Biographical Sketch
Jerry C. Collins, Ph.D.
(i) Professional Preparation
Vanderbilt University
Elec. Eng.
B.E. 1962
Purdue University
Duke University
Elec. Eng.
Elec. Eng.
NRSA
Biomed. Eng.
M.S.E.E. 1965
Ph.D. 1970
Vanderbilt University
1977-80
(ii) Appointments
2008Adjunct Professor, School of Agricultural and Environmental Science, Alabama A & M University
2008Adjunct Professor, College of Basic and Applied Science, Lipscomb University
2007-8
Consultant, Valley Innovation Alliance (US DOL)
1997-2007
Research Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1987-1997
Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1981-1987
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1977-1981
Research Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1975-1977
Sr. Research Associate, Division of CT Surgery, Univ. of Kentucky Med. Center, Lexington, KY
1974
Consultant, Division of CT Surgery, Univ. of Kentucky Med. Center, Lexington, KY
1968-1974
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
(iii) Publications
Five relevant publications (out of 245):
Mowry, E., Collins, J., Brophy, S. Creation of a bioethics course for the undergraduate biomedical engineering
curriculum. Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference, Nashville, June 2003.
Collins, J. C., Harris, A., Linsenmeier, R., Olds, S. Testing hypotheses of learning at the VaNTH Bioengineering
Education Center: applications to nutrition and metabolism. Hargrove, J. L. and Berdanier, C. D. (eds.),
Mathematical Modeling in Nutrition and Toxicology, Mathematical Biology Press, Athens, GA, 235-44, 2005.
King, P. H. and Collins, J. C. Ethical and professional training of biomedical engineers.
1173-1181, 2006.
Int J Engng Ed 22(6),
Collins, J. C. Nanotechnology and society: A call for rational dialogue. Invited chapter, Nanotechnology and
Society, Nigel de Cameron and M. Ellen Mitchell (eds.), John Wiley and Sons, 2007, pp. 115-126.
Collins, J.C. Perspectives on Ethical Development: Reflections from Life and Profession. Invited chapter, Career
Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Guru Madhavan, Barbara Oakley and Luis Kun (e), Springer,
2008
Five other publications:
Desai, T. H., Collins, J. C., Snell, M., Mosqueda-Garcia, R. Modeling of arterial and cardiopulmonary baroreflex
control of heart rate. Am. J. Physiol. 272 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 41), 2343-52, 1997.
Collins, J.C. and Harris, T.R. The VaNTH ERC: A vehicle for continuing education in bioengineering. Industry and
Higher Education 15(5), 333-339, 2001.
Wastney, M.E., Yang, D.C., Andretta, D.F., Blumenthal, J., Hylton, J., Canolty, N., Collins, J.C., Boston, R.C.
Distributing working versions of published mathematical models for biological systems via the Internet. A.J.
Clifford, H.-G. Mueller, eds., Mathematical Modeling in Experimental Nutrition, Plenum Publishing Company, New
York, NY, pp. 125-129, 1998.
Brophy, S., Bliley, K., Gray, A., Mathieson, C., Mowry, E., Collins, J. BME goes to the movies: developing ethical
perspective in bioengineers. Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, June 2002.
Collins, J.C. and Brophy, S.P. Media and computer use in a bioengineering ethics course, Proceedings, CIEC,
Savannah, GA, 2005.
(iv) Synergistic Activities
Principal Investigator, NSF EESE Award D-0933812, HPL-Based Ethics Education for Life Science and
Bioengineering Students, 10/01/10 to 9/30/13
Organizer, Computers in Teaching and Research (poster session), Experimental Biology, 1990Co-chair, Education Committee, Tennessee Biotechnology Association, 2003-8
Chair, Ethics Committee, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2004-2006, 2008Board of Directors, Alpha Eta Mu Beta, 2009College of Fellows, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, 1999
Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2006
Member, Ethics Committee, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE, 2006-8
Member, Committee on Underrepresented Minorities, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering,
2011President, Tennessee Biomedical Engineering Consortium, 2003Chair, Board of Directors, Nashville Academy of Science and Engineering (charter school), 2003-6
Member, The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, 2005Session Organizer, “Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa”, BMES Annual Meeting, 2011
Invited speaker, Biomedical Ethics, NACC and NFLC, 2006
Invited Speaker, STEM Day, Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, AL, 2009
Judge, Student Research Competition, STEM Day, Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, AL, 2010-12
Advisory Committee, School of Agriculture, Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, AL, 2012Institutional Review Board, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, 2012(v) Collaborators & Other Affiliations
Collaborators:
Daniel Adamek, Booz Allen Hamilton, Huntsville, AL
Martha Verghese, Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, AL
Lamin Kassama, Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, AL
Gilda Barabino, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA
Jerry Brock, NTara, Johnson City, TN
Sean Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Ernst Cebert, Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, AL
Rory Fraser, Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, AL
Todd D. Giorgio, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
James Hargrove, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Janet Novotny, USDA, Beltsville, MD
Thomas R. Harris, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Paul H. King, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Christina Mathieson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Suzanne Olds, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Richard Waugh, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Shu Chien, University of California, San Diego, CA
Ken Lutchen, Boston University, Boston, MA
Lloyd Walker, Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, AL
Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors
Thomas R. Harris
Theo C. Pilkington (deceased)
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen (deceased)