Brett Szymik

Associate Professor

Brett Szymik

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy

  • (706) 713-2275
  • 162

Education

  • Ph.D., Biology/Biological Sciences, General Arizona State University, 2008

  • BS, Physiology, General Central Alabama Community Coll, 2002

Awards & Honors

  • Educator of the Year Award AU/UGA Medical Partnership Class of 2027, 2024

  • Peer-Nominated Teaching Award (Large Group Teaching) AU/UGA Medical Partnership, 2024

  • Exemplary Teaching Award Medical College of Georgia, 2023

  • Exemplary Teaching Award Medical College of Georgia, 2022

  • Exemplary Teaching Award Medical College of Georgia, 2021

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • ANAT 5005

    Clinical Anat & Teach Skills
  • MEDI 5156

    Mod 2: Musculoskeletal
  • MEDI 5161

    Mod 3: Brain & Behavior
  • MEDI 5151

    Module 1: Fundamentals

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • A multi-year evaluation of medical student performance on and perceptions of collaborative gross anatomy laboratory examinations, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Circulation of hemocoelic fluid during slow and fast swimming in the pteropod mollusc, Clione limacina, 2017
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, 2015
    Material Regarding New Courses/Curricula
  • Changes in wingstroke kinematics associated with a change in swimming speed in a pteropod mollusk, Clione limacina, 2011
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Neuromechanics: An integrative approach for understanding motor control, 2007
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Department Service

  • UGA Search Committee for A&P Lecturer 2019 - 2020

    Role: Committee Member
  • UGA Search Committee for A&P Lecturers 2017 - 2017

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • Curriculum Leadership of Year 1 Musculoskeletal Module 2022 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Urology Student Interest Group 2022 - Present

    Role: Faculty Advisor
  • Faculty Mentoring Program 2021 - Present

    Role: Mentor
  • Faculty Mentoring Program 2021 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Orthopedic Surgery Student Interest Group 2018 - Present

    Role: Faculty Advisor

University Service

  • MCG Faculty Senate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee 2020 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • MCG LCME Reaccreditation Self-study Subcommittee on Student Affairs 2022 - 2023

    Role: Committee Member
  • MCG Faculty Senate Executive Committee 2019 - 2021

    Role: Other
  • MCG Class of 2019 Subcommittee of the Student Academic Promotions and Professionalism Committee 2015 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member
  • MCG LCME Reaccreditation Self-study Subcommittee on Student Affairs 2014 - 2015

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • Fronteirs in Neuroscience 2022 - 2022

    Role: Reviewer, Journal Article
  • American Association for Anatomy Career Central 2019 - 2019

    Role: Mentor
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 2018 - 2018

    Role: Reviewer, Journal Article
  • American Association of Anatomists Anatomy Curriculum Content Task Force 2015 - 2016

    Role: Committee Member
  • Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2012 - 2012

    Role: Session Chair

Public Service

  • UGA-Foothills Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Health Careers Youth Conference 2015 - Present

    Role: Workshop Organizer
  • Anatomy Lab Sessions with UGA Kinesiology Majors 2013 - 2014

    Role: Workshop Organizer
  • Ask A Biologist 2004 - 2008

    Role: Other
  • Central Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair 2005 - 2006

    Role: Other
  • Graduate Partners in Science Education 2005 - 2006

    Role: Mentor