Rate My Professor Hernan Aviles

Dr. Hernan O. Aviles serves as Professor III in the Department of Biology at Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth campus. He holds a Ph.D. from Indiana State University, an MBBS from Central University Medical School, and an Immunology Specialist certification from the same institution. As Chairman for Anatomy and Physiology and Lab Coordinator for Anatomy and Physiology I and II, he teaches courses such as BSC 1010L Principles of Biology Laboratory, BSC 1010 Lecture Biology, BSC 2085L Laboratory Anatomy & Physiology I, BSC 2085 Lecture Anatomy & Physiology I, BSC 2086L Laboratory Anatomy & Physiology II, BSC 2086 Lecture Anatomy and Physiology II, MCB 2010L Laboratory Microbiology, MCB 2010 Lecture Microbiology, BSC 2421L Laboratory Introduction to Biotechnology, BSC 2421 Lecture Introduction to Biotechnology, and BSC 1000 Lecture Science Foundations.

Aviles's research specialization is cellular immunology, with studies on immune responses in space flight models including bed-rest and hindlimb unloading, cytokine and chemokine expression, and infections such as Toxoplasma gondii and Klebsiella pneumoniae. He has 38 publications listed, including "Immune response in adult female volunteers during bed-rest model of space flight: Antibodies and cytokines" (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2009), "Kinetics of systemic cytokine and brain chemokine expression in murine Toxoplasma infection" (Journal of Parasitology, 2008), "Effects of exposure of mice to hindlimb unloading on leukocyte subsets and sympathetic nervous system activity" (2008), and "Active Hexose Correlated Compound (AHCC) Enhances Resistance to Infection in a Mouse Model of Surgical Wound Infection" (2007). His work has 1,594 citations on ResearchGate. Aviles received the Distinguished New Faculty Award in 2010 and a nationally recognized credential in online teaching excellence in 2023 from ACUE and ACE.