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Full Schedule

  • Friday, March 24, 2023
  • 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM US EST
    Registration Open
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM US EST
    Integration Station: How to Design Integrated Modules for the Gross Anatomy Laboratory Workshop

    Speaker: Sara Allison, PhD (she/her/hers) – WMU Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine

    Speaker: Wendy Lackey-Cornelison, PhD (she/her/hers) – University Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences

    Speaker: Caroline M. Mueller, PHD (she/her/hers) – Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Education & Teaching

  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM US EST
    Thread and Fabric of Anatomy - A Practical Workshop

    Speaker: Janet Philp, PGDip (she/her/hers) – University of Edinburgh

    Speaker: Sarah E.A McConnell, PhD (she/her/hers) – UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

    Career and Professional Development

    Education & Teaching

  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM US EST
    Plenary Speaker - Matthew Carrano
  • 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM US EST
    Welcome Reception
  • Saturday, March 25, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM US EST
    Quiet Room
  • 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM US EST
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Falling for Medicine Hook, Line, and Donor: Using Anatomy Outreach to Engage Underrepresented Youth and Promote Interest in Health Care Fields

    Chair: Shannon Helbling, PhD (she/her/hers) – WSU Elson S Floyd College of Medicine

    Education & Teaching

    Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Getting to the Heart of Vascular Development, Disease and Regeneration

    Cardiovascular

    Cell Biology

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Regenerative Medicine (Stem Cells, Tissue Regeneration, Biomaterials)

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Understanding Metabolic Evolution: Recreating the Past and Shaping the Future

    Chair: Guo Huang – University of California, San Francisco

    Cell Biology

    Evolution/Anthropology

    Regenerative Medicine (Stem Cells, Tissue Regeneration, Biomaterials)

    Vertebrate Paleontology

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Weight Stigma in Healthcare Education and Practice - A Missed Opportunity to Do No Harm (Roundtable)

    Co-Chair: Krista L. Rompolski, PhD (she/her/hers) – Moravian University

    Co-Chair: Madelyn Crowell, PhD (she/her/hers) – Duke University

    Education & Teaching

    Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM US EST
    Buddy Participant Meet up
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM US EST
    Networking Break and Exhibits
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    Education Platform Session #1

    Chair: Ramaswamy Sharma, MS, PhD (he/him/his) – UT Health San Antonio

    Education & Teaching

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    FaceTime - Facial Form in Evolution, Function & Disease Platform

    Chair: Yann Heuze, PhD (he/him/his) – CNRS - Univ. Bordeaux

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Evolution/Anthropology

    Imaging

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    Limb Development, Evolution, and Regeneration

    Chair: Susan Mackem, MD, PhD (it/its) – Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Evolution/Anthropology

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

    Regenerative Medicine (Stem Cells, Tissue Regeneration, Biomaterials)

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    Master Class Session – Anatomical Symmetry and the Breaking of Symmetry in Development and Evolution

    Chair: Joan T. Richtsmeier, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Evolution/Anthropology

    Imaging

    Education & Teaching

    Imaging

    Vertebrate Paleontology

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM US EST
    Committee for Early-Career Anatomists Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM US EST
    Educational Affairs Committee Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM US EST
    Professional Development Committee Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM US EST
    Training Scientists as Educators

    Speaker: Ahdeah Pajoohesh-Ganji

    Speaker: Debra Herrmann – George Washington University

    Career and Professional Development

    Education & Teaching

  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM US EST
    Lunch Break
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM US EST
    Lippincott® Connect Courseware for Anatomy

    Speaker: Crystal Taylor – Wolters Kluwer

    Speaker: Alan J. Detton, PhD – Columbia University

    Sponsored Session

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    Emerging ‘Non-model’ Organisms and the Future of Biology

    Chair: Ralph Marcucio (he/him/his) – UCSF

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Evolution/Anthropology

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

    Imaging

    Vertebrate Paleontology

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    Functional Morphology & Biomechanics Platform

    Chair: Nandini Singh, PhD (she/her/hers) – California State University, Sacramento

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    Getting Connected: Nerve Complexity and Neurovascular Interactions in Nervous System Development

    Cell Biology

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Neuroscience

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    HOCUS POCUS: Integrating Ultrasound and Anatomy Across the Health Professions

    Chair: William Brooks, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Education & Teaching

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM US EST
    Keynote Speaker: Ed Yong

    Keynote Speaker: Ed Yong

  • 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM US EST
    Posters and Exhibits
  • 6:30 PM – 8:15 PM US EST
    Documentary Film Screening - Until The Well Runs Dry: Medicine & the Exploitation of Black Bodies
  • Sunday, March 26, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM US EST
    Quiet Room
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM US EST
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Education Platform Session #2

    Chair: Cheryl Hill, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri

    Education & Teaching

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Morphological Sciences Award Hybrid Symposium

    Chair: Margaret Hall – Midwestern University

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Evolution/Anthropology

    Imaging

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Neural Development and Regeneration Platform

    Chair: Emily A.B Gilbert, MSc. PhD. (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

    Imaging

    Neuroscience

    Regenerative Medicine (Stem Cells, Tissue Regeneration, Biomaterials)

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Understanding Genetic Regulation of Craniofacial Development in 2023

    Chair: David Clouthier – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

    Cell Biology

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Evolution/Anthropology

    Vertebrate Paleontology

  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM US EST
    Networking Break and Exhibits
  • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM US EST
    Annual Members Business Meeting

    Chair: Valerie B. DeLeon (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

    Governance

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM US EST
    Plenary Speaker - Lara Thompson
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM US EST
    The VH Dissector: Integrating Digitally Preserved Anatomy

    Speaker: Jake Shearer, MS

    Sponsored Session

  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM US EST
    Ambassador Committee Meeting
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM US EST
    DEI Committee Meeting
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM US EST
    Meet the Editors: Learn How to Publish, Review Manuscripts, and Communicate your Research

    Panelist: Paul Trainor (he/him/his) – Stowers Institute for Medical Research

    Panelist: Heather F. Smith, PhD (she/her/hers) – Midwestern University

    Panelist: Jason M. Organ, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine

    Career and Professional Development

  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM US EST
    Lunch Break
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM US EST
    Cell Biology Award Hybrid Symposium

    Chair: Lisa Taneyhill, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland

    Cell Biology

    Neuroscience

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM US EST
    Evolutionary Assembly of the Vertebrate Head: Insights from Embryos and Fossils

    Co-Chair: Tetsuto Miyashita – Canadian Museum of Nature

    Co-Chair: Matthew Vickaryous, BSc, MSc, PhD – University of Guelph

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

    Evolution/Anthropology

    Vertebrate Paleontology

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM US EST
    Health Professions Education (HPE) Scholarship: The Where, What, and How

    Chair: Nicole DeVaul, PhD, MA (she/her/hers) – The George Washington University

    Education & Teaching

  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM US EST
    Networking Break and Exhibits
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST
    Breathing at the Interface of Anatomy and Physiology

    Co-Chair: Katherine Yutzey, PhD – Cincinnati Children's Medical Center

    Co-Chair: Jeffrey T. Laitman – Center for Anatomy and Functional Morphology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Cell Biology

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST
    Cellular, Developmental, Reproductive Biology Platform (RepoDevo)

    Chair: Kristin Artinger, PhD – University of Minnesota

    Cell Biology

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST
    Pe(TA)gogy: High-Impact, Low-Stress Methods For Training Teaching Assistants in Pedagogy

    Chair: Andrew S. Cale, MS (he/him/his) – Indiana University School of Medicine - Indianapolis

    Education & Teaching

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST
    The Great Unknown: Potentials Outside the Academic Career Box

    Co-Chair: Lisa Lee

    Co-Chair: Laura J. Weinkle, MS – Toltech

    Career and Professional Development

  • 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM US EST
    Posters and Exhibits
  • Monday, March 27, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM US EST
    Quiet Room
  • 8:00 AM – 1:30 PM US EST
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Boneheads & Brainiacs: Exploring Skull-Brain Interactions

    Chair: Warren Grayson – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Cell Biology

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Neuroscience

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Developmental Biology Award Hybrid Symposium

    Chair: Christopher J. Percival, PhD (he/him/his) – Stony Brook University

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Imaging

    Cell Biology

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Education Platform Session #3

    Chair: Haley O’Brien – University of Arizona

    Education & Teaching

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    The Anatomy of Letter Writing for Promotion

    Co-Chair: Eustathia Lela Giannaris, PhD – UMass Chan Medical School

    Co-Chair: Rebecca Pratt – Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

    Panelist: Valerie B. DeLeon (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

    Panelist: Wade Grow – Midwestern University

    Panelist: Yolanda Haywood – George Washington University

    Career and Professional Development

  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM US EST
    Posters
  • 10:15 AM – 1:30 PM US EST
    Meet the Funders
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM US EST
    Committee for Early-Career Anatomists Meeting
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM US EST
    New Face of Academia – A Skills Fair for the Modern Anatomist

    Co-Chair: Aidan Ruth, PhD (she/her/hers) – Saint Louis University

    Co-Chair: Darren Hoffmann, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Iowa

    Career and Professional Development

  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM US EST
    Publications Committee Meeting
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM US EST
    Lunch Break
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    Advancing Access and Equity in Anatomy

    Co-Chair: Julia Jordan, PT, DPT, OCS, MA Ed (she/her/hers) – University of New Mexico

    Co-Chair: Rebecca Hartley, PhD, FAAA (she/her/hers) – University of New Mexico School of Medicine

    Education & Teaching

    Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    Comparative Morphology Platform

    Chair: Callum F. Ross – University of Chicago

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

    Evolution/Anthropology

    Imaging

    Vertebrate Paleontology

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    Neurobiology Award Hybrid Symposium

    Chair: Neus Martínez-Abadías, PhD – Universitat de Barcelona

    Imaging

    Neuroscience

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    Tendon-Bone: Critical Interactions for Musculoskeletal Development, Homeostasis, and Disease

    Co-Chair: David M. Ornitz, PhD, MD (he/him/his) – Washington University School of Medicine

    Co-Chair: Marian A. Ros, n/a (she/her/hers) – Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnologia de Cantabria

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

    Cell Biology

    Developmental Biology/Morphology

    Regenerative Medicine (Stem Cells, Tissue Regeneration, Biomaterials)

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM US EST
    Developing the Scientific Workforce: Current Trends and Future Opportunities

    Chair: Kirsten Brown – George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

    Education & Teaching

    Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM US EST
    Education Platform Session #4

    Chair: Jennifer Dennis, PhD – Kansas City University

    Education & Teaching

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM US EST
    Skeletal Muscle: Regeneration, Re-animation, and Recovery

    Chair: Patricia Jillian Ward, PhD (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine

    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

    Cell Biology

    Neuroscience

    Regenerative Medicine (Stem Cells, Tissue Regeneration, Biomaterials)

  • 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM US EST
    Award Lectures: Henry Gray Scientific, Henry Gray Educator, and AJ Ladman Exemplary Service
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM US EST
    Closing Awards Ceremony Dinner