Lauren Giles
Assistant Professor
Ms. Giles has been teaching at Mercyhurst since 2017, having instructed at the North East, Booker T. Washington, and Erie campuses. With a focus mainly on the anatomical sciences, she enjoys student mentorship and getting out of the classroom with the ecology-based labs. She also has an interest in developing a student travel course.
About Lauren Giles
- Master of Science, Biology: Muscle Physiology, SUNY Fredonia, 2014
- Bachelor of Science, Biology, SUNY Fredonia, 2012
- Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2 (Lecture and Lab)
- Microbiology (Lecture and Lab)
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Lecture and Lab)
- Cell and Molecular Biology (Lecture and Lab)
- Ms. Giles has an interest in researching the biomechanics of running, as it pertains to the injury avoidance offered by effective form in distance running as compared to sprinting.
- Larson, L., Lioy, J., Johnson, J., & Medler, S. (2019). Transitional hybrid skeletal muscle fibers in rat soleus development. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry, 67(12), 891-900.