Kirsten A Porter-Stransky, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Biography

Kirsten Porter-Stransky, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. She graduated from Sweet Briar College and earned her doctorate in biopsychology from the University of Michigan. After completing a short postdoctoral position at the Medical University of South Carolina, she joined Emory University School of Medicine as a postdoctoral fellow, where she received a Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the NIH. She has taught neuroscience classes at Oglethorpe University and the University of Michigan.

In her current role at WMed, Dr. Porter-Stransky serves as the basic science course director for the Behavioral Medicine course and the Advances and Perspectives in Medicine course and is the neuroscience and behavioral health thread director. She also serves as co-chairperson of the Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) group at WMed. Her scholarship focuses on medical education, neuroscience, and behavior.

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship 2018, Human Genetics, Emory University
PhD 2014, Biopsychology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
PhD 2014, Biopsychology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Postdoctoral Fellowship 2014, Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina
BS 2009, Psychology, Sweet Briar College
BS 2009, Psychology, Sweet Briar College