Curriculum vitae

Hugh Clements-Jewery Ph.D.

hughcj14@uic.edu

Twitter: @hughseejay

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Broadly trained physiology educator with 13 years of experience teaching medical physiology. Substantial experience with course administration and curricular development. Certified trainer-consultant in Team-Based Learning.

Professional Experience

Education

Certifications

• Certified Consultant-trainer in Team-Based Learning, 2016

Curricular development & academic administrative experience

• Module coordinator for Respiratory module in WVSOM patient presentation Medical Curriculum 2012-2016 employing predominantly ‘flipped classroom’ and Team-Based Learning (TBL) methodologies. Duties included:
  • Establishing course objectives
  • Determination of method of delivery of material
  • Scheduling course material
  • Developing diagnostic schemes, case openings and closings
  • Developing and facilitating team-based learning sessions for the whole class
  • Exam administration, analysis and grading
• Course coordinator for the 625 Medical Physiology course for 1st year medical students at WVSOM (97 contact hour course) 2008-2012. Duties included:
  • Scheduling course sessions
  • Determination of Faculty teaching assignments
  • Exam administration, analysis and grading
  • Developing and facilitating team-based learning sessions for the whole class
  • Running a 12-lead human ECG lab for 220 students
• Co-authored Faculty development guidance document for design and implementing Team-Based Learning across the curriculum at WVSOM.
• College-wide leader for Block 4 (Cardiovascular-Respiratory course) in the Phase 1 undergraduate medical curriculum at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, 2016-present. Duties include:
  • Establishing course goals, basic course structure and specific learning objectives
  • Determining meeting schedules and agendas
  • Chairing meetings of course directors from Chicago and Peoria campuses
  • Delegating work as necessary
• Member of curriculum development team for Block 5 (Gastrointestinal-Renal) in the Phase 1 undergraduate medical curriculum at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, 2016-present. Duties include:
  • Attending biweekly block meetings
  • Providing objectives for relevant physiology material
  • Advising on course structure and content

Team-Based Learning training workshops delivered

• Introduction to Team-Based Learning. WVSOM, April 2016
• Create a TBL module. WVSOM, April 2016
• Facilitation skills. WVSOM, April 2016.
• Create an effective TBL module (co-facilitator) at the 16^th Annual Team-Based Learning Collaborative Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2, 2017
• Introduction to Team-Based Learning workshop. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, March 2017
• Create an effective TBL module workshop.  University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, April 2017.
• TBL 101 and Create an Effective TBL Module workshops, co-facilitator.  TBLC Regional Workshops, Chicago, IL, September 2017.
• TBL Student teams: Navigating the storm. Co-faciliator, Team-Based Learning Collaborative Annual Meeting, San Diego, March 2018.
• TBL 101 and Create an Effective TBL Module workshops, co-facilitator. IAMSE 2018 conference, Las Vegas, NV June 2018.
• Fundamental Principles and Practices of TBL, TBLC 2020 annual meeting workshop, Portland OR. Co-Facilitator. Meeting canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
• Educational Theories and their application to TBL, TBLC 2020 annual meeting workshop, Portland OR. Co-Facilitator. Meeting canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Service

• WVSOM Institutional Review Board 2008-2010
• WVSOM Admissions Committee 2008-2016
• Vice-chair, WVSOM Research Committee 2010-2012
• WVSOM Educational Resources Committee 2010-2014
• Chair, WVSOM Admissions Committee 2010-2016
• WVSOM Academic Development Committee 2014-2016
• Department of Health Sciences Education Executive Committee, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, November 2016-present
• Faculty candidate interviews, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, November 2016-present
• Admission interviews for 2017 fall class, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
• Co-Chair of the Rockford Curricular Management Committee, November 2017-present.
• College-wide Committee on Instruction and Appraisal (CCIA), University of Illinois College of Medicine November 2017-present

Service to National and International organizations

• Nominating committee, Team-Based Learning Collaborative, March 2018-2020

Awards

• Brackenbury Scholarship awarded by Balliol College for best performance amongst Physiologists in first year exams (1997)
• Gibbs Prize in Physiology for second best performance by a Physiologist in 1999 Physiology Finals, Oxford University (1999)
• A J Clark Studentship from the British Pharmacological Society (1999-2002)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association – application ranked in 3.33% percentile. (2006-2007)
• Awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Heart Rhythm Society (2007-2008)
• Nominated for Osteopathic Principles and Practice Teaching Integration Award, WVSOM (2009)
• Nominated for Novartis prize, British Pharmacological Society (2009)
• President’s Outstanding Faculty Award, Basic Science, WVSOM (2009)
• Nominated for Osteopathic Principles and Practice Teaching Integration Award, WVSOM (2011)
• Awarded tenure with promotion to Associate Professor (2012)
• Certified trainer-consultant in Team-Based Learning (2016)
• Faculty and Staff Aureus Award for September, UICOM Rockford (2017)
• Faculty and Staff Aureus Award for November, UICOM Rockford (2019)

Grants

• Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association. Total amount: $47,794. (2006-2007)
• WVSOM intramural start-up grant.  Amount: $35,222 (2007)
• WVSOM intramural grant.  Project title: “Influence of mitochondrial membrane potential on arrhythmogenesis  during regional ischemia.”  Amount: $10,440. (2008-2009)
• WVSOM intramural grant.  Project title:  “Influence of mitochondrial membrane potential on arrhythmogenesis  during regional myocardial ischemia in the isolated rat heart.”  Amount: $24,110. (2009-2010)
• WVSOM intramural grant. Project title: “Refinement of rat and rabbit isolated heart models of ischemia-induced ventricular fibrillation.” Amount: $40,652. (2010-2011).
• American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant. Project title: “Role of ATP depletion in mediating susceptibility to ischemia-induced ventricular fibrillation.” 4 years; $308,000. (2011-2015)

Journal editorial experience

• Editorial board member, Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods 2008-present
• Associate Editor, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2014-present
• Associate Editor, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, for a special issue on arrhythmias, 2017

Society Memberships

• American Physiological Society
• Team-Based Learning Collaborative
• IAMSE (International Association of Medical Science Educators)

Symposia

• Late Na⁺ current as a therapeutic target. Symposium 15 Co-Chair, International Society for Heart Research World Congress XXI, San Diego, CA, July 2013.
• Addressing higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy in the teaching and learning of Physiology. Symposium organizer and co-chair, Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA, April 2018.

Research talks

• “Tedisamil: Chemical defibrillation by Ito blockade.”  Symposium on chemical defibrillation, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2000.
• “Anomalous low susceptibility to ventricular fibrillation in acutely-prepared pentobarbitone-anaesthetised rats.”  British Pharmacological Society, Guildford meeting, September 2003.
• “Neutrophils are not necessary for arrhythmogenesis during evolving myocardial infarction.”  Physiological Society (UK), Cork meeting, September 2004.
• “Mitochondrial depolarization and susceptibility to ventricular fibrillation in myocardial ischemia.”  Department of Physiology, Ohio State University, November 2009.
• “Mitochondrial uncoupling agents trigger ventricular fibrillation in isolated rat hearts.”  Featured talk at the 2^nd Bi-annual Research Day, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, May 2010.

Posters

• Simpson WG & Clements-Jewery H. Pseudo-pregnancy reducessusceptibility to ischemia-induced ventricular fibrillation in the isolated female rat heart. Poster presented at the American Osteopathic Association convention, San Diego, CA in October 2012.
• Hatcher AS & Clements-Jewery H. Inhibition of Cardiac Actin-Myosin Interaction by Blebbistatin Delays Onset of Ventricular Fibrillation during Myocardial Ischemia. Poster presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Los Angeles, CA in November 2012.
• Hatcher AS & Clements-Jewery H. Prior ovariectomy does not affect the susceptibility to ischemia-induced ventricular fibrillation in isolated perfused female rat hearts. Poster presentation at the ISHR XXI World Congress, San Diego, CA June 30-July 4 2013.
• Short Term Fasting Reduces Susceptibility to Ischemia-Induced Ventricular Fibrillation in the Isolated Rat Heart in a Substrate-Independent Manner. H. Clements-Jewery, Ph.D. Poster presented at the North American Section of the International Society for Heart Research meeting, May 2014.
• Haines, J & Clements-Jewery, H. The Effect of Dobutamine on Susceptibility to Ischemia-Induced Ventricular Fibrillation in the Isolated Rat Heart. Poster presented at Experimental Biology 2015, Boston, MA.
• Endler, G & Clements-Jewery H. The Effect of Inhibition of Glycolysis on Susceptibility to Ischemia-Induced Ventricular Fibrillation in the Isolated Rat Heart. Poster presented at Experimental Biology 2015, Boston, MA.
• Verapamil But Not Lidocaine Suppresses Ischemia-Induced Ventricular Fibrillation in The Isolated Female Rat Heart” Presented in poster format at Experimental Biology 2016, San Diego, CA.
• Exercise Training Fails to Protect against Development of Ischemia-Induced Ventricular Fibrillation in Isolated Rat Hearts. Radich P, Rawson N, Hatcher AS, Clements-Jewery H. Presented at Experimental Biology 2017, Chicago, IL.

Papers

1. Kane-ToddHall SM, Taggart SP, Clements-Jewery H, Roskell DE.  Pre‑existing vascular disease in the radial artery and other coronary artery bypass conduits.  Eur J Med Res. 1999, 4(1): 11-4
2. Clements-Jewery H, Hearse DJ, Curtis MJ.  Independent contribution of catecholamines to arrhythmogenesis during evolving infarction in the isolated rat heart.  Br J Pharmacol. 2002, 135(3): 807-15.
3. Clements-Jewery H, Hearse DJ, Curtis MJ.  The isolated blood-perfused rat heart: an inappropriate model for the study of ischaemia- and infarction-related ventricular fibrillation.  Br J Pharmacol. 2002 137(7): 1089‑1099.
4. Clements-Jewery H, Sutherland FJ, Allen MC, Tracey WR, Avkiran M.  Cardioprotective efficacy of zoniporide, a potent and selective inhibitor of Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger isoform 1, in an experimental model of cardiopulmonary bypass.  Br J Pharmacol. 2004 142: 57-66.
5. Clements-Jewery H, Hearse DJ, Curtis MJ.  Phase 2 ventricular arrhythmias in acute myocardial infarction: a neglected target for therapeutic antiarrhythmic drug development and for safety pharmacology evaluation.  Br J Pharmacol. 2005 145: 551-564.
6. Clements-Jewery H, Kanaganayagam GS, Kabra R, Curtis MJ.  Actions of flecainide on phase 2 ventricular arrhythmias during infarct evolution in rat isolated perfused hearts.  Br J Pharmacol. 2006 147(5): 468-75.
7. Clements-Jewery H, Hearse DJ, Curtis MJ.  Neutrophils are not necessary for arrhythmogenesis during evolving myocardial infarction.  Cardiovascular Research 2007 73(4):761-9.
8. Bossuyt J, Helmstadter K, Wu X, Clements-Jewery H, Avkiran M, Martin JL, Pogwizd SM, Bers DM.  CaMKIIδ and PKD overexpression reinforce the HDAC5 redistribution in heart failure.  Circulation Research 2008 283(18):12202-11.
9. Clements-Jewery H, Andrag E, Hearse DJ, Curtis MJ.  Complex adrenergic and inflammatory mechanisms contribute to phase 2 ventricular arrhythmias in anaesthetized rats.  Br J Pharmacol. 2009 153(3):444-453.
10. Clements-Jewery H, Andrag E, Curtis MJ.  Druggable targets for sudden cardiac death prevention: lessons from the past and strategies for the future. Current Opinion in Pharmacology 2009 9:1-8.
11. Lieu PB, Fornari M, Ramos T, Hatcher S, Clements-Jewery H.  Reduced antiarrhythmic efficacy of verapamil in isolated rat hearts in the presence of elevated extracellular calcium.  J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2011 57(4):455-462.
12. Hatcher S, Alderson JM, Clements-Jewery H.  Mitochondrial uncoupling agents trigger ventricular fibrillation in isolated rat hearts.  J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2011 57(4):439-46.
13. Hatcher S, Clements-Jewery H.  Susceptibility to ischemia-induced ventricular fibrillation varies moderately with estrous cycle stage.  J Pharm Tox Methods 2013 67:134-139.
14. Curtis MJ, Hancox JC, Farkas A, Wainwright CL, Stables CL, Saint DA, Clements-Jewery H, Lambiase PD, Billman GE, Janse MJ, Pugsley MK, Ng GA, Roden DM, Camm AJ, Walker MJA.  The Lambeth Conventions (II): guidelines for the study of animal and human ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias.  Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2013 139:213-248.

Commentaries

1. Clements-Jewery H.  Mitochondria, the calcium uniporter, and reperfusion-induced ventricular fibrillation.  Br J Pharmacol. 2006 149(7):811-3.
2. Eaton P, Clements-Jewery H.  Peroxynitrite: in vivo cardioprotectant or arrhythmogen?  Br J Pharmacol. 2008 155(7):972-973.

Book chapters

1. Clements-Jewery H, Curtis MJ.  Actions of antipsychotics on ventricular action potential and ion channels.  In: Camm AJ, editor. Cardiovascular Risk Associated with Schizophrenia and its Treatment.  London: Galliard Healthcare Communications: 2003.  p. 82-100.
2. Clements-Jewery H, Curtis MJ.  Biochemical mediators of ventricular arrhythmias in ischaemic heart disease.  In: Pugsley MK, editor.  Cardiac Drug Development Guide.  Totowa, NJ: Humana Press Inc; 2003.  p. 203‑226.
3. Clements-Jewery H, Curtis MJ.  Selective targeting of ventricular potassium channels for arrhythmia suppression; feasible or risible?  In: GE Billman, editor.  Novel therapeutic targets for antiarrhythmic drugs.  Hoboken,NJ: John Wiley & Sons; 2010.  p. 367-380.
4. Clements-Jewery H, Curtis MJ.  The Langendorff preparation.  In: H Ardehali, R Bolli, R Ardehali eds.  Manual of Research Techniques in Cardiovascular Medicine.  Chichester, Great Britain: John Wiley & Sons; in press.

Blog posts

1. What makes a good teacher? Clements-Jewery, H. http://blog.lifescitrc.org/pecop/2017/04/05/what-makes-a-good-teacher/
2. Why do you teach the way that you do? Clements-Jewery, H. https://blog.lifescitrc.org/pecop/2018/07/09/why-do-you-teach-the-way-that-you-do/

Hobbies & Interests

• I am a soccer coach (USSF C License) and see myself as a teacher in the classroom and on the field. I currently coach a 14U boys team in the ECNL for Rockford Raptors.
• I follow Sheffield Wednesday, a football team that play in the Championship (division below the EPL).
• I enjoy walking my golden retriever, Millie, in local forest preserves and parks.
• I enjoy reading murder mysteries and listening to a variety of podcasts. I love reading and movies about space travel.

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