The Department of Translational Research faculty provide foundational courses in Biochemistry/Genetics at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine (Katz), the Kornberg School of Dentistry, the School of Podiatry, and Katz's Physician Assistant program.  Faculty also teach courses across the graduate curriculum, mentor and advise graduate, medical, and physician assistant students, and host undergraduate students who can obtain course credit for research in their laboratories. 

The commitment of the faculty to high quality education is a long-standing tradition in the Department.  A former Department faculty member, the late Dawn Marks, Ph.D., who served as Katz's Assistant Dean for Graduate Education from 1984 to 1998, coauthored a textbook that is still widely used and regularly updated - Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach.  In recognition of her significant contributions, Katz's Dawn Marks Research Day has become a centerpiece event for the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and a recurring reminder of the contributions of a female scientist.

Teaching by Department faculty is highly innovative.  For example, in the medical student Fundamentals 2 Biochemistry/Genetics course, DNA from the students’ Anatomy cadavers is sequenced.  The students then use various databases to analyze genetic variants and present their findings to their peers.  In the graduate program, a rigorous Scientific Grant Writing course requires students to write an Independent Research Proposal (IRP) separate from their main thesis project.  The IRP undergoes an NIH study section-like review to prepare students for submitting grants.  Our faculty have been the recipients of many teaching awards including the coveted Temple University Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching.