Teaching Faculty

Dr. Milner's research history includes structure/function studies on the uncoupling protein in brown adipose tissue mitochondria, on the ER protein calreticulin, and on the skeletal muscle protein dystrophin. More recently she has been conducting educational research, to complement her work on continuing improvement of the department's undergraduate teaching program. After completing an AHFMR post-doctoral fellowship in 1993, she taught for a number of years as a sessional instructor whilst also working as a technical writer and trainer for various companies in Edmonton. She has been a full-time member of the department's academic staff since 2000, when she was tasked with redevelopment of the department's senior undergraduate laboratory course, BIOCH 401. In 2002, she led the design and development of a new curriculum for the undergraduate teaching program, which was implemented in 2005, and since then she has been actively working to integrate meaningful research opportunities for undergraduate students throughout the program. She currently teaches BIOCH 200, BIOCH 330, and BIOCH 401, and coordinates BIOCH 299. She is also advisor for third and fourth year students in the honors and specialization programs in biochemistry.

Dr. Wright has a background in toxicology and pharmacology and has been teaching in the department since 2000. Her professional duties at the University of Alberta fall into three major categories: instruction, educational research, and course design and development.

Currently, she coordinates and teaches a large multi-section introductory biochemistry class (BIOCH 200) with an annual enrolment of over 1300 students and a senior laboratory course (BIOCH 401) with an enrolment of 32 students. She is also the coordinator of the Undergraduate Research Abroad Program; students in this program have the opportunity to carry out a 6-week research project in an international laboratory.