross University School of Medicine in 2023 and is committed to fostering an engaging learning environment that emphasizes critical thinking, evidence-based practice and lifelong learning.
- Undergraduate Degree: [BSc.(Hons)], [University of the West Indies], [Barbados], [2001]
- Medical/Doctoral Degree: [PhD], [University of Nottingham], [Nottingham; UK], [2008]
- Other Degrees/Training: [Post Graduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning, University of the West Indies 2018]
- Biochemistry
- Genetics
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
- The Microbiome and chronic disease
- Rahman, S., Villagomez, M.T., Rowe, K., Kirton, R., Kunik, F. (2021). Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentations, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19: A review of current evidence. Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology. LINK: https://doi.org/10.1080/17512433.2021.1902303
- Alleyne, A.T., Cummins, C., Rowe, K., James, M., Gutiérrez, D., Fuentes, S. (2019). Sequencing and assembly of small RNAs reveal the presence of several begomoviruses, potyviruses, badnaviruses and mastreviruses in the sweet potato leaf virome in Barbados. Journal of Plant Pathology 101, Issue 2, 339-347.9p.
- Alleyne, A.T., Rowe, K., James, M. (2011). Identification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans in Barbados by rep-PCR. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B 1, 593-597.
- Robinson, K., Taraktsoglou, M., Rowe, K.S.J., Wooldridge, K.G. & Ala’Aldeen, D.A.A. (2004). Secreted proteins from Neisseria meningitidis mediated differential human gene expression and immune activation. Cellular Microbiology 6, 927-938.
- Member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology