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 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• BIOL 371 - Comparative Animal Physiology: Evolutionary Themes
  • Taught in 2020
• BIOL 373 - Principles of Human Physiology 2
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• BIOL 473 - Mammalian Reproduction
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

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