Biography
Dr. Nicol is actively engaged in teaching at the graduate and undergraduate student levels in courses covering cancer, pathology, pharmacology and toxicology. He coordinates and leads sessions in both core graduate courses on Cancer Biology (PATH823) and Experimental Cancer Therapeutics (PATH822), co-leads the Breast Cancer session in The Mechanistic Basis of Disease (PATH430/826), leads both Drug Transport and Pharmacogenetics & Pharmacogenomics sessions covered in Principles of Drug Discovery and Development (BMED809), as well as Carcinogenesis II – Epigenetic mechanisms for Mechanistic Toxicology (BMED815). His undergraduate teaching includes serving as Course Coordinator for the 4th year honors research projects in cancer biology and genetics (CANC499), leading session topics on Uptake and Efflux Drug Transporters and Carcinogenesis for Xenobiotic Disposition and Toxicity (PHAR416). He also leads tutorial sessions on Receptor theory, Cell signaling/second messengers and integrated ADME for Principles of General Pharmacology I (PHAR340). Previously, he has also taught Chemotherapy-induced malignancies for the Cancer Biology & Therapeutics (CANC440) course.
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