Faculty Profile

Biography

Dr. Yuliya Modna is a Professor of Medical Physiology at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Bradenton campus. She is a physician and physiologist with more than 19 years of experience teaching Medical Physiology and Pathophysiology, with expertise in curriculum development, academic leadership, student assessment, and medical education research. She earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from Luhansk State Medical University in Ukraine in 2007 and her PhD in Medical Physiology in 2011.

Prior to joining LECOM, Dr. Modna served as a Professor, Module Director for the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems, and Chair of the Master of Health Sciences Thesis Program at Trinity Medical Sciences University. She also held leadership positions within the Department of Physiology and Academic Counseling. At LECOM, her academic interests include Problem-Based Learning (PBL), integrated preclinical medical education, student assessment and success.

Dr. Modna is an active researcher with more than 43 peer-reviewed publications and sustained scholarly contributions to medical education, biomedical sciences, and clinical medicine. She has presented her scholarly work at international conferences in the United States, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Canada. She currently serves as an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Clinical Medicine and as a peer reviewer for Cureus Journal of Medical Science. She is an active member of the American Physiological Society (APS), the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).

Dr. Modna has served as a principal investigator and co-investigator on multiple educational research projects and has extensive experience mentoring students in research. Her earlier translational research focused on the physiology and morphology of biological fluids and contributed to the development of four patented medical diagnostic methodologies.