Linda E. Hyman, PhD

Burroughs Wellcome Director of Education, Marine Biological Laboratory

Biography

During her tenure at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine Dr. Linda Hyman assumed the position of Associate Provost for the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences in 2009. Prior to that she served as Vice Provost for Health Science at Montana State University and Director of the WWAMI Medical Education Program. There, she also acted as Assistant Dean for Regional Affairs at the University of Washington School of Medicine. An accomplished and active scientist with expertise in molecular genetics, Dr. Hyman held the appointment of Professor of Microbiology at GMS. Dr. Hyman earned her undergraduate degree at the State University of New York at Albany, followed by a master’s and doctoral degree at Brandeis University. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Tufts University School of Medicine. She then began her professional career at Tulane University School of Medicine, where she became a tenured associate professor in 2003. Dr. Hyman’s priorities outside of her role as associate provost and professor include advising and professional development for students and post-docs.

Publications

  • Published 7/15/2021

    Brandt PD, Sturzenegger Varvayanis S, Baas T, Bolgioni AF, Alder J, Petrie KA, Dominguez I, Brown AM, Stayart CA, Singh H, Van Wart A, Chow CS, Mathur A, Schreiber BM, Fruman DA, Bowden B, Wiesen CA, Golightly YM, Holmquist CE, Arneman D, Hall JD, Hyman LE, Gould KL, Chalkley R, Brennwald PJ, Layton RL. A cross-institutional analysis of the effects of broadening trainee professional development on research productivity. PLoS Biol. 2021 07; 19(7):e3000956. PMID: 34264929.

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  • Published 1/30/2019

    Watts SW, Chatterjee D, Rojewski JW, Shoshkes Reiss C, Baas T, Gould KL, Brown AM, Chalkley R, Brandt P, Wefes I, Hyman L, Ford JK. Faculty perceptions and knowledge of career development of trainees in biomedical science: What do we (think we) know? PLoS One. 2019; 14(1):e0210189. PMID: 30699144.

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  • Published 3/4/2015

    Dasgupta S, Symes K, Hyman L. Leading change: curriculum reform in graduate education in the biomedical sciences. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2015 Mar-Apr; 43(2):126-32. PMID: 25735833.

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  • Published 12/4/2013

    Crabbé A, Nielsen-Preiss SM, Woolley CM, Barrila J, Buchanan K, McCracken J, Inglis DO, Searles SC, Nelman-Gonzalez MA, Ott CM, Wilson JW, Pierson DL, Stefanyshyn-Piper HM, Hyman LE, Nickerson CA. Spaceflight enhances cell aggregation and random budding in Candida albicans. PLoS One. 2013; 8(12):e80677. PMID: 24324620.

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  • Published 9/21/2011

    Searles SC, Woolley CM, Petersen RA, Hyman LE, Nielsen-Preiss SM. Modeled microgravity increases filamentation, biofilm formation, phenotypic switching, and antimicrobial resistance in Candida albicans. Astrobiology. 2011 Oct; 11(8):825-36. PMID: 21936634.

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Other Positions

  • Associate Provost (previously held)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
  • Professor (previously held), Virology, Immunology & Microbiology
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students) (previously held)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

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Education

  • Brandeis University, PhD
  • Brandeis University, MS
  • Stony Brook University, BS

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