Michelle French

Michelle French is a Professor, Teaching Stream in the Department of Physiology at U of T. Over the past 25 years, she has taught university courses in the life sciences and scientific communication to classes ranging from 30 to 1500 students. Michelle holds a BSc and an MSc in physiology from U of T and a PhD in physiology from Western University. Her post-doctoral studies were conducted at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research in Melbourne and at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Her current research focusses on strategies to improve student engagement and learning and methods to develop transferrable skills and to assess student learning. Michelle is the recipient of 12 teaching awards including a Sustained Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Life Sciences Award from the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and a President's Teaching Award from U of T.