Matt Kaske Cirigliano, PhD, is a trained biomedical artist, researcher, and animator. A graduate of NYU Steinhardt and the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Matt’s goal is to make health and science education engaging and effective through research-backed approaches, visual arts, digital media, and narrative. In the past, Matt has researched medical education at the NYU School of Medicine, published in scholarly journals, and created educational media for both health and science education.

 

Educational Background

PhD in Educational Communications and Technology
NYU Steinhardt, New York City, NY. [link]

MS in Biomedical Visualization
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. [link]

BA in Biomechanical Design, Individual Major
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA. [link]

Work History

NYU School of Medicine [link]
Research Intern, Institute for Innovations in Medical Education

Mahalo Health, LLC.
Art Director, Game Designer

NYU CREATE Laboratory [link]
Research Assistant, Graphic Designer, and Animator

Understand.com [link]
Product Manager, Medical Artist, and Animator

theVisualMD [link]
Medical Artist and Animator

The University of Illinois at Chicago [link]
Interactive Lesson Designer, Biomedical Health Information Sciences

Gettysburg College [link]
Teaching Assistant, Lab Coordinator, Inorganic Chemistry

Select Awards, Grants, & Affiliations

2017 Vesalius Trust Research Grant Award
For research on a radiology virtual learning environment [link]

2017 Association of Medical Illustrators Best Poster Award
For research on a radiology virtual learning environment [link]

2017 National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR Award
For the research and development of a gameified health app for youth [link]

2014 Finlandia Foundation National Student Scholarship
For continuing education [link]

2010 Association of Medical Illustrators Award of Merit
For creating an edutainment graphic novel about biology [link]

2010 Departmental Achievement Award
University of Illinois at Chicago [link]

The Association of Medical Illustrators
Student/Professional Member [link]

UIC Biomedical Visualization Program Advisory Committee 
Active member since 2010 [link]

Finlandia Foundation New York Metropolitan Chapter
Active member [link]

 

Contact and Connect

Email: matt[dot]cirigliano[at]nyu[dot]edu