Education
- Ph.D. Biology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana (1996)
- B.S. Biology/Chemistry, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana (1991)
Biography
Teresa Beam, Ph.D., graduated magna cum laude from the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with a B.S. in Biology-Chemistry. She earned her Ph.D. in Biology (molecular genetics/virology) from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and completed postdoctoral work while serving as a concurrent assistant professor of biology, also at Notre Dame. For 18 years, she served as Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences (now emerita) at the University of Saint Francis. Immediately prior to coming to St. Mary’s in June of 2023, she served eight years at Manchester University as Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics.
Beam has more than 25 years of higher education experience in teaching, research, faculty leadership and executive-level administration. She has developed highly successful undergraduate, graduate and online degree programs in STEM fields and has gained recognition for her career-forward work in genomic sciences. Beam also has a depth of experience in building and supporting health professional programs, as well as strengthening relationships between faculty and administration and among the liberal arts and sciences disciplines.
Beam has earned multiple teaching awards and grants from organizations such as the National Science Foundation, Independent Colleges of Indiana, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Talent Initiative, Project Learning Tree and others. She is a member of the Indiana Academy of Science, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
When in the classroom, Beam’s teaching pedagogy reflects her passion for project-based learning and cross-disciplinary student engagement. She has taught undergraduate, graduate and doctoral-level courses in disciplines ranging from molecular biosciences to environmental field studies and from bioethics to integrated pharmacotherapy. She has extended her classrooms to the community with STEM-based programming for youth. She is particularly passionate about providing immersion experiences to groups who are underrepresented in science, technology and engineering careers.
An outdoor enthusiast, Beam enjoys spending time on hiking trails or on the water with her family and friends: sailing, skiing, kayaking, fishing, and riding her stand-up jet ski. Beam is married (Jon) and has two children (Isaac and Martina).
Publications
Beam TA, Klepser DG, Klepser ME, Bright DR, Klepser N, Schuring H, Wheeler S, Langerveld A, COVID-19 host genetic risk study conducted at community pharmacies: Implications for public health, research and pharmacists’ scope of practice, Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy (2023), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2023.06.003.
Gabet, Ping-Chang Kuo, Steven Fuentes, Yamini Patel, Ahmed Adow, Mary Alsakka, Paula Avila, Teri Beam, Jui-Hung Yen, Dennis A. Brown. Identification of N-benzyltetrahydroisoquinolines as novel anti-neuroinflammatory agents, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 26, Issue 21, 2018, Pages 5711-5717, ISSN 0968-0896, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2018.10.020.
Beam, Teresa, Loudermilk, Emily, and David Kisor. Pharmacogenetics and Pathophysiology of CACNA1S Mutations in Malignant Hyperthermia. Physiological Genomics. (23 December, 2016). Volume 48, Issue 12. DOI 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00126.2016.
Li, X., Harrell, R. A., Handler, A. M., Beam, T., Hennessy, K. & Fraser, M. J. (2005) piggyBac internal sequences are necessary for efficient transformation of target genomes. Insect Molecular Biology 14 (1), 17-30.
Elick, Teresa A., Christopher A. Bauser, and Malcolm J. Fraser (1999). Identification of terminal repeat binding proteins (TRBPs) from Lepidopterans that recognize the ends of TTAA-specific transposons piggyBac and tagalong. Insect Molecular Biology, 8 (2):223-30
Elick, Teresa A., Neil Lobo, and Malcolm J. Fraser (1997). Analysis of the cis-acting DNA elements required for piggyBac transposable element excision. Molecular and General Genetics, 255:605-610.
Elick, Teresa A. (1996). Dissertation: Molecular analysis of the piggyBac transposable element. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Elick, Teresa A., Christopher A. Bauser, and Malcolm J. Fraser (1996). Excision of the piggyBac transposable element in vitro is a precise event that is enhanced by the expression of its encoded transposase. Genetica 98: 33-41.
Elick, Teresa A., Christopher A. Bauser, Nicole M. Principe, and Malcolm J. Fraser (1996). PCR analysis of insertion site specificity, transcription, and structural uniformity of the lepidopteran transposable element IFP2 in the TN-368 cell genome. Genetica 97: 127-139.
Bauser, Christopher A., Teresa A. Elick, and Malcolm J. Fraser (1996). Characterization of hitchhiker, a transposon insertion frequently associated with Baculovirus FP mutants derived upon passage in the TN-368 cell line. Virology 216: 235-237.
Fraser, Malcolm J., Tamara Cisczcon, Teresa A. Elick, and Christopher A. Bauser (1996). Precise excision of TTAA-specific Lepidopteran transposons TFP3 and IFP2 from the Baculovirus genome in cell lines from two species of lepidoptera. Insect Molec. Biol. 5(2): 141-151.
Kwon, B., I. Jang, H. Broxmeyer, S. Cooper, N. Jenkins, D. Gilbert, N. Copeland, T. Elick, M. J. Fraser, and B. S. Kwon (1995). A novel chemokine, macrophage inflammatory protein-related protein-2 inhibits colony formation of bone marrow myeloid progenitors. J. of Immunology 155: 2661-2667.
Patent
Fraser M.J., Shirk P.D., and T.A. Elick. (April 17, 2001) PiggyBac Transposon-Based Genetic System for the Transformation of Insects. U.S. patent number 6,218,185 B1.
Presentations
Savariar, A.M., Beam, T.A., Kisor, D.F., and T.R. Smith. Four Innovative Partnerships Enrich Manchester University’s Pharmacogenomics Curriculum. Pharmacy Education 2022. AACP Annual Meeting. Grapevine, TX. 23-27 July, 2022.
Ormachea, Kori, Cranston, Ariana, Beck, Kassidy, and Teresa Beam. Incidence of viral Hepatitis C in Northeast Indiana. Indiana University Summer Research Fellowship Program (IU-SERF). 1 August, 2018.
Salisbury, Lauren, Zehr, Evan, Beck, Kassidy, Stienecker, Scott, and Teresa Beam. Geographic mapping of Hepatitis C Virus Incidence per County in Northeast Indiana. Indiana University Summer Research Fellowship Program (IU-SRFP) 1 August, 2017.
Salisbury, Lauren, Zehr, Evan, Beck, Kassidy, Stienecker, Scott, and Teresa Beam. Geographic mapping of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Incidence per County in Northeast Indiana. Indiana University Summer Research Fellowship Program (IU-SRFP). 1 August, 2017.