Jennifer Breckler, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Community Health & Human Development
PHONE: (510) 643-8671
FAX: (510) 643-8771
LOCATION: 570 University Hall
E-MAIL: jbreck@berkeley.edu
Research Interests
- Biology Science Education
- Medical Education
Research Description
Research on student learning styles and career choice. Projects include creating new hands-on kinesthetic ways for students to engage in and learn about science.
Recent Publications
Breckler J and Yu JR. Student responses to a hands-on kinesthetic lecture activity for learning about the oxygen carrying capacity of blood. Advan in Physiol Edu 35:39-47, 2011.
Breckler J, Joun D and Ngo H. Learning styles of physiology students interested in the health professions. Adv Physiol Educ 33:30-36, 2009.
Lin-Jones J, Sohlberg, L, Dose A, Breckler J, Hillman DW and Burnside B. Identification and Localization of myosin superfamily members in fish retina and retinal pigmented epithelium. J Comparative Neurology 513:209-223, 2009.
Breckler J and Azzam A. The Basic Science Learning Station: An innovative kinesthetic learning approach in one medical school. J Intl Assoc Medical Science Educators 19:72-79, 2009.
Mertz E, Jain R, Breckler J, Chen E and Grumbach K. Foreign versus domestic education of physicians for the United States: A Case Study of South Asian Physicians in California. J. Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 18:984-993, 2007.
Breckler, J., *K. Au, *J. Cheng, T. Hasson, and B. Burnside. A novel myosin VI isoform in vertebrate retina. Experimental Eye Research, 70(1):121-134. 2000.
*Agard, J. and J. Breckler. RPE cell phagocytosis and the actin cytoskeleton. Beckman Student Honors Symposium, Irvine, Aug. 1999.
*Luong, D. and J. Breckler. Actin-depolymerizing-factor in retinal pigment epithelial cells. NIH-RIMI conference, UC Davis, March, 1999.
(* = student)
Other Interests
- Hiking
- Travel
- Choral singing
Profile last updated: October 13, 2011