• B.A., Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1968.
  Major: Chemistry
  Minor: Biology
• Ph.D., Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, 1975.
  Major: Biochemistry
  Minor: Genetics

• American Physiological Society
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Association of Biochemistry Course Directors
• European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
• Gold Humanism Honor Society
• International Association of Medical Science Educators
• Sigma Xi
• Society for the Study of Reproduction
• Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
• Team-Based Learning Collaborative

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Lon J. Van Winkle earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Wayne State University in 1975. He joined the faculty at several community colleges near Detroit in 1974 and became a full-time faculty member in Natural Sciences at the Dearborn campus of the University of Michigan in 1977. He then took a position at Midwestern University in 1979. He retired as Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at that institution in August 2015. Dr. Van Winkle is currently a Professor of Medical Humanities at Rocky Vista University. He publishes regularly in the scientific literature on both early embryo development and science education. This work has been supported by grants from the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the National Institutes of Health. His continuing interest in basic research, science education, and human growth and development is exemplified by his participation in numerous conferences on the adult development of women and men and as an invited speaker at national and international conferences on healthcare professional education, embryology, and biomembrane transport. He is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the International Association of Medical Science Educators and the Gold Humanism Honor Society.