Skip to main content

Nicole Biddinger, DMS, PA-C

Assistant professor
Department of Clinical Health Sciences, Physician Assistant Education


We’ve been wrong about what our job is in medicine. We think our job is to ensure health and survival. But really it is larger than that. It is to enable well-being.

- Atul Gawande, "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End"

Education

  • Doctor of Medical Science, Shenandoah University
  • Master of Health Science, Physician Assistant Studies, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa
  • Bachelor of Science, Biology-Health and Disease, Purdue University

Practice Areas

  • Social determinants of health
  • Trauma-informed care and adverse childhood experiences
  • Readiness for practice in underserved communities

Publications and Media Placements

2018 Yousey A, Chowdhury PR, Biddinger N, Shaw JH, Jeyasingh PD, Weider L. Resurrected ‘ancient’ Daphnia genotypes show reduced thermal stress tolerance compared to modern descendants. 2018. Royal Society Open Science, 5:172193. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172193
 

Honors and Awards

  • 2019 Meredith A. Davison Community Health Scholar
    Department of Physician Assistant Education
    University of Oklahoma-Tulsa
  • 2018 George Kaiser Family Foundation Community Health Scholar
    University of Oklahoma-Tulsa

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • 2026-Present Physician Assistant Education Association
  • 2026-Present Missouri Academy of Physician Assistants, Fellow Member
  • 2017-Present American Academy of Physician Assistants, Fellow Member
  • 2019-2026 Oklahoma Academy of Physician Assistants