Amy Way

Types:

CommonwealthU University Employee
Title(s)
Professor, Health Science
Department
Education

Ph.D., Physiology — The Pennsylvania State University

Contact Information

Courses Most Commonly Taught

  • HLTH 108 Medical Terminology for Health Professions
  • HLTH 115 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
  • HLTH 120 Human Anatomy & Physiology II
  • HLTH 225 Comparative Healthcare
  • HLTH 485 Professional Field Experience in Health Science
  • HLTH 498 Health Science Seminar

Areas of Expertise

  • Physiology

Courses Developed

  • HLTH 108 Medical Terminology for Health Professions
  • HLTH 225 Comparative Healthcare
  • HLTH 498 Health Science Seminar

Programs Developed

  • Applied Health Studies Track in Health Science
  • International Service-Learning Program to Jamaica

Professional Publications

  • Way A., Bell J. Opportunities for collaboration, education and research: combining international service learning and research in the health sciences. Proceedings of the 2017 STEAM Education (Science, Technology, Education, Art and Math) Conference. 
  • Hershey R, Way A. A preliminary understanding of healthcare needs in rural Jamaica. Keystone Journal of Undergraduate Research 4(1): 16-21 (2017). 
  • George L, Way A. Experiencing rural Morocco through healthcare. Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences Volume 15.  (2017).
  • Brehe J, Way AL. An endocrinology laboratory exercise demonstrating the effect of confinement stress on the immune system of mice. Advances in Physiology Education 32(2): 157-160 (2008).

Professional Presentations

  • 2018: Human Anatomy and Physiology Society: “Small group classes in rural Jamaica: Lessons from a microbusiness”
  • 2014: Human Anatomy and Physiology Society: “Those who can do: Teach! Recruiting the Next Generation of A&P Educators”
  • 2012 Society for the Study of Reproduction: “Combining international service learning and reproductive biology: reproductive education to underserved populations”
  • 2009 Society for the Study of Reproduction: “Using Quantum Dots and Flow Cytometry in an Attempt to Identify Adrenergic Receptors on Bovine Sperm”
  • 2008 Society for the Study of Reproduction: “Evaluation of in vitro bovine sperm binding and fertilization after incubation with ouabain”
  • 2008 Society for the Study of Reproduction: “A day devoted to the celebration of scholarship highlights student research”

Community/Professional Service

  • Human Anatomy & Physiology Grants and Scholarship Committee
  • DuBois Central Catholic School Board