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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 DevelopmentEducation & 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
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Getting to the Heart of Vascular Development, Disease and Regeneration
    Chair: Gary C. Schoenwolf, Ph.D (he/him/his) – University of Utah School of Medicine
    Cell Biology
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue
  • 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 TissueEducation & Teaching
  • 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: Debra Herrmann – George Washington University
    Career and Professional DevelopmentEducation & 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
    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 TissueCell Biology
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST
    Cellular, Developmental, Reproductive Biology Platform (RepoDevo)
    Chair: Kristin Artinger, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Cell BiologyBones/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
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    Developmental Biology Award Hybrid Symposium
    Chair: Christopher J. Percival, PhD (he/him/his) – Stony Brook University
    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
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    Comparative Morphology Platform
    Chair: Callum F. Ross – University of Chicago
    Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    Neurobiology Award Hybrid Symposium
    Chair: Neus Martínez-Abadías, PhD – Universitat de Barcelona
  • 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 TissueCell Biology
  • 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
  • 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 TissueCell Biology
  • 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