Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
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Bonny Dickinson, PhD, is Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia. She is a graduate of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. She earned her doctorate from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She has completed two postdoctoral fellowships, one in biochemistry with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and one in gastrointestinal cell biology with Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Dickinson is currently adjunct professor at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.
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Education and Training
- Postdoctoral Fellowship 2000, Gastrointestinal Cell Biology, Children's Hospital of Boston, Harvard Medical School
- Postdoctoral Fellowship 1997, Biochemistry, National Institutes of Health,
- PhD 1995, Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University
- BS 1991, Biology, Santa Clara University
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Research
- Cell Biology
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Publications
Brooks J.V., Dickinson B.L., Quesnelle K.M., Bonaminio G.A., Chalk-Wilayto J., Dahlman K.B., Fulton T.B., Hyland K.M., Kruidering M., Osheroff N., Tuan R.L., Ho M.J. Professional Identity Formation of Basic Science Medical Educators: A Qualitative Study of Identity Supports and Threats Academic Medicine. 2023;98:S14-S23.
Porter-Stransky K.A., Gibson K., VanDerKolk K., Edwards R.A., Graves L.E., Smith E., Dickinson B.L. How Medical Students Apply Their Biomedical Science Knowledge to Patient Care in the Family Medicine Clerkship Medical Science Educator. 2023;33:63-72.
Reuben J.S., Crawley W.T., Webb P., den Brok K.F., Woodburn E., Montemayor J.R., Roberts-Lieb S., de Jong P.G.M., Dickinson B.L. Correction to: IAMSE Meeting Report: Student Plenary at the 24th Annual Conference of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (Medical Science Educator, (2020), 30, S1, (13-15), 10.1007/s40670-020-01087-9) Medical Science Educator. 2021;31:297.
Dickinson B.L., Chen Z.X., Haramati A. Supporting medical science educators: A matter of self-esteem, identity, and promotion opportunities Asia Pacific Scholar. 2020;5:1-4.
Dickinson B.L., Gibson K., VanDerKolk K., Greene J., Rosu C.A., Navedo D.D., Porter-Stransky K.A., Graves L.E. Erratum: Correction to: "It is this very knowledge that makes us doctors": an applied thematic analysis of how medical students perceive the relevance of biomedical science knowledge to clinical medicine (BMC medical education (2020) 20 1 (356)) BMC medical education. 2020;20:428.
Dickinson B.L., Gibson K., Vanderkolk K., Greene J., Rosu C.A., Navedo D.D., Porter-Stransky K.A., Graves L.E. "it is this very knowledge that makes us doctors": An applied thematic analysis of how medical students perceive the relevance of biomedical science knowledge to clinical medicine BMC Medical Education. 2020;20
Reuben J.S., Crawley W.T., Webb P., den Brok K., Woodburn E., Montemayor J.R., Roberts-Lieb S., de Jong P.G.M., Dickinson B.L. IAMSE Meeting Report: Student Plenary at the 24th Annual Conference of the International Association of Medical Science Educators Medical Science Educator. 2020
Bauler T.J., Cole S., Gibb T., Van Enk R., Lutwick L., Dickinson B.L. HIV/AIDS: A case-based learning module for first-year medical students Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 2019;19
Sheakley M.L., Bauler T.J., Vandre D.D., Woodwyk A., Dickinson B.L. Effectiveness of instructor-guided independent learning in comparison to traditional didactic lecture in the preclinical medical curriculum: A retrospective cohort study Medical Teacher. 2019;41(7):795-801.
Chavarria M., Lutwick L., Dickinson B. TB or not TB? Mycobacterium celatum mimicking Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A case of mistaken identity IDCases. 2018;11:83-87.
Dickinson B.L., Deming N., Coplit L., Huggett K.N., Quesnelle K., Sheakley M., Rosenfeld G., Wragg S. IAMSE Member Perspectives on the Recognition, Reward, and Promotion of Medical Science Educators: an IAMSE Sponsored Survey Medical Science Educator. 2018;28:335-343.
Dickinson B.L., Lackey W., Sheakley M., Miller L., Jevert S., Shattuck B. Involving a real patient in the design and implementation of case-based learning to engage learners Advances in Physiology Education. 2018;42(1):118-122.
Dickinson B.L., VanDerKolk K., Bauler T., Cole S. Integration of Biomedical Sciences in the Family Medicine Clerkship Using Case-Based Learning Medical Science Educator. 2017;27:815-820.
Bauler T.J., Shattuck B., Van Enk R., Lutwick L., Dickinson B.L. Design and Implementation of an Integrated Course to Teach Immunology and Infectious Disease to First Year Medical Students Medical Science Educator. 2016;26:701-707.
Dickinson B. Unraveling the immunopathogenesis of glomerular disease Clinical Immunology. 2016;169:89-97.
Keator C., Dickinson B.L., Lackey W.L., Morris A., Quesnelle K.M., Riddle D.R., Sheakley M.L., Vanden Heuvel G.B., Vandre D.D. Explorations: a New Approach to Self-Directed Learning in a Competency-Based Curriculum Medical Science Educator. 2016;26:777-785.
Mattox M.L., D'Angelo J.A., Dickinson B.L. Redox control of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase expression and activity in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells is independent of changes in oxygen tension Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 2014;79:325-332.
D'Angelo J.A., Mattox M.L., Fiebiger E., Dickinson B.L. The Cystine/Glutamate Antiporter Regulates the Functional Expression of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase in Human Dendritic Cells Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 2012;76:448-449.
D'Angelo J.A., Dehlink E., Platzer B., Dwyer P., Circu M.L., Garay J., Aw T.Y., Fiebiger E., Dickinson B.L. The cystine/glutamate antiporter regulates dendritic cell differentiation and antigen presentation Journal of Immunology. 2010;185:3217-3226.
Garay J., D'Angelo J.A., Park Y.K., Summa C.M., Aiken M., Morales E., Badizadegan K., Fiebiger E., Dickinson B.L. Crosstalk between PKA and Epac regulates the phenotypic maturation and function of human dendritic cells Journal of Immunology. 2010;185:3227-3238.
Anosova N.G., Chabot S., Shreedhar V., Borawski J.A., Dickinson B.L., Neutra M.R. Cholera toxin, E. coli heat-labile toxin, and non-toxic derivatives induce dendritic cell migration into the follicle-associated epithelium of Peyer's patches Mucosal Immunology. 2008;1:59-67.
Dickinson B.L., Claypool S.M., D'Angelo J.A., Aiken M., Venu N., Yen E.H., Wagner J.S., Borawski J.A., Pierce A.T., Hershberg R., Blumberg R.S., Lencer W.I. Ca<sup>2+</sup>-dependent calmodulin binding to FcRn affects immunoglobulin G transport in the transcytotic pathway Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2008;19:414-423.
Johansen F.E., Yen E.H., Dickinson B., Yoshida M., Claypool S., Blumberg R.S., Lencer W.I. Biology of Gut Immunoglobulins Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. 2006;2:1067-1090.
Claypool S.M., Dickinson B.L., Wagner J.S., Johansen F.E., Venu N., Borawski J.A., Lencer W.I., Blumberg R.S. Bidirectional Transepithelial IgG Transport by a Strongly Polarized Basolateral Membrane Fcγ-Receptor Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2004;15:1746-1759.
Shah U., Dickinson B., Blumberg R., Simister N., Lencer W., Walker W. Distribution of the IgG Fc receptor, FcRn, in the human fetal intestine Pediatric Research. 2003;53:295-301.
Claypool S.M., Dickinson B.L., Yoshida M., Lencer W.I., Blumberg R.S. Functional reconstitution of human FcRn in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells requires co-expressed human β<inf>2</inf>-microglobulin Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2002;277:28038-28050.
Spiekermann G.M., Finn P.W., Sally Ward E., Dumont J., Dickinson B.L., Blumberg R.S., Lencer W.I. Receptor-mediated immunoglobulin G transport across mucosal barriers in adult life: Functional expression of FcRn in the mammalian lung Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2002;196:303-310.
Blumberg R.S., Van De Wal Y.D., Claypool S., Corazza N., Dickinson B., Nieuwenhuis E., Pitman R., Spiekermann G., Zhu X., Colgan S., Lencer W.I. The multiple roles of major histocompatibility complex class-I-like molecules in mucosal immune function Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. 2001;59:139-144.
Zhu X., Meng G., Dickinson B.L., Li X., Mizoguchi E., Miao L., Wang Y., Robert C., Wu B., Smith P., Lencer W.I., Blumberg R.S. MHC class I-related neonatal Fc receptor for IgG is functionally expressed in monocytes, intestinal macrophages, and dendritic cells Journal of Immunology. 2001;166:3266-3276.
Badizadegan K., Dickinson B.L., Wheeler H.E., Blumberg R.S., Holmes R.K., Lencer W.I. Heterogeneity of detergent-insoluble membranes from human intestine containing caveolin-1 and ganglioside G(M)<inf>1</inf> American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 2000;278
Dickinson B.L., Badizadegan K., Wu Z., Ahouse J.C., Zhu X., Simister N.E., Blumberg R.S., Lencer W.I. Bidirectional FcRn-dependent IgG transport in a polarized human intestinal epithelial cell line Journal of Clinical Investigation. 1999;104:903-911.
Rufo P.A., Merlin D., Riegler M., Ferguson-Maltzman M.H., Dickinson B.L., Brugnara C., Alper S.L., Lencer W.I. The antifungal antibiotic, clotrimazole, inhibits chloride secretion by human intestinal T84 cells via blockade of distinct basolateral K<sup>+</sup> conductances: Demonstration of efficacy in the intact rabbit colon and in an in vivo mouse model of cholera Journal of Clinical Investigation. 1997;100:3111-3120.
Dickinson B.L., Clements J.D. Dissociation of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin adjuvanticity from ADP-ribosyltransferase activity Infection and Immunity. 1995;63:1617-1623.