Director of Curriculum MappingAssociate Professor, Cell Biology and AnatomyAssociate Professor, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology School of MedicineAssociate Professor, Cell Biology and AnatomyAssociate Professor, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Biomedical Sciences
Contact
Amanda Beck, D.V.M., joined New York Medical College as the director of self-directed learning and evidence-based practice, in 2022. Prior to joining NYMC, Dr. Beck was an associate professor of pathology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (COM). Dr. Beck previously served as a block director for the pre-clerkship Integrated Foundational Sciences course at the Einstein COM. She is the recipient of several high-profile teaching awards.
Education
- Residency, Anatomic Pathology, Rockefeller University
- D.V.M., Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
- B.S., Biological Chemistry, Bates College
Publications
- Beck AP. "Assessment of first-year medical student perceptions in the development of self-directed learning skills in a single medical school course." BMC medical education, 25(1), (2025) 340. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-06890-9
- Sládeková L, Li H, DesMarais VM, et. al. "Unlocking the potential: FKK6 as a microbial mimicry-based therapy for chronic inflammation-associated colorectal cancer in a murine model." The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 392(2), (2025) 100059. doi: 10.1016/j.jpet.2024.100059
- Sládeková L, Li H, DesMarais VM, et. al. "Unlocking the Potential: FKK6 as a Microbial Mimicry-Based Therapy for Chronic Inflammation-Associated Colorectal Cancer in a Murine Model." bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, (), (2024) . pii: 2024.07.30.605845. doi: 10.1101/2024.07.30.605845
- Shanker EM, Beck AP. "If you give a mouse a mutation: comparing the therapeutic utility of renowned mouse models of human cancers." Journal of comparative pathology, 203(), (2023) 26-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2023.04.005
- Tosti E, Almeida AS, Tran TTT, et. al. "Loss of MMR and TGFBR2 Increases the Susceptibility to Microbiota-Dependent Inflammation-Associated Colon Cancer." Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology, 14(3), (2022) 693-717. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2022.05.010
- Cooper TK, Meyerholz DK, Beck AP, et. al. "Research-Relevant Conditions and Pathology of Laboratory Mice, Rats, Gerbils, Guinea Pigs, Hamsters, Naked Mole Rats, and Rabbits." ILAR journal, 62(1-2), (2021) 77-132. doi: 10.1093/ilar/ilab022
- Meyerholz DK, Adissu HA, Carvalho T, et. al. "Exclusion of Expert Contributors From Authorship Limits the Quality of Scientific Articles." Veterinary pathology, 58(4), (2021) 650-654. doi: 10.1177/03009858211011943
