Rate My Professor Angela Finch

Associate Professor Angela Finch holds the position of Associate Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences within the Faculty of Medicine & Health at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She serves as Director of Teaching for the school and the Department of Pharmacology, overseeing curriculum and teaching innovation. With more than 17 years of teaching experience at UNSW, she is the primary convener for third-year courses including Molecular Pharmacology (PHAR3102), Drug Discovery Design and Development, and Introductory Pharmacology & Toxicology (PHAR2011). Finch also contributes to Phases 1 and 2 of the Doctor of Medicine program. Her teaching philosophy centers on a strong research-teaching nexus, building learning communities, and cultivating professional skills such as critical thinking and comprehension of the molecular basis of drug action. She employs multimodal and blended learning approaches, including flipped classrooms, authentic assessments, and online resources. In leadership, she chairs the Education Section of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology (ASCEPT), organizing monthly Zoom catchups for academics during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2021. For her innovations, she earned a Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence (VCAT) contribution to student learning in 2016 for a pharmacology online/video-based prelab project.