Michelle A. Carroll Turpin, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Assistant Dean of Admissions at the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. She earned her PhD in the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience at LSU Health Sciences Center – Shreveport in 2015. Upon graduation from LSUHSC-S, she was hired as an assistant professor of pharmacology and served as co-director and director of the pre-clerkship curriculum of the LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine, before joining the Tilman J Fertitta Family College of Medicine in 2019. She is experienced in medical school instruction, course and module directorship, curriculum development, accreditation, and medical school admissions. Her teaching expertise includes general principles of pharmacology, introductory toxicology and pharmacology specific to all organ systems, with particular interest in adrenergic, cardiovascular and respiratory pharmacology.