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Thais Salazar Mather serves as the Assistant Dean of Medical Education and Director of the Pre-Clerkship Curriculum at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. In her role as Assistant Dean, she provides strategic direction and oversight for the entire pre-clerkship curriculum, which includes foundational systems-based components. Dr. Mather is a trained molecular virologist from Marshall University School of Medicine and became a postdoctoral researcher in viral immunology before joining Brown University. She has been active in teaching and is a course leader for the Scientific Foundations of Medicine course, teaching immunology and medical microbiology/infectious diseases within the pre-clerkship curriculum. Her academic interests focus on understanding the mechanisms of immune cell trafficking in vivo during virus infection and the application of pedagogical strategies to facilitate undergraduate medical education. Throughout her career, she has received the Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award multiple times between 2005 and 2024. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys spending time with her family and dogs, dancing to Latin beats, and listening to loud rap music.
Department: Department of Economics