Tatiana Gaines

Biography

Dr Gaines is a Ukrainian-born US citizen living in Cumbria with her husband, during his assignment at Sellafield Site.  She enjoys working with intelligent young people, and glad to be part of the professional teaching team at UCLan. Before arriving in the UK, she was a practicing physician in Ukraine for 14 years. She has five years of experience of teaching different topics in health and science at associate, undergraduate and graduate levels, in the classroom and online. She loves teaching and is passionate about student success at all levels. Medical school, residency and clinical practice in Ukraine, clinical experience, publications, and continuing medical education in the US, and recent completion of an online Master of Public Health degree with Global Health Certificate from University of Massachusetts were qualifying credentials for her current teaching position. Having lived and worked in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and America, travelled throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia, and now living in the UK for the past five and one-half years, Dr Gaines is aware and has empathy for the challenges international students will face adapting to a new environment while pursuing their studies in Cumbria. Most of her current online students have either recently immigrated to the US, or are retired military with service in theatre. Widely varying educational preparation, culture and language, life experience, and expectations for their own adult learning are a continuous challenge and source of personal satisfaction. Flexibility to tailor the program to their unique educational needs has helped Dr Gaines and the institutions which employ her be successful. She has a strong background in math and science, and relevant experience and skills commensurate with requirements in the UCLan Person Specification. She is proficient in ‘Moodle’ and ‘Blackboard’ online community (rather than simply a “filing cabinet”) and has used the Virtual Learning Environment for both synchronous and asynchronous teaching.

Research Interest

Biosciences, Health, Chemistry.