Gordon L. Pullen, Ph.D. received his B.S. in Biology from Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL in 1976 and started graduate school in the Autumn of the same year.  Dr. Pullen graduated from Finch University of Health Sciences in 1982 with a Ph.D. in Physiology.  His research concentrated on exploring one of the possible mechanisms of genetic inheritance of high blood pressure, especially as it related to the distribution of adrenergic receptors in different parts of the brain.  After graduation in 1982, he accepted a post-doctoral position at the North Chicago V. A. Hospital where he participated in research on the effects of alcohol on insulin receptors and on general growth and development.  In 1988, he joined a different laboratory in the North Chicago V.A. as the director of the Thyroid Research lab where he investigated mechanisms of thyroid hormone receptors in the cell nucleus.

Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Physiology and Assistant Dean of Educational Affairs at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.  He joined the school in 1992 and now spends the majority of his time with teaching and administrative duties.  His major teaching responsibilities include supervising a medical licensing exam review course, teaching in the Pharmacology department of the Medical School, and facilitating discussion groups in the Pharmacology, Physiology and Pathology departments. As Director of CAHMCP’s (Chicago Area Health & Medical Careers Program), pronounced “CHAMPS”, he works with students from underrepresented minority groups who are trying to gain entrance to schools in the health professions.  As Director of the Biomedical Sciences Master’s degree program he provides advice and counsel for students enrolled in the Biomedical Sciences Program.

Contact information:

Gordon.Pullen@rosalindfranklin.edu

847.578.8603