Jordan Moberg Parker, Ph.D.

Jordan Moberg Parker, Ph.D.

Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Jordan Moberg Parker, Ph.D., is an associate professor and the Director of Biomedical Science Education Scholarship in the Department of Biomedical Science at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine in Pasadena, Calif. Prior to joining KPSOM, Parker was the Director of Undergraduate Laboratory Curriculum and Assessment for the Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. During her time at UCLA, she developed the curricula for and taught Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) laboratories in virology and microbiology, as well as teaching introductory and medical microbiology courses. She was a 2014 American Society for Microbiology Biology Scholar, where she participated in a year-long assessment residency devoted to developing measurable student learning outcomes. She has also been a facilitator and mentor for the Biology Scholars DBER Program, as well as a workshop facilitator for the National Institute on Scientific Teaching. Parker is the chair of the planning committee for the 2022 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators.