Biology Education

Diana earned a B.A. in Biology from Assumption College and a PhD in Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology from Brown University with emphasis on ion channel physiology. She joined Brown as a faculty member in 2011 and is a Senior Lecturer in Biology with a primary appointment in Biology Undergraduate Education and a secondary appointment in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Diana teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in physiology, drug discovery and therapeutic science. She is Co-director of the Therapeutic Sciences PhD Program and the 2019 recipient of the Elizabeth LeDuc Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Life Sciences at Brown. Diana teaches BIOL 1100 Cell Physiology and Biophysics, BIOL 2145 Molecular Targets of Drug Discovery, BIOL 2170 Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, and BIOL 2250 Survey of Modern Therapeutics.