Dorothy Pazin

Teaching Fellow

B.S. (Biology), McMaster University
M.S. (Physiology), University of Western Ontario
Ph.D. (Genetics and Genomics), Boston University School of Medicine

Email: dpazin@stonehill.edu
Phone: (508) 565-1893
Office: Shields Science Center, 217

Dr. Pazin joined the Biology Department as a fellow in the Fall of 2012. She came to Stonehill from the Department of Developmental Biology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, where she was a postdoctoral fellow investigating the embryonic origins of the meniscus. Dr. Pazin received her Ph.D. from Boston University School of Medicine where her doctoral dissertation focused on extracellular matrix-associated proteins in fetal gonad and reproductive tract development.

Research Interests:

Dr. Pazin is a developmental biologist interested in answering questions of how complex tissues are specified. Her most recent work has focused on joint formation in limbs.

Courses Taught:

• Bio 101 Biological Principles 1 lab
• Bio 211 Cell Biology lab
• Bio 212 Genetics with lab