Ana Casado, PhD
Director, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
Dr. Casado’s responsibilities include overseeing the annual budget, day-to-day operations, managing/monitoring HR appointments and funded projects, and serving as a resource for and collaborating with 150+ trainees, 300+ faculty members across Wexner Medical Center, the OSU Health Sciences, and Nationwide Children's Hospital, as well as 300+ alumni. Previously, Dr. Casado was the Graduate Program Coordinator in OSU’s Department of Engineering Education, where she oversaw recruitment, admissions, curriculum improvements, and assessment of the PhD program. She has a background in course and curriculum design, college teaching, workshop development and facilitation, pedagogical consulting, and program development and management. Dr. Casado has been teaching at the university level since 2009, and currently moonlights for the GE Bookends Launch Seminar and the Department of Educational Studies. Dr. Casado received her PhD (’17) and MA (’10) from The Ohio State University’s Department of Anthropology.