Sharon Eden, M.A.

Associate Professor

General Education, Community Health

Contact Info

402.552.9558

Sharon Eden is currently an Associate Professor of Microbiology, Epidemiology, and Environmental Risk Factors and Disease at Clarkson College and has been a member of the faculty since 2016. She received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biology from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Ms. Eden began her career in microbiology as a biomedical research laboratory supervisor for the VA Medical Center, Section of Infectious Diseases before turning to education full-time. During her twenty years of full-time education at the University and College levels, she has taught and developed courses in biology, microbiology, biotechnology and epidemiology.

Ms. Eden has served as a medical microbiology and immunology mentor for Creighton University distance pharmacy students since 2001. She also served as an Assistant Coordinator for the Hope Medical Outreach Coalition in Omaha.

Words of Wisdom

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." - Nelson Henderson.

Courses

BIO 210 Microbiology
BIO 300 Immunology
CHL 250 Epidemiology
CHL 251 Environmental Risk Factors/Disease Immunology

Awards and Honors

Patricia Book Perry Faculty of the Year Award, 2023
Apple Excellence in Teaching Faculty Award recipient, Fall 2021
Apple Excellence in Teaching Faculty Award nominee, Spring 2021
National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Award, Recipient; Austin, Texas, 2007

Scholarly Works (Selected)

Project: Detection of Gonococcal/Epithelial Interactions in the Human Fallopian Tube Organ Culture Model using Computerized Image Analysis with Digital Confocal Microscopy; Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Omaha, NE 1992 – 2000.

Project: Effects of Zero Gravity on the Antimicrobial Action of the Enzyme Lysozyme. Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA in cooperation with Omaha Public Schools. Co-Mentor, Student Spaceflights Experiments Program. Summer 2011.

Thesis: Photosynthetic Bacterial Associates of the Sea Sponge Halichondria bowerbanki. University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska December 1991.

Project: Parasites of Montane Voles in Yellowstone National Park. University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of New Orleans, and University of Wyoming, Lake Moran, Wyoming August 1991.

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