University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

​Bio  

Dr. Ferguson has been on the faculty at the University of Colorado Denver since 1985 and teaches in the Dept. of Integrative Biology. He has been nationally recognized for excellence in teaching and his current research interests revolve around the transition of high school students to college who are interested in in the STEM disciplines. In addition to his teaching and research, Dr. Ferguson is the director of the Health Professions Advising program at UC Denver and is the Downtown Denver Campus director of the BA/BS-MD program, the post-bac program, and the Aurora Lights program. He is the president of the Western Assocation of Advisors to the Health Professions and is on the board of directors for the National Assocation of Advisors to the Health Professions. He is also a member of the National Science Teachers Association, National Association of Biology Teachers, the Tri-Beta Honor Society, Golden Key Honor Society, Xi Sigma, and NACADA. In his free time, he spends time working with a local high school mentoring at risk students and spends time reading, hiking, and being a father.

Select Publications 

2010 Culpepper, S., Basile, C., Ferguson, C., and Lanning, J. (2010). "Understanding the transition between high school and college mathematics and science." The High School Journal, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Press.

 

2004 Cabell, Leigh, Ferguson, Charles A., Luginbill, Deana, Kern, Marcey, Weingart, Adam, Audesirk, Gerald. "Differential Induction of Heme Oxygenase and Other Stress Proteins in Cultured Hippocampal Astrocytes and Neurons by Inorganic Lead." Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology,

198 (49-60).

 

2000 Ferguson, C.A., and Nelson, C. "The Med Vantage Program-A Unique Opportunity for Pre-Health Students to Gain Clinical Experience." The Advisor Vol 20(2). 48-52.

 

2000 Ferguson, C.A., Kern, M., and Audesirk, G. "Nanomolar concentrations of inorganic lead increase calcium efflux and decrease intracellular free calcium ion concentrations in cultured rat hippocampal neurons by a calmodulin-mediated mechanism." Neurotoxicology, 21(3). 365-378

 

2000 Audesirk, G., Audesirk, T., and Ferguson, C.A. "Culturing rat hippocampal neurons." In: Current Protocols in Toxicology (ed. Maines, M.) Wiley, New York

Courses Taught 

BIOL 1111: Freshman Seminar

BIOL 2051: General Biology for Majors

BIOL 4074 and 5074: Human Reproductive Biology

Advanced Human Anatomy