Education
- Ph D: Biomedical Sciences, (2016), University of North Texas Health Science Center - Fort Worth, Texas
Supporting Area: Integrative Physiology
Dissertation/Thesis Title: The Role of Angiotensin II in Central Control of Blood Pressure and Body Fluid Homeostasis - BA: Psychology, (2009), University of North Texas - Denton, Texas
- BS: Biology, (2009), University of North Texas - Denton, Texas
Supporting Area: Chemistry
Biosketch
Brent Shell teaches Anatomy and Physiology lecture and lab. Prior to joining the University of Massachusetts Lowell, he was an instructor for the Joint Admission Medical Program, teaching premedical undergraduates about cardiopulmonary physiology at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. His graduate research at focused on the neurophysiology behind autonomic control of blood pressure. Specifically, his work focused on discovering the neural mechanisms that underlie hypertension from chronic intermittent hypoxia, a model for sleep apnea. Currently, he is working to improve the effectiveness of science education both inside and outside of the classroom. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of North Texas in 2009 and earned a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in 2016.
Selected Awards and Honors
- 2022 OER Champion
- 2021 Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences Teaching Excellence Award
- 2021 OERscar Award
- 2018-2019 UML Exceeding Excellence in Teaching in the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences
- 2017-18 UML Living Learning Community Advisor of the year
Selected Publications
- Marciante, A.B., Shell, B., Farmer, G.E., Cunningham, J.T. (2021). . American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology,聽320(4): R519-R525. Epub 2021. PMID: 33595364; PMCID: PMC8238144
- Shell, B., Farmer, G.E., Nedungadi, T.P., et al. (2019). .听American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology,聽316(5): R651鈥揜665
- Snyder, B., Shell, B., Cunningham, J.T., Cunningham, R.L. (2017). . Physiological reports,5(9).
- Faulk, K., Shell, B., Nedungadi, T.P., Cunningham, J.T. (2017). . American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology,312(2) R245-R252, Epub 2016.
- Shell, B., Faulk, K., Cunningham, J.T. (2016). . Current hypertension reports,18(3) 19.
- Choe, K.Y., Han, S.Y., Gaub, P., Shell, B., Voisin, D.L., Knapp, B.A., Barker, P.A., Brown, C.H., Cunningham, J.T., Bourque, C.W. (2015). High salt intake increases blood pressure via BDNF-mediated downregulation of KCC2 and impaired baroreflex inhibition of vasopressin neurons. Neuron,85(3) 549-60.
- Knight, W.D., Saxena, A., Shell, B., Nedungadi, T.P., Mifflin, S.W., Cunningham, J.T. (2013). . American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology,305(9) R1051-8.