Jasmin Chahal
Assistant Professor (Teaching),ÌýDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology
Not accepting Graduate Students.
Dr. Jasmin Chahal completed her undergraduate degree in Microbiology & Immunology (MIMM) at Â鶹AV in 2014. That same year, she began her graduate studies in MIMM under the supervision of Dr. Selena Sagan completing her Ph.D. in 2020.
Dr. Chahal’s doctoral research centred on Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and its interaction with the liver-specific microRNA, miR-122. Her work explored the secondary structure of the viral genome and how it might be altered upon binding of miR-122.
Throughout her graduate studies, Dr. Chahal served a Teaching Assistant (TA) for MIMM 212 and MIMM 214, where she obtained first-hand experience teaching undergraduate students and developing course tools to help with student learning. She is a recent recipient of the 2020 SALTISE Student Award for her promotion of academic excellence and the use of innovative pedagogies in her role as a Teaching Assistant. She also developed her teaching skills by volunteering and coordinating the Â鶹AV’s Let’s Talk Science (LTS) Outreach program, which aims to teach and engage the general public about different aspects of science. With her LTS work, she created and presented hands-on and mind-on science activities for various age groups - further expanding her teaching skillset. She has also recently enrolled in the American Society for Microbiology Teaching Undergraduate Biology Certificate program. She is excited to use these skills and experiences to help develop courses in the department.
Faculty Innovation Award - Faculty of Medicine (2024)
Graduate Student Award-SALTISE (2020)
MedStar Award-Faculty of Medicine, Â鶹AV (2019)
Wilfred Yaphe Award-Department of MIMM, Â鶹AV (2019)
Gerald Clavet Fellowship-Faculty of Medicine, Â鶹AV (2018)
Dr. Chahal works on developing engaging course delivery, assessment design and CURE-based lab courses, such as the recent implementation and development of the SEA-PHAGES (Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science) research program into two courses now known as MIMM 390 and MIMM 391. Dr. Chahal works closely with the Office of Science Education and mentors students in the FSCI 396/397 Science Education Independent Research Projects to learn more about how various assessments, feedback and course material impact student learning.