Professor
Physiology and Neurobiology
Schroeder Complex 474D, 452
(414) 288-6566, 288-4552
E-mail
Dr. Vaughn received her Ph. D. from the University of Michigan in 1977. She was an MRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow from 1977 to 1979 at the University of Calgary. Dr. Vaughn joined the faculty at Marquette University as an Assistant Professor in 1979, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1986, and Professor in 2000.
Courses
Human Physiology, BISC 4145
This human physiology course is designed for Biomedical Sciences majors and other students planning on careers as health care practitioners and in other 
careers in the health care industry. The course is designed to cover the basic information necessary for an understanding of how the body functions and to give the prerequisite information necessary for later courses in pharmacology and pathology. It also includes special sessions to enrich the course and provide correlates to clinical practice by including guest lectures from physician assistants, physical therapists, physicians, as well as selected laboratory exercise, and computer laboratory exercises. The course is taken as a junior, after courses in chemistry, biochemistry and anatomy.
Bulletin Course Description:
Human physiology including blood and circulation, muscular, neuronal and sensory systems, renal and respiratory systems, digestion, metabolism, reproduction, and their control by the endocrine and central nervous systems.
Other Participating Faculty: Doug Lobner, Ph. D.
4 semester hours, Spring semester, MWThF, 11:00 AM, prerequisites: BISC 2070 or BIOL 4101 and BISC 2135.
Social Justice Issues in Health Sciences, BISC 2150
Current state of the US health care system, with an emphasis on the health care safety net and access to care issues: global health issues; comparison of international health plans and the bio ethics of health care rationing. Community health care providers, administrators and political advocates guest lecture to provide first-hand knowledge of the current issues and potential solutions, and serve as models for careers that make a difference. Offered fall term
Modern Plagues: Addiction, Obesity and Stress, BISC 4931
This course examines the underlying neurobiology of addiction, obesity and stress with special emphasis on the overlap between mechanisms. Although the main emphasis is neurobiological, there will also be discussion of social implications and treatment. Seminal research publications will be used as reading for the course.
Also Teaches:Physiology, BISC 7517, BISC 7518, 8 semester hours.
