Anna M. McWoods

Department

School of Health Sciences
Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield

Postal mail

Missouri State University
School of Health Sciences
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897

Details

Education

  • MS, Cell and Molecular Biology, Missouri State
  • BS, Biological Chemistry, Evangel University

Teaching

  • BMS 100 Essentials in Human Biology
  • BMS 101 Essentials in Human Biology Laboratory
  • BMS 110 Introduction to Human Biology
  • BMS 111 Introduction to Human Biology Laboratory
  • BMS 231 Human Genetics with Laboratory
  • BMS 232 Human Genetics Laboratory
  • BMS 525 Molecular Biology
  • BMS 625 Molecular Biology

Professional experience

Selected exhibitions

  • MCHHS DEI Showcase (2022). Small Group Discussions and Explicitly Defined Terminology Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Biomedical Sciences. Randi J. Ulbricht, Anna McWoods, Amanda Brodeur, Matthew Freese, Jamie Gnau, Sarah Murray, Hillary Roberts.
  • MCHHS DEI Showcase (2022). Helping Future Health Professionals and Scientist Understand Cultural Distrust. Anna McWoods and Randi J. Ulbricht.
  • American College of Medical Genetics Symposium (2019). Evaluation of Bone Biomarkers in the Characterization of the Skeletal Phenotype in Idua-W392X Knock-In Mice as a Model of Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I. Amanda Brodeur, Anna McWoods, Alicia Willard, Christina Patterson, Arin Oestreich, Charlotte Phillips.
  • HeLa Cells and “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” Panel Discussion (2020). Collette Witkowski PhD.; Amanda Brodeur, MD, PhD; Randi Ulbricht PhD; Amy Hulme PhD; Nicole Gorley MS; Anna M. McWoods MS.

Research and professional interests

  • Introducing concepts and methods for biomedical sciences and research to undergraduate students
  • Bioethics in biomedical research.
  • Diversity in STEM fields
  • Genetic counseling
  • Molecular genetics
  • Molecular mechanism in skeletal system