Department of Physiology and Biophysics

Michael Duffey, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. A dedicated educator and mentor to medical, dental, graduate and undergraduate students, he upholds rigorous standards and empowers students to achieve their full potential. Duffey’s contributions to graduate and medical curriculum development have been extensive. He played a key role in the redesign of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ curriculum into an integrated curriculum with organ-based module units. He also co-founded the interdisciplinary graduate program in biomedical sciences—an innovative umbrella curriculum that unified six graduate basic science programs and has served as a model for other institutions. As director for physiology graduate studies, he developed and revised the physiology and biophysics curriculum.