The university will operate under Condition 1 (Reduced Operations) of the Adverse Weather and Emergency Event Policy on Monday, March 16, effective at 12 p.m. through 11:59 p.m. A strong storm system will bring widespread hazardous weather conditions to the region.
Classes scheduled to start at 12 p.m. or later will be held virtually. Non-essential staff will work remotely.
Dr. Wendy Heck Grillo is an associate professor in the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Grillo received her B.A. in Biology from Bellarmine University and her Ph.D. in Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology from the University of Louisville Health Sciences Center. Dr. Grillo completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the SPIRE (Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education) at UNC-Chapel Hill. In this program, fellows combine research training at UNC-CH and professional development that leads to them teaching undergraduate-level courses at a partner HBCU. Dr. Grillo matched with NCCU for her teaching and has been an Eagle ever since.
Dr. Grillo's research focus is on undergraduate science education, with a specific focus on providing research experiences and professional development in order to expand the biomedical workforce in various areas such as alcohol use, substance use and cancer. Dr. Grillo serves as co-principal investigator on three R25 research education training grants from various divisions of NIH to carry out this research. Dr. Grillo has also focused on additional areas of the undergraduate science education, including metacognition and the implementation of various curricular tools (case studies, student peer review, and data analysis skills). She also serves as co-principal investigator on one R25 research education training grant for graduate students in order to expand the biomedical workforce in the field of neuroscience.
Grillo W, Boateng CA, Brady LJ, Gaudier-Diaz MM, Mitchell KA, Ruffin VA, Tejdeda HA, Marshall SA. Reflections of six neuroscientists: The influences of training at minority serving institutions. J Neurosci Res. 2021 Feb 1. doi: 10.1002/jnr.24796. PMID: 33527411.
CM Mader, CW Beck, WH Grillo, GP Hollowell, BS Hennington, NL Staub, VA Delesalle, D Lello7, RB Merritt, GD Griffin, C Bradford, J Mao, LS Blumer, SL White
Multi-Institutional, Multidisciplinary Study of the Impact of Course-based Research Experiences. J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2017; 18(2): 18.2.44.
Staub, N.L., Blumer, L.S., Beck, C.W., Delesalle, V.A., Griffin, G.D., Merritt, R.B., Hennington, B.S., Grillo, W.H,, Hollowell, G.P., White, S.W., Mader, C.M. January 2016. Course-based Science Research Promotes Learning in Diverse Students at Diverse Institutions. CUR Quarterly. Vol. 37, Number 2; p36-46.
Welkin H. Pope, Charles A. Bowman, Daniel A Russell, Deborah Jacobs-Sera, David Asai, Science Education Alliance Phage Hungers Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES), Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education (PHIRE), Mycobacterial Genetics Course (MGC), Steven Cresawn, William R. Jacobs Jr., Roger Hendrix, Jeffrey G. Lawrence, and Graham F. Hatfull. (2015) Whole Genome Comparison of a Large Collection of Mycobacteriophages Reveals a Continuum of Phage Genetic Diversity. eLife 4:e06416'
Brian J. Rybarczyk, Kristen L.W. Walton, & Wendy H. Grillo. (December 2014) The Development and Implementation of an Instrument to Assess Students’ Data Analysis Skills in Molecular Biology. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 15 (2): 259-267.
Veronica Nwosu, Wendy Heck Grillo, and Jonathan Ladapo. (May 2014) Student Peer Review: An Assessment Tool for Undergraduate Oral Presentations in a Biology Senior Seminar Class. International Journal of Science Commerce and Humanities 2(4): 110-118.
Tuajuanda C. Jordan, Sandra H. Burnett, Susan Carson, Steven M. Caruso, Kari Clase, Randall J. DeJong, John J. Dennehy, Dee R. Denver, David Dunbar, Sarah C. R. Elgin, Ann M. Findley, Chris R. Gissendanner, Urszula P. Golebiewska, Nancy Guild, Grant A. Hartzog, Wendy H.Grillo, Gail P. Hollowell, Lee E. Hughes, Allison Johnson, Rodney A. King, Lynn O. Lewis, Wei Li, Frank Rosenzweig, Michael R. Rubin, Margaret S. Saha, James Sandoz, Christopher
D. Shaffer, Barbara Taylor, Louise Temple, Edwin Vazquez, Vassie C. Ware, Lucia P. Barker, Kevin W. Bradley, Deborah Jacobs-Sera, Welkin H. Pope, Daniel A. Russell, Steven G. Cresawn, David Lopatto, Cheryl P. Bailey, Graham F. Hatfull. (January/February 2014) A Broadly Implementable Research Course in Phage Discovery and Genomics for First-Year Undergraduate Students. mBio vol. 5 no. 1 e01051-13
Hollowell, G.P., D.T. Brandon, and W.H.Grillo. (2013) Student Achievement in an Introductory Biology Course: Assessing Grade Motivation and Study Log Metacognition. Atlas Journal of Science Education 2 (2): 84-90.
Heck, W.L., A. Novicki, B. Rybarczyk. The Campus Coffee Shop: Caffeine Conundrums. The National Center for Case Study Teaching In Science Case Collection [Online database of peer-reviewed case studies]. State University of New York at Buffalo, 2005
Heck, W.L., A.M. Basaraba, A. Slusarczyk, L. Schweitzer (2003) Early GABAA receptor clustering during
the development of the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract, J. Anat. 202, 387-396.
Heck, W.L., A. Slusarcyzk, A.M. Basaraba, and L. Schweitzer (2002) The subcellular localization of GABA receptors in the central nervous system using post-embedding immunohistochemistry, Brain Res. Protocols 9, 173-180.
Heck, W.L., W.E. Renehan, and L. Schweitzer (2001) Redistribution and increased specificity of GABAB receptors during development of the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract, Int. J. Devl. Neuroscience 19, 503-515.
Kress, T.A., D.J. Porta, J.N. Snider, P.M. Fuller, J.P. Psihogios, W.L. Heck, S.J. Frick, and J.F.Wasserman. (1996) “Fracture Patterns of Human Cadaver Long Bones” in Biomechanics of Impact Injury and Injury Tolerances of the Extremities (PT-56), Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., p453-467.