BALTIMORE, Md. – Eleven undergraduate students and two faculty at Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU) are playing a hands-on role in one of the largest soil microbiome studies ever attempted through the BioDiversity and Informatics for Genomics Scholars (BioDIGS) Project.
Marybeth Missenda is a health system pharmacist with over 20 years of experience in hospital pharmacy and a specialization in Parenteral Nutrition. She graduated from Duquesne University in 1989 with a BS in Pharmacy. Her varied international experience as the Director of Pharmacy for Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Deschapelles, Haiti, and pharmacy consultant for the Pan-American Health Organization in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean, gave her an appreciation for integrative approaches to healthcare that embraced tradition
Dr. Alaina Lefevre, nee Richard, grew up in Midland, MI. She studied at Alma College, a small liberal arts college in Alma, MI, where she majored in biology, minored in chemistry, and played piano with the Alma College Percussion Ensemble.