Dr. Troy Camarata is a Founding Faculty, Associate Professor, and Chair of Biomedical Sciences at Baptist University College of Osteopathic Medicine (BUCOM). Dr. Camarata earned both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Biology from the University of Central Florida before attending Northwestern University, where he earn a Ph.D. in Developmental Biology and Genetics. After receiving his doctorate, Dr. Camarata pursued post-doctoral training in the Nephrology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital.
As a founding faculty, Dr. Camarata has played key roles in curriculum and policy development for BUCOM. He has also served as the inaugural president of the BUCOM Faculty Council. Dr. Camarata teaches physiology, embryology, histology, and biochemistry utilizing active learning strategies such as peer-instruction, flipped classroom, and team-based learning.
Dr. Camarata's research interests include self-regulated learning and implementation of artificial intelligence into medical education. He also heads a research lab focused on comparative developmental ontology of the metanephric kidney. The Camarata lab is studying the presence of continual nephrogenesis in reptiles using the red-eared slider turtle as a model system. Combining cell biology and genomic/transcriptomic techniques, his lab investigates the differences in kidney progenitor cell maintenance between reptiles and mammals.