Title: Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Biology

Address: 
Room: 1121
UNMC College of Dentistry
4000 East Campus Loop South
Lincoln, NE 68583-0740

Telephone: (402) 472-3802
Fax: (402) 472-2551
email: shayla.yoachim@unmc.edu

Education:

• B.S. (Education & Human Sciences), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Ph.D. (Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy) University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

• Teaching Responsibilities:

  • Course Director, Osteology of the Skull (ORBI 315)
  • Course Director, Head and Neck Anatomy (ORBI 316)
  • Course Instructor, Special Topics in Oral Biology (ORBI 317)
  • Course Instructor, A Review of Biomedical/Dental Sciences (ORBI 471)
  • Course Director, Human Anatomy (ORBI 505)
  • Course Director, Head & Neck Anatomy (ORBI 506)
  • Course Instructor, A Review of Biomedical Sciences (ORBI 571)
  • Course Director, Advanced Anatomy (OBIO 860)

Research Interests:

• Clinical anatomy education
• Curriculum development and clinical education research, including course development, implementation of active learning and student-centered pedagogical approaches, and evaluation of the efficacy of these methods
• Genetics, immunology, and hormone signaling

Recent Publication:

• Yoachim, S.D., Nuxoll, J.S., Bynote, K.K., and Gould, K.A. (2015). Estrogen receptor alpha promotes Sle1-induced loss of tolerance and immune cell activation and is responsible for sex bias in B6.Sle1 congenic mice. Clinical Immunology, 158, 153-166.