Heidi Engelhardt

Dr. Engelhardt brings to her teaching perspectives on physiology in the contexts of human and veterinary medicine, agriculture, and evolutionary adaptations of animals in natural environments. Since becoming a Lecturer in 2011, Heidi Engelhardt’s focus has been on undergraduate teaching in the areas of physiology and cell biology. Her research background is in physiology, with emphasis on female reproduction. Her past research has investigated ovarian function, pregnancy and the dialogue between the developing fetus and its mother.

While Dr. Engelhardt no longer maintains a research program, she participates in collaborative research, serves on graduate advisory and examination committees, and provides peer review for several journals and academic publishers. In both teaching and research,

• Reproductive biology
• Endocrinology
• Physiology, human and animal
• Immunology

• 1992 Ph.D. Physiology, University of Western Ontario, Canada
• 1986 M.Sc. Animal Science, University of Guelph, Canada
• 1983 B.Sc. Animal Science, University of Guelph, Canada

• 1983 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Scholarship
• 1983 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal (Top student in Animal Science program)
• 1983 Ontario Agricultural College Book Prize
• 1984 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Scholarship
• 1986 Medical Research Council (MRC) Studentship
• 1989 Nellie Farthing Memorial Scholarship
• 1990 J.A.F. Stevenson Memorial Scholarship
• 1995 Ontario Veterinary College Research Fellowship

• Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo (FAUW) Board of Directors

• BIOL 130 - Introductory Cell Biology
  • Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• BIOL 273 - Principles of Human Physiology 1
  • Taught in 2019
• BIOL 371 - Comparative Animal Physiology: Evolutionary Themes
  • Taught in 2019, 2020
• BIOL 373 - Principles of Human Physiology 2
  • Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• BIOL 473 - Mammalian Reproduction
  • Taught in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• H. Engelhardt, B. A. Croy, G. J. King 2002 The conceptus influences the distribution of uterine leukocytes during early porcine pregnancy. Biology of Reproduction 66:1875-1880.
• H. Engelhardt, B. A. Croy, G. J. King 2002 Evaluation of natural killer cell recruitment to embryonic attachment sites during early porcine pregnancy. Biology of Reproduction 66:1185-1192.
• H. Engelhardt, L. M. Harkness, G. B. Thomas, A. N. Brooks, A. S. McNeilly, D. T. Baird 1995 Expression of inhibin α- and β-subunit mRNA and protein in the fetal sheep ovary throughout gestation. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 107:141-147.
• H. Engelhardt, K. B. Smith, A. S. McNeilly, D. T. Baird 1993 Expression of mRNA for inhibin subunits and ovarian secretion of inhibin and estradiol throughout the sheep estrous cycle. Biology of Reproduction 49:281-294.
• H. Engelhardt, R. E. Gore-Langton, D. T. Armstrong 1991 Luteinization of porcine thecal cells in vitro. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 75:237-245.
• H. Engelhardt, R. E. Gore-Langton, D. T. Armstrong 1989 Mevinolin (lovastatin) inhibits androstenedione production by porcine ovarian theca cells at the level of the 17 -hydroxylase:C-17,20-lyase complex. Endocrinology 124:2297-2304.
• H. Engelhardt, J. S. Walton, R. B. Miller, G. J. King 1989 Estradiol-induced blockade of ovulation in the cow: effects on luteinizing hormone release and follicular fluid steroids. Biology of Reproduction 40:1287-1297.