Jenny Fortun is instrumental in shaping the curriculum and teaching foundational sciences, including biochemistry, physiology, immunology, and neuroscience. Her work centers on creating innovative teaching approaches that strengthen critical thinking and emphasize the importance of foundational sciences in clinical reasoning. She is also deeply committed to improving assessment methods that measure how effectively learners apply basic science knowledge to diagnostic reasoning and clinical data interpretation.
See research publications and more on FIU Discovery.
Current Courses Taught
- BMS 6046 Organ Systems V – Neuroscience and Psychiatry
- BMS 6001 Foundations I – Principles of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Histology, and Metabolism
- Aesculapius Award
Honors & Awards
- Aesculapius Award
- Alumni Graduate Fellowship, UF College of Medicine
- The Bryan W. Robinson Neurological Foundation Grant-in-Aid Achievement Award
- FORE-SCI Education & Training/Outreach NIH Grant
Committees & Professional Organizations
- FIU Medicine Curriculum Committee
- FIU Medicine Foundational Educational Committee
- Program Evaluation Committee
- International Association of Medical Science Educators
- Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA)
Education
- Postdoctoral fellowship, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 2009
- Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 2005
- B.S., Biochemistry, University of Havana, Cuba, 1996