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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • 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