Jeri-Annette Lyons

1997-2000 Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO)
Fellow of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

1991-1997 Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI)
Ph.D., September 1997, Department of Microbiology
Robert B. Fritz, Advisor
Thesis: “Characterization of the T-cell Population Present in the Central Nervous System During the Onset of Acute Passive Murine Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis”

1984-1989 University of Wisconsin (Stevens Point, WI)
Bachelor of Science, Medical Technology [aka, Clinical (Medical) Laboratory
Science]; Board Certified [MT(ASCP)], August 1989

2020-Aug 2025 Associate Vice President of Research, Dean of the Graduate School, University
of Northern Colorado

2015-2020 Associate Dean, College of Health Sciences, UWM; responsible for Academic
Affairs, Student Affairs, Graduate Studies, Research, Outreach & Continuing
Education

2014-2015 Interim Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, College of Health
Sciences, UWM

2013-2016 Graduate Program Director, PhD in Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences,
UWM

2010-2014 Chair, Department of Health Sciences/Biomedical Sciences, UWM

2008-2010 Graduate Program Director, Department of Health Sciences/Biomedical

2011-2012 Sciences, UWM

August 2025-present: Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado.

August 2017-2020 Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of WisconsinMilwaukee

August 2009-2017 Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences/Health Sciences,
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

July 2003-2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences, University of
Wisconsin – Milwaukee

2002-2003 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology,
Washington University School of Medicine

2000-2002 Research Instructor, Department of Neurology,
Washington University School of Medicine

1997-2000 Fellow of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society,
Department of Neurology, Washington University of Medicine
Anne H. Cross, Advisor. The Role of B cells in the Pathogenesis of Multiple
Sclerosis and Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

1987-1988 Research Assistant, Dept. of Biology,
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Laboratory of Dr. Sol Sepsenwol
Studies on the life cycle of pig parasite, Ascaris suum.

CHS Dean’s Leadership Award, College of Health Sciences, May 2017
Dean’s Research Award, College of Health Sciences, May 2006
Fellow of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society: 1997-2000
First Place, Best Research Presentation, Graduate Student Research Day,
Medical College of Wisconsin: November, 1996
Chancellor’s Leadership Award, 1989, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Poin