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Dr. Madison Collins

Assistant Professor of Microbiology, CHPS

Dr. Madison Collins knows her way around a lab. She鈥檚 been doing it for a dozen years and is just hitting her stride.

Born and raised in the Billings/Laurel area, Dr. Collins started her higher education journey at MSU Billings and traveled west as her path led studies in immunology and infectious diseases. She is now a full-fledged infectious disease immunological scientist who brought her passion of teaching back to her home community.

The nominator for this award noted that while at MSU Billings for only a short time, Dr. Collins has 鈥渄istinguished herself through exceptional teaching, innovative scholarship, and dedicated service 鈥� hallmarks of a truly outstanding faculty member. Dr. Collins is a gifted educator whose classroom energy and clarity have made her one of the most respected instructors in the department.鈥�

While maintaining her research work, she has taught a wide range of courses, including Medical Microbiology, Microbiology for Health Sciences, General Microbiology and Lab, and Discover Biology online. She consistently earns exemplary evaluations and heartfelt student praise. Her students describe her as inclusive, organized, and deeply invested in their success.

A first-generation graduate, Dr. Collins has the innate ability to mentor MSU Billings students, helping them see themselves as capable scientists.鈥�

Her undergraduate research lab regularly supports six to seven students at a time, each conducting an independent project. It supports one of the unique aspects of MSU Billings: undergraduates not only learn, they do.

鈥淒r. Collins鈥檚 true hallmark is that her research is a teaching enterprise 鈥� one where students learn the process of discovery,鈥� the nominator wrote.