BCYC Immersion Pre-Med Track
This track is available:
- Session 3 (July 13-18, 2025)
Are you interested in a career in medicine? Do you want to learn more about the human body and disease prevention? This pre-med high school summer program will help you explore areas of biology and anatomy that are especially useful in the medical field. Students in BCYC Immersion’s pre-med track will:
- Examine medical case studies together in class
- Conduct microbiology experiments
- Learn more about anatomy through animal dissection
Track Instructor
Assistant Professor, Biology
Dr. Stubblefield grew up throughout the Midwest as his parents were both officers in the United States Air Force. His family ultimately settled in northern Illinois where he considers “home.” He attended the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. Dr. Stubblefield is fascinated by the science of time and conducted research in the biological timing, or circadian rhythms, of metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he completed his PhD in Neuroscience in 2016. He continued his research on the molecular mechanisms of biological timing with his Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Texas Health San Antonio. He made discoveries related to time-of-day differences in the brain’s response to neurotrauma in mice. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at Benedictine, Dr. Stubblefield mentors students in neuroscience research on circadian rhythms, metabolism and neurotrauma.
Ph.D. in Neuroscience
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2016
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms of biological timing