Biography
Dr. Barbra Roller, Ph.D., grew up in Manhattan, attended the Bronx High School of Science and graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University, with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. She subsequently earned her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Roller has been at FIU since 1994 in various faculty and administrative positions, most recently as Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs of the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM), Associate Professor in the Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology and the Administrative Director of the Graduate Certificate in Molecular and Biomedical Sciences at HWCOM. She has helped to create numerous programs at HWCOM, including combined MD degree programs, the Doctors of Tomorrow Program, the Dotson Program, and the Early Assurance Program (EAP). She has won several FIU Faculty Senate awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and is an active member of many University and College committees. She has also won an award from HWCOM for her interactive teaching. Passionate about pathway programs to the health professions, to that end she has taken on a leadership role in the Group on Educational Affairs (GEA) of the AAMC and the Pathway Programs and Bridges Initiative.