Beth Zimmer, PhD

Beth Zimmer, PhD

Department Chair
Professor
Biological Sciences
Phone: (231) 591-2660
Email: [email protected]

Education

• PhD, University of British Columbia, Zoology, - The Modulation and Regulation of Episodic Breathing in Mammals Department of Zoology – Comparative Physiology Section
• MS, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Veterinary Science, Pulmonary Annexin 1 Expression and Synthesis: Effects of Hyperoxia Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences
• BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Zoology

Graduate/Post-Graduate Training

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States

Publications and Intellectual Contributions

• Journal Article
  Cavner Williams, L., Conley, K., Courtright-Nash, D., Pavletic, H., Weller, K., Zimmer, M. E. (2024). "Transformation of Instruction to Enhance Student Success," Journal of College Literacy and Learning. Volume 49
• Publication
  Thorsen, C., Thompson, M., Zimmer, M. E. (2023). "The teaching chair: maintaining excellence in teaching," The Department Chair, a resource for academic administrators. 34 (1). pp. 13-14. Wiley.
• Journal Article
  Vranish, J., Elmer, S., Harfmann, B., Sharma, N., Zimmer, M. E., Bell, H., Gordish, K., Bhaskaran, S. (2022). "9th Annual Michigan Physiological Society Meeting: June 17-18, 2022," Advances in Physiological Education. 46 pp. 703-705.
• Journal Article
  Cohen, R. S., Zimmer, M. E. (2019). "The New Chair’s Role: Faculty, Mentor, Colleague, Supervisor?"
• Journal Article
  Zimmer, M. E., Fong, A., Milsom, W. K. (2019). "The effect of age and the pons on respiratory rhythm during hypothermia in neonatal rats." Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology. 273 pp. 1-9. Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing.
• Journal Article
  Zimmer, M. E., Wheeler, D., Krase, E., Hansen, C. K. (2019). "Leading up: The Challenges and Opportunities of Working with the Dean," The Department Chair, a resource for academic administrators. 30 (1). pp. 1-3.
• Book
  Zimmer, M. E. (2015). "Fundamentals of Human Physiology: a comparative perspective," San Diego, CA: Cognella.
• Journal Article
  Zimmer, M. E., Grant, J., Ayar, A., Goshgarian, H. G. (2014). "Ipsilateral inspiratory intercostal muscle activity after C2 spinal cord hemisection." Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. (38/2). Taylor and Francis.
• Journal Article
  Fong, A. Y., Zimmer, M. E., Milsom, W. K. (2009). "The conditional nature of the "Central Rhythm Generator" and the production of episodic breathing." Respiratory physiology & neurobiology. 168 (1-2). pp. 179-87.
• Journal Article
  Fong, A. Y., Corcoran, A. E., Zimmer, M. E., Andrade, D. V., Milsom, W. K. (2008). "Respiratory rhythm of brainstem-spinal cord preparations: Effects of maturation, age, mass and oxygenation." Respiratory physiology & neurobiology. 164 (3). pp. 429-40.

Presentations

• Poster
  Levendowski, L. (Author & Presenter), House, R. (Author), Williams, D. (Author), DeCaluwe, M. (Author), Schoenherr, H. (Author), Brako, A. (Author), Garrido-Pachecho, A. (Author), di Donato, S. (Author), Haut, L. (Author), Zimmer, M. E., Pike, S., West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium (WMRUGS), "Viral Waste Monitoring of Norovirus in Four Rural Northern West Michigan Cities," Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, (November 2, 2024).
• Poster
  Schoenherr, H. (Author & Presenter), House, R. (Author), Williams, D. (Author), DeCaluwe, M. (Author), Levandowski, L. (Author), Brako, A. (Author), Burke, A. (Author), Garrido-Pachecho, A. (Author), di Donato, S. (Author), Haut, L. (Author), Zimmer, M. E., Pike, S., West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium (WMRUGS), "Viral Wastewater Monitoring from 2021 to 2024 in Four Rural Northern West Michigan Cities," Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, (November 2, 2024).
• Poster
  Levendowski, L. (Author & Presenter), House, R. (Author), Williams, D. (Author), DeCaluwe, M. (Author), Brako, A. (Author), Garrido-Pachecho, A. (Author), di Donato, S. (Author), Haut, L. (Author), Schoenherr, H. (Author), Zimmer, M. E., Pike, S., Michigan Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, "Viral Waste Monitoring of Norovirus in Four Rural Northern West Michigan Cities," Michigan Society of Society of Toxicology, Ann Arbor, MI, (October 11, 2024).
• Poster
  Schoenherr, H. (Author & Presenter), House, R. (Author), Williams, D. (Author), DeCaluwe, M. (Author), Levandowski, L. (Author), Brako, A. (Author), Burke, A. (Author), Garrido-Pachecho, A. (Author), di Donato, S. (Author), Haut, L. (Author), Zimmer, M. E., Pike, S., Michigan Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, "Viral Wastewater Monitoring from 2021 to 2024 in Four Rural Northern West Michigan Cities," Michigan Society of Society of Toxicology, Ann Arbor, MI, (October 11, 2024).
• Poster
  Levandowski, L. (Author & Presenter), Haut, E. (Author), Kokic, N. (Author), Vredeveld, K. (Author), Schoenherr, H. (Author), Zimmer, M. E. (Author), Franklund, C. (Author), Pike, S. (Author), 2023 West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium (WMRUGS), "SARS-CoV-2 Present in Ferris State University Wastewater 2020-2023," Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, (November 4, 2023).
• Poster
  Levandowski, L. (Author & Presenter), Haut, E. (Author), Kokic, N. (Author), Vredeveld, K. (Author), Schoenherr, H. (Author), Zimmer, M. E. (Author), Franklund, C. (Author), Pike, S. (Author), 2023 Michigan Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, "SARS-CoV-2 Present in Ferris State University Wastewater 2020-2023," Michigan Society of Toxicology, Ann Arbor, MI, (October 13, 2023).
• Poster
  Proksch, A. (Author & Presenter), Priebe, C. (Author), Guzman-Vargas, A. (Author), LeFaivre, H. (Author), Vredeveld, K. (Author), Zimmer, M. E. (Author), Franklund, C. (Author), Pike, S. (Author), S-STEM Scholars Meeting, National Science Foundation, "Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 in Rural North Central West Michigan," National Science Foundation and AAAS, Washington, D.C, (September 17, 2023).
• Oral Presentation
  Cavner Williams, L., Conley, K., Courtright-Nash, D., LaGrand, J., Pavletic, H., Weller, K., Zimmer, M. E., Teaching Academic Survival Skills Conference, "Expanding student and program success through faculty discourse analysis," Fort Lauderdale, FL, (March 21, 2023).
• Poster
  Faber, H. (Author & Presenter), LaFaivre, H. (Author), Pike, S. (Author), Franklund, C. (Author), Zimmer, M. E., 2022 West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium (WMRUGS), "SARS-CoV-2 Trends Between the Town of Big Rapids and the Corresponding Wastewater Treatment Plant," Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, (November 5, 2022).
• Poster
  LaFaivre, H. (Author & Presenter), Faber, H. (Author), Pike, S. (Author), Franklund, C. (Author), Zimmer, M. E., 2022 West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium (WMRUGS), "SARS-CoV-2 Variant Profile Across the North-Central Region of Western Michigan for a Year," Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, (November 5, 2022).