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Amy Jeanette Prunuske PhD

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Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Medical School Regional Campuses
Division: Central Wisconsin
Program: Central Wisconsin


Leadership Positions

  • Physician in the Community-CW Pathway Director
  • MCWfusion Director
  • Advocates in Medicine Pathway Director
  • Publications (30)

  • Medical Student Introversion: The Impact on Happiness and Its Regulation by Emotions. (Treat R, Fritz JD, Prunuske A, Kaljo K, Hanke C) Acad Med 2023 Nov 01;98(11S):S219-S220 PMID: 37983467 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85175220323 11/20/2023    
  • Medical Student Introversion: The Impact on Happiness and Its Regulation by Emotions. (Treat R, Fritz JD, Prunuske A, Kaljo K, Hanke C) Acad Med 2023 Nov 01;98(11S):S219-S220 PMID: 37882029 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85175220323 10/26/2023    
  • Using personas and the ADKAR framework to evaluate a network designed to facilitate sustained change toward active learning in the undergraduate classroom. (Prunuske AJ, Evans-Anderson HJ, Furniss KL, Goller CC, Mirowsky JE, Moore ME, Raut SA, Swamy U, Wick S, Wolyniak MJ) Discov Educ 2022;1(1):22 PMID: 36590921 PMCID: PMC9793354 01/03/2023    
  • Middle-School Student Engagement in a Tick Testing Community Science Project. (Prunuske A, Fisher C, Molden J, Brar A, Ragland R, vanWestrienen J) Insects 2021 Dec 18;12(12) PMID: 34940224 PMCID: PMC8708189 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121583543 12/24/2021       1 Citation
  • Medical Student Burnout as Impacted by Trait Emotional Intelligence - Moderated by Three-Year and Four-Year Medical Degree Programs and Gender. (Treat R, Hueston WJ, Fritz J, Prunuske A, Hanke CJ) WMJ 2021 Oct;120(3):188-194 PMID: 34710299 10/29/2021    
  • Strategies To Integrate Community Engagement In Medical Student Education ( Sonal Chandratre Corina Norrbom Christopher Zeman Amy Prunuske ) Journal of Regional Medical Campuses Chandratre, S, Norrbom, C, Zeman, C, and Prunuske, A. J. Regional Campuses (2021) 4:2. doi.org/10.24926/jrmc.v4i2.3600 04/26/2021    
  • Alignment of roles of near-peer mentors for medical students underrepresented in medicine with medical education competencies: a qualitative study. (Prunuske A, Houss B, Wirta Kosobuski A) BMC Med Educ 2019 Nov 11;19(1):417 PMID: 31711472 PMCID: PMC6849195 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074843488 11/13/2019       14 Citations
  • Scientific Presenting: Using Evidence-Based Classroom Practices to Deliver Effective Conference Presentations. (Corwin LA, Prunuske A, Seidel SB) CBE Life Sci Educ 2018;17(1) PMID: 29378751 PMCID: PMC6007782 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85041597822 01/31/2018       12 Citations
  • Rural Family Medicine Outcomes at the University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth. (Fuglestad A, Prunuske J, Regal R, Hunter C, Boulger J, Prunuske A) Fam Med 2017 May;49(5):388-393 PMID: 28535321 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85019453206 05/24/2017       13 Citations
  • The Development of an Indigenous Health Curriculum for Medical Students. (Lewis M, Prunuske A) Acad Med 2017 May;92(5):641-648 PMID: 28441674 PMCID: PMC5402707 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84995451740 04/26/2017       28 Citations
  • Development of an interdisciplinary pre-matriculation program designed to promote medical students' self efficacy. (Kosobuski AW, Whitney A, Skildum A, Prunuske A) Med Educ Online 2017;22(1):1272835 PMID: 28178916 PMCID: PMC5328374 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85028537863 02/10/2017       7 Citations
  • Just-in-time remediation of medical students during the preclinical years. (Prunuske A and Skildum A) Med Sci Educ Prunuske, A. & Skildum, A. Med.Sci.Educ. (2014) 24: 103. doi:10.1007/s40670-014-0010-9 09/07/2016    
  • Application of the Introductory Molecular and Cellular Biology Assessment to Health Professional Students (Prunuske, A, Hunter, C, and Nemeth, K) Medical Science Educator Prunuske, A., Hunter, C. & Nemeth, K. Med.Sci.Educ. (2014) 24: 263. doi:10.1007/s40670-014-0046-x 09/07/2016    
  • Efforts at Broadening Participation in the Sciences: An Examination of the Mentoring Experiences of Students from Underrepresented Groups. (Prunuske A, Wilson J, Walls M, Marrin H, Clarke B) CBE Life Sci Educ 2016;15(3) PMID: 27521233 PMCID: PMC5008873 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84982085322 08/16/2016       15 Citations
  • A Randomized Crossover Design to Assess Learning Impact and Student Preference for Active and Passive Online Learning Modules. (Prunuske AJ, Henn L, Brearley AM, Prunuske J) Med Sci Educ 2016;26:135-141 PMID: 27076992 PMCID: PMC4819804 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85019685121 04/15/2016       20 Citations
  • Community Partnership Designed to Promote Lyme Disease Prevention and Engagement in Citizen Science. (Seifert VA, Wilson S, Toivonen S, Clarke B, Prunuske A) J Microbiol Biol Educ 2016 Mar;17(1):63-9 PMID: 27047593 PMCID: PMC4798818 04/06/2016    
  • Improving medical students' knowledge of genetic disease: a review of current and emerging pedagogical practices. (Wolyniak MJ, Bemis LT, Prunuske AJ) Adv Med Educ Pract 2015;6:597-607 PMID: 26604852 PMCID: PMC4629947 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84988353752 11/26/2015       19 Citations
  • Response to Overcoming the Barrier to Implementing Authentic Research Experiences through Faculty Mentorship: The ASCB Mentoring in Active Learning and Teaching (MALT) Program Is Designed to Facilitate Vision and Change-Inspired Teaching Practices. (Prunuske AJ, Wick S, Wolyniak MJ) CBE Life Sci Educ 2015;14(3) PMID: 26250561 PMCID: PMC4710396 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84938835912 08/08/2015       4 Citations
  • Experiences of mentors training underrepresented undergraduates in the research laboratory. (Prunuske AJ, Wilson J, Walls M, Clarke B) CBE Life Sci Educ 2013;12(3):403-9 PMID: 24006389 PMCID: PMC3763008 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84883859825 09/06/2013       59 Citations
  • Unfolding of the C-terminal domain of the J-protein Zuo1 releases autoinhibition and activates Pdr1-dependent transcription. (Ducett JK, Peterson FC, Hoover LA, Prunuske AJ, Volkman BF, Craig EA) J Mol Biol 2013 Jan 09;425(1):19-31 PMID: 23036859 PMCID: PMC3534791 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84871801279 10/06/2012       31 Citations
  • Using online lectures to make time for active learning. (Prunuske AJ, Batzli J, Howell E, Miller S) Genetics 2012 Sep;192(1):67-72; quiz 1Sl-3SL PMID: 22714412 PMCID: PMC3430546 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84866068257 06/21/2012       53 Citations
  • Role for the molecular chaperones Zuo1 and Ssz1 in quorum sensing via activation of the transcription factor Pdr1. (Prunuske AJ, Waltner JK, Kuhn P, Gu B, Craig EA) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 Jan 10;109(2):472-7 PMID: 22203981 PMCID: PMC3258599 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84856000153 12/29/2011       32 Citations
  • Long-lived Min mice develop advanced intestinal cancers through a genetically conservative pathway. (Halberg RB, Waggoner J, Rasmussen K, White A, Clipson L, Prunuske AJ, Bacher JW, Sullivan R, Washington MK, Pitot HC, Petrini JH, Albertson DG, Dove WF) Cancer Res 2009 Jul 15;69(14):5768-75 PMID: 19584276 PMCID: PMC2775466 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-67651007283 07/09/2009       35 Citations
  • Widespread hyperplasia induced by transgenic TGFalpha in ApcMin mice is associated with only regional effects on tumorigenesis. (Bilger A, Sullivan R, Prunuske AJ, Clipson L, Drinkwater NR, Dove WF) Carcinogenesis 2008 Sep;29(9):1825-30 PMID: 18310091 PMCID: PMC2547353 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-51849136546 03/04/2008       7 Citations
  • Studying nuclear disassembly in vitro using Xenopus egg extract. (Higa MM, Ullman KS, Prunuske AJ) Methods 2006 Aug;39(4):284-90 PMID: 16879978 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33748446828 08/02/2006       10 Citations
  • The nuclear envelope: form and reformation. (Prunuske AJ, Ullman KS) Curr Opin Cell Biol 2006 Feb;18(1):108-16 PMID: 16364623 PMCID: PMC4339063 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-30844455364 12/21/2005       80 Citations
  • Nuclear envelope breakdown is coordinated by both Nup358/RanBP2 and Nup153, two nucleoporins with zinc finger modules. (Prunuske AJ, Liu J, Elgort S, Joseph J, Dasso M, Ullman KS) Mol Biol Cell 2006 Feb;17(2):760-9 PMID: 16314393 PMCID: PMC1356586 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-31944441839 11/30/2005       41 Citations
  • The COPI complex functions in nuclear envelope breakdown and is recruited by the nucleoporin Nup153. (Liu J, Prunuske AJ, Fager AM, Ullman KS) Dev Cell 2003 Sep;5(3):487-98 PMID: 12967567 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0042196107 09/12/2003       63 Citations
  • RNA association defines a functionally conserved domain in the nuclear pore protein Nup153. (Dimaano C, Ball JR, Prunuske AJ, Ullman KS) J Biol Chem 2001 Nov 30;276(48):45349-57 PMID: 11567018 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0035977057 09/22/2001       21 Citations
  • The Mom1AKR intestinal tumor resistance region consists of Pla2g2a and a locus distal to D4Mit64. (Cormier RT, Bilger A, Lillich AJ, Halberg RB, Hong KH, Gould KA, Borenstein N, Lander ES, Dove WF) Oncogene 2000 Jun 29;19(28):3182-92 PMID: 10918573 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0034729532 08/02/2000       95 Citations
  • Last update: 05/06/2024