Karen Wiles

Assistant Professor

Karen Wiles

Assistant Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Physiology

Administration
Department of Biological Sciences

Bio

Dr. Karen Wiles earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Salisbury University (Salisbury, Maryland) in 2003 and her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) in 2010. Her graduate work in the Department of Pathology, Cellular and Molecular Pathology Program focused on the protein biochemistry of bacterial hijacking of hemostasis. She taught undergraduate Biology and Anatomy and Physiology for several years, before moving into her current role as a Medical Educator in the Department of Physiology, and Program Co-Director of the MS in Medical Physiology program.

  • KAWILES@augusta.edu
  • (706) 721-3830
  • CA 3092

Education

  • Ph.D., Pathology Vanderbilt University, 2010

  • BS, Chemistry, General Salisbury University, 2003

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • PSIO 6410

    Anatomy
  • PSIO 6510

    Histology
  • PSIO 6110

    Medical Physio 1
  • PSIO 7310

    Advanced CV Phys
  • PSIO 7210

    Advanced Renal Phys
  • PSIO 7510

    Cell and Molecular Phys
  • BIOM 8033

    Integrated Systems Biol
  • PSIO 6810

    Medical Physio II
  • PSIO 6720

    Pathophys 2

Teaching Interests

Dr. Karen Wiles has several years of experience teaching undergraduate Biology, Histology, and Anatomy and Physiology. She currently teaches in the Master of Science in Medical Physiology program, delivering instruction in Anatomy, Histology, Physiology, and Pathophysiology. In addition to her teaching interests, she has co-authored two open access undergraduate Histology textbooks.

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • , 2025
    Book, Textbook-New
  • Anatomy and Physiology I: An Interactive Histology Atlas, 2024
    Book, Textbook-New
  • Skizzle is a novel plasminogen- and plasmin-binding protein from Streptococcus agalactiae that targets proteins of human fibrinolysis to promote plasmin generation., 2010
    Journal Article, Academic Journal