Dr. Colleen Croniger is a faculty member in the department of Nutrition at Case Western Reserve University. She is the Assistant Dean of Basic Science Education for CWRU School of Medicine. Dr. Croniger has been actively involved in curriculum development for over 20 years. She co-leads Block 3 (nutrition, biochemistry, and gastroenterology) for the first-year medical students at CWRU. In addition, she teaches undergraduates and graduate student metabolism. Dr. Croniger has received several awards for teaching, The John S Diekhoff Award and The Kaiser-Permanente Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Croniger has participated in the Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions, the AMA Health System Science Fellowship and the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) Program. Dr. Croniger is currently in the IAMSE Fellowship Program and continues to work on curriculum development with CWRU faculty to enhance the current curriculum.

Dr. Amber J. Heck received her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) in Fort Worth, Texas. She has 11 years of experience in undergraduate medical education and has served in multiple leadership roles in education, research, and faculty development.

Dr. Heck began her career as a medical educator at the Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Parker, Colorado, where she discovered her interest in curriculum design and development in cell and molecular biology and physiology. She then served as founding faculty within two new medical schools, the University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine in San Antonio, Texas, and the Texas Christian University and UNTHSC School of Medicine in Fort Worth, Texas, contributing to the development of innovative, flipped classroom, active learning preclinical curricula. Throughout her career, Dr. Heck has focused her efforts on creating novel interventions to promote learner success in early medical education. She has developed a wide variety of learning experiences to ensure a strong foundational knowledge of the basic sciences relevant to clinical practice, and the non-cognitive skills necessary to succeed in medical school. Dr. Heck is active within the medical education community, and contributes to scholarship and faculty development, internationally. In 2016, she became a Fellow of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), and in 2020 she was awarded the IAMSE Early Career Award for Excellence in Teaching and Innovation. She previously served on the IAMSE 2022 Program Committee and chaired the IAMSE 2023 Program Committee. She currently serves on the IAMSE Educational Scholarship and Professional Development Committees.

Currently, Dr. Heck is an Associate Professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.

Dr. Le is an internationally recognized medical educator and physician executive. He possesses deep experience in medical communications, health informatics, and medical practice management. Dr. Le earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco. He trained in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and completed an allergy and immunology fellowship and a masters in health sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Le has authored or edited over 40 textbooks including the First Aid for the Boards series. These books have been used by over 2 million physicians and medical students worldwide. He is also section chief of allergy and immunology in the University of Louisville Department of Medicine where he pursues his interests in asthma and medical education. He is currently Founder and Chief Education Officer of ScholarRx, a global platform for shared medical education, and serves on the Board of Trustees for Centre College of Kentucky.

Elisabeth FM Schlegel is a Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, and Vice-Chair, Research and IRB, at the new Western Atlantic University School of Medicine in Freeport, Bahamas. Inspired by interdisciplinarity and institutional innovation at all levels, she is curious about how basic sciences, education, and healthcare are intertwined. At WAUSM she collaboratively teaches microbiology with clinicians in team settings and is experienced in coaching science educators as well as students to try new teaching methodologies, and to evaluate and to disseminate them. Dr. Schlegel earned both a Master of Science and a PhD (Genetics and Microbiology/ Education) from the University of Salzburg, Austria, and conducted postdoctoral studies in herpes virology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. She earned an MBA from The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business at Post University in 2012, and a Master of Science in Health Professions Pedagogy and Leadership at Hofstra University in 2019. To serve and support her colleagues and students in the medical education continuum worldwide, she publishes the health professions education blog: http://elisabeth-fm-schlegel.weebly.com/elearning-bites.