Kendra Nordgren, PhD
Assistant Dean of Admissions, Medical School, Duluth Campus

Contact Info
Assistant Dean of Admissions, Medical School, Duluth Campus
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
PhD, Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Graduate School, 2011
B.S. (Honors), University of Wisconsin River Falls, 2006
Postdoctoral Associate in Toxicology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN, 2011-2013
Summary
Awards & Recognition
University of Minnesota External Sources
Research
Research Summary/Interests
Dr. Nordgren’s research interest focuses on development of innovative educational methods and resources for health professions education. In particular, her work emphasizes the importance of active learning strategies and builds on the framework of Guided Discovery Learning.
Publications
See full list of publications at: PubMed
I. Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Nordgren KK, Hampton M, Wallace KB. Editor’s Highlight: The Altered DNA Methylome of Chronic Doxorubicin Exposure in Sprague Dawley Rats. 2017. Toxicological Sciences, 159(2): 470 – 479.
- Ferreira A, Cunha-Oliveirav T, Simões RF, Carvalho FS, Burgeiro A, Nordgren KK, Wallace KB, and Oliveira PJ. Altered mitochondrial epigenetics associated with subchronic doxorubicin cardiotoxicity. 2017. Toxicology, 390: 63 – 73.
- Deus CM, Zehowski C, Nordgren KK, Wallace KB, Skildum A, Oliveira P. Stimulating Basal Mitochondrial Respiration Decreases Doxorubicin Apoptotic Signaling in H9c2 Cardiomyoblasts. 2015. Toxicology, 334: 1 – 11.
- Nordgren KK, Skildum AJ. The Deep End of the Metabolite Pool: Influences on Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms in Cancer. 2015. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 45 (S1): 9 – 15.
- Nordgren KK, Wallace KB. Keap1 Redox-Dependent Regulation of Doxorubicin-Induced Oxidative Stress Response in Cardiomyocytes. 2014. Toxicology & Applied Pharmacology, 274 (1): 107 – 16.
- Nordgren KK*, Ji Y*, Chai Y, Hebbring S, Jenkins G, Abo R, Peng Y, Pelleymounter L, Moon I, Eckloff B, Chai X, Zhang J, Fridley B, Yee V, Wieben E, Weinshilboum RM. Human Liver Methionine Cycle: MAT1A and GNMT Gene Resequencing, Functional Genomics and Hepatic Genotype-Phenotype Correlation. 2012. Drug Metabolism & Disposition, 40 (10): 1984-1992. *Authors contributed equally to the manuscript.
- Nordgren KK, Peng Y, Pelleymounter LL, Moon I, Abo R, Feng Q, Eckloff B, Yee V, Wieben E, Weinshilboum RM. Methionine Adenosyltransferase 2A/2B and Methylation: Gene Sequence Variation and Functional Genomics. 2011. Drug Metabolism & Disposition, 39(11): 2135 – 2147.
- Moyer A, Fridley B, Jenkins G, Batzler A, Pelleymounter LL, Kalari K, Nordgren KK, Weinshilboum RM. Acetaminophen-NAPQI Hepatotoxicity: a Cell-Line Model System Genome-Wide Association Study. 2011. Toxicological Sciences, 120(1): 33 – 41.
II. Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Scudder KK, Deshler J, Miller EK. Estrogen Induced Sexual Abnormalities: A Genetic Model for Assessing Estrogenic Pollutants in the Environment. 2006. Annual Proceedings of The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR).
- Scudder KK, Miller EK. A Multi-Generation Sublethal Assay of Estrogenics Using the him-5 Strain of Caenorhabditis elegans. 2005. Annual Proceedings of The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
III. Electronic Publications
- Nordgren KK. What is Your Teaching Philosophy? Society of Toxicology Communique Blog. September 19, 2013, http://toxchange.toxicology.org/p/bl/et/blogaid=766
Teaching
Academic Interests and Focus
Teaching Areas
Course Director:
- Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Renal, and Acid-Base Systems I
- Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Renal, and Acid-Base Systems II
Physiology Teaching:
- Introduction to Biomedical Science
- Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Renal, and Acid-Base Systems I
- Hormonal & Reproductive Medicine
Pharmacology Teaching:
- Introduction to Biomedical Science
- Foundations of Medicine
- Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Renal, and Acid-Base Systems I
- Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Renal, and Acid-Base Systems II
- Hormonal & Reproductive Medicine
Facilitation of Case-Based Learning
- Skin/Musculoskeletal Medicine
- Neurological Medicine
- Immunology, Hematology, Oncology Medicine