Professional Development Sessions
All You Wanted to Know about Personal Statements
Chair: Jonathan Wisco (Boston University School of Medicine)
Rachel Menegaz (University of North Texas Health Science Center)
Personal Statements for Graduate School: Perspectives from an Admissions Committee
Jonathan Wisco (Boston University School of Medicine)
Personal Statements for Health Sciences Professional School: Admissions Committees Want to Hear Your Story
David Asprey (The University of Iowa)
Personal Statement: The Leadership Perspectives
Creating a Tailored Mentoring Program for Retention and Career Advancement of Educational Scholars in Medicine
Chairs: Judith Litvin (Daniels) (Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University) & Steven Popoff (Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University)
Elizabeth Leilani Lee (Cooper University Health Care)
Pre-Tenure Predicament: Balancing Your Students’ Needs and Your Own
Jennifer Kogan (University of Pennsylvania)
Using Peer Observation with Feedback to Improve Teaching Skills
Steven Popoff (Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University)
Career Advancement for Educational Scholars in Academic Medicine
Lab Start Up and Beyond: Managing Money, People and Projects
Chair: Aidan Ruth (Saint Louis University School of Medicine)
Michelle Mazei-Robison (Michigan State University)
Show Me the Money: Tips for Developing and Maintaining a Lab Budget
Dana Duren (University of Missouri School of Medicine)
Choosing and Retaining your Laboratory Team
Martin J. Cohn (University of Florida)
Title TBD
The Invisibility Cloak: Navigating & Supporting Mid-career Academics
Chair: Michell Lazarus (Monash University)
Rebecca Lufler (Tufts University School of Medicine)
The State of Mid-Career Academics Across the Anatomy Disciplines
Valerie Dean O’Loughlin (Indiana University School of Medicine - Bloomington)
Charting a Path out of the Mid-career Doldrums and Towards Promotion to Full Professor
John Bertram (Monash University)
How Can My Departmental Chair Help Me Achieve My Goals?
Education & Teaching
Anatomy of Amputation: Surgical, Biomechanical, and Educational Implications
Chair: Ellen Robertson (University of Mississippi Medical Center)
Benjamin Miller (University of Iowa)
Amputation – from the Routine to the Rotationplasty
Malaka Finco (University of North Texas Health Science Center)
Musculoskeletal and Biomechanical Adaptations Post-Amputation
Miracle Buckley (University of Mississippi Medical Center)
Learning the Legs When You Have None
Applying the Science of Learning for Evidence-Based Instructional Design
Co-sponsored by AAA’s Committee for Early-Career Anatomists
Chairs: Victoria Roach (University of Washington)
Kristina Lisk (University of Toronto)
Explicit Connections Between Anatomy and Clinical Science are Key to Successful Cognitive Integration
Sarah Anderson (University of Calgary)
Methodological Approaches and Considerations for Generating Evidence that Informs the Science of Learning
Theodore Smith (Touro University)
The Brain on Anatomy: An Exploration of Neural Organization in Anatomy Novices and Experts Using fMRI
Authentic Assessments in Anatomical Sciences: How Do We Climb up the Ladder of Integration?
Chairs: Stephen Loftus (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine) & Varna Taranikanti (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine)
Ibrahim Inuwa (Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Health and Medical Sciences)
Maximizing Opportunities for Anatomy Learning: Use of an Authentic OSPE as Part of Assessment in Anatomy
Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan (National University of Singapore)
Can Simulation be a Learning and Assessment Tool for Collaborative Learning in the Preclinical Years?
Varna Taranikanti (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine)
Fostering Students Collaborative Learning through Innovative Integrated Assessments in a Laboratory Setting
Building it Better: How History, Ethics, and Research can Inform the Development of Extended Reality in Anatomy Education
(Hybrid Symposium)
Chairs: Claudia Krebs (University of British Columbia) & Bruce Wainman (McMaster University)
Claudia Krebs (University of British Columbia)
Ethical and Inclusive Design Principles in xR
Bruce Wainman (McMaster University)
A Research-based Approach to Pedagogy in xR - What’s the Evidence?
Codes, Themes, and Methodologies, Oh My! Improving Rigor of Qualitative Research in Anatomy Education
Chair: Angelique Dueñas (Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine)
Angelique Dueñas (Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine)
Back to Basics: Qualitative Research and Methodologies in Anatomy Education
Michelle Lazarus (Monash University)
Re-Framing Reality: Framework Analysis as a Step-Wise Approach to Thematic Analysis
Jessica Byram (Indiana University School of Medicine)
Do you trust me? Rigor and Information Power in Qualitative Research
Cultural and Ethical Considerations Regarding Teaching using Human Remains
Chairs: Valerie D. O’Loughlin (Indiana University School of Medicine - Bloomington) & Anne Burrows (Duquesne University)
Beverley Kramer (University of the Witwatersrand)
Ethics of Procuring a Cadaver Population – a Perspective from South Africa
Amberly Reynolds (Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine) & Elizabeth Pennefather-O’Brien (Medicine Hat College)
Attitudes Regarding Human Remains: Native American and First Nations Perspectives
Pamela Geller (University of Miami)
Without their consent: Handling Legacy Collections and Anatomy Teaching Specimens Acquired without Informed Consent
Decolonizing the Anatomy Curriculum (Roundtable)
Chair: Claire Smith (Brighton and Sussex Medical School)
Claire Smith (Brighton and Sussex Medical School)
What does Decolonizing Mean for Anatomy?
Nalini Pather (University of New South Wales)
What De-colonial Actions are Currently Taking Place in Anatomy?
Sean McWatt (McGill University)
What Does a Post-colonial Anatomy Curriculum Look Like?
Filled to the Brim: Master Class on the Pelvis, Perineum, & Pelvic Health
Chair: Jennifer Dennis (Kansas City University)
Melissa Carroll (George Washington University)
Gross Anatomy of the Pelvis & Pelvic Floor
Kathryn Moore (University of Utah)
The Meso- and Paramesonephros: A Blueprint for Reproductive Development
Karen Snowden (Lehigh Valley Health Network Rehabilitation Services)
Musculoskeletal Considerations in Pelvic Health
Pelvic Anatomy: An Outlet for Inclusion (Roundtable)
Chairs: Kelly Harrell (Virginia Commonwealth University) & Melissa Carroll (George Washington University)
Ben Haseen (Morehouse School of Medicine)
The Importance of Gender Inclusive Terminology in Anatomy Education
Ryan Cox (University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine)
Effective and Affirming Communication with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Patients
Education Platform Session #1
Speakers selected from submitted abstracts
Education Platform Session #2
Speakers selected from submitted abstracts
Education Platform Session #3
Speakers selected from submitted abstracts
Education Platform Session #4
Speakers selected from submitted abstracts
Scientific Sessions
A Multiomics View of Neural Crest Multipotency and Specification
Chairs: Kristin Artinger (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) & Anne-Helene Monsoro-Burq (Institute Curie Paris)
Anne-Helene Monsoro-Burq (Institute Curie Paris)
Single Cell Analysis in Frog, from Neural Border Stages to Migration of NC Cells
Rosa Uribe (Rice University)
Using Single Cell Omics to Understanding Posterior Neural Crest Differentiation in Zebrafish
Ronald Parchem (Baylor College of Medicine)
The Use of Mouse cre Drivers to Test Neural Crest Multipotency
Breaking Down Big Data into Functional Insights
Chair: Paul Kulesa (Stowers Institute for Medical Research)
Cellular Diversity and the Disease Transition Using Light Sheet Microscopy and Single Cell Analysis
Chair: Paul Kulesa (Stowers Institute for Medical Research)
Enhancers in Evolution and Disease
Chair: Licia Selleri (University of California, San Francisco)
Axel Visel (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Distant-acting Enhancers in Development and Disease
Douglas Menke (University of Georgia)
Regulatory Mutations and Convergent Evolution in Anolis Lizards
Jaaved Mohammed ( Stanford University School of Medicine)
Making the Human Face: Elucidating the Role of Enhancers in Hominid Craniofacial Evolution
Epigenetic Regulation of Cardiac Disease
Chairs: Emma Robinson (University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus) & Matthew Stratton (Ohio State University Medical Center)
Federica Accornero (Ohio State University Medical Center)
mRNA Modification: At the Heart of Stress Adaptation
Michiel Alexanian (Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease)
A Transcriptional Switch Governs Fibroblast Activation in Heart Disease
Yibin Wang (University of California Los Angeles)
Regulation of the Translatome in Cardiac Remodeling
Evolution of a Discipline – The Changing Face of Anatomy
Chairs: Jason Organ (Indiana University School of Medicine) & Heather Smith (Midwestern University)
Shawn Boynes (American Association for Anatomy) & Loydie Jerome-Majewska (McGill University)
The Imperative for Scientific Societies to Change the Face of Academia: Recommendations for Immediate Action
Michael Blakey (William & Mary College)
W. Montague Cobb: Near the African Diasporic Origins of Activist and Biocultural Anthropology
Kathleen Muldoon (Midwestern University)
IMPROVing Communication about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Health Professions Education
Feeding Biomechanics and Functional Morphology of Extinct Amniotes (Hybrid Symposium)
Chairs: Christopher Noto (University of Wisconsin-Parkside) & Heather Smith (Midwestern University)
Ali Nabavizadeh (University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine)
Evolutionary Innovations of the Feeding Apparatus in Herbivorous Dinosaurs
Joseph Peterson (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh)
Bite Force and Feeding Traces of Tyrannosaurus throughout Ontogeny: A Review
Foregut Development and Congenital Disease (Hybrid Symposium)
Chair: Jeffrey Bush (University of California, San Francisco)
Xin Sun (University of California, San Diego)
Foregut Development and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Jianwen Que (Columbia University)
Yap/Taz in Foregut Development
High Resolution Whole Brain Mapping Approaches to Examine Cellular Architecture in Mice
Chair: Yongsoo Kim (The Pennsylvania State University)
Jayaram Chandrashekar (HHMI Janelia Research Campus)
Multi-scale Brain-wide Analysis of Connectivity of Individual Neurons in the Mouse Brain
Julie Harris (Cajal Neuroscience)
Mapping Brain-wide Pathologies in Mouse Models of Neurodegeneration
Yongsoo Kim (The Pennsylvania State University)
Neuronal and Non-neuronal Cell Type Mapping in the Mouse Brain
Molecular Complexity and Functional Flexibility of TGFß Family Signaling
Co-sponsored by Developmental Dynamics
Chair: Gary Schoenwolf (University of Utah)
Jan Christian (University of Utah)
BMP and ECM Interactions in Development
Caroline Hill (Crick Institute)
TGFB Signaling in Development and Cancer
Jodie Babbitt (Massachusetts General Hospital)
TGFB Signaling and Nutritional Homeostasis
New Insights into the Anatomy of the Tetrapod Respiratory System
Co-sponsored by Guest Society, International Society of Vertebrate Morphology (ISVM)
Chair: Colleen Farmer (University of Utah)
Celeste Nelson (Princeton University)
Astrid Gillich
Jeff Barrow (Brigham Young University)
Non-traditional Models to Study Craniofacial Development (Hybrid Symposium)
Co-sponsored by the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology (SCGDB)
Chair: David Clouthier (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus)
Daniel Meulemans Medeiros (University of Colorado Boulder)
Lessons from Jawless Fish and Headless Worms about the Origin of the Vertebrate Skull
Michael Shapiro (University of Utah)
Beaks and More Beaks: Genetics of Craniofacial Variation in Darwin’s Pigeons
Perilacunar Remodeling: The Role of Osteocytes in Molding the Bone They Live In
Chair: Tamara Alliston (University of California, San Francisco)
Sarah Dallas (University of Missouri, Kansas City)
Dynamics of Osteocyte Embedding and Differentiation and the Fate of Osteocytes after Bone Resorption
Joel Boerckel (University of Pennsylvania)
Tunnels in the Rock: Mechanobiology of Osteocyte Morphogenesis
Tamara Alliston (University of California, San Francisco)
Osteocyte Control of Bone Quality and Fragility in Skeletal Aging
Racial Disparities in Health and Disease
Chair: Martine Dunnwald (University of Iowa)
Amy Bentley (NIH, National Human Genome Research Institute)
Health Disparities in Cardiometabolic Traits: Genomics, Gaps, and Paradoxes
Donald Glass (UT Southwestern Texas Medical Center)
Dermatologic Health Disparities
Clement Adebamowo (University of Maryland School of Medicine)
Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Outcomes
Revisiting Cell Lineage Commitment: Metaplasia in Regeneration and Disease
Chair: Jason Mills (Baylor College of Medicine)
Jason Mills (Baylor College of Medicine)
Eileen Shore (University of Pennsylvania)
Kathleen DelGiorno (Vanderbilt University)
Metaplasia-induced Epithelial Heterogeneity Directs Pancreatic Injury and Tumorigenesis
The Dynamic Extracellular Matrix—Development, Homeostasis, and Disease
Chair: Rajprasad Loganathan (Johns Hopkins University) & Clarissa Henry (University of Maine)
Sally Horne-Badovinac (The University of Chicago)
Spinning the Matrix – Mechanisms of Basement Membrane Secretion and Assembly
Treena Livingston Arinzeh (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Tissue engineering Strategies to Provide Insights into the Function and Dynamics of the Fibrous ECM
Clarissa Henry (University of Maine)
Extracellular Matrix and Skeletal Muscle Development, Homeostasis, and Disease
The Interstitium and the Etiology of Pain
Chairs: Rebecca Pratt (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine) & Laurice Nemetz (Pace University)
Antonio Stecco (New York University School of Medicine)
Fascia in Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Neil Theise (NYU Grossman School of Medicine)
Evidence for Continuity of Interstitial Spaces across Tissue and Organ Boundaries in Humans
Helene Langevin (National Institutes of Health)
Fascia Mobility and Musculoskeletal Pain
The Microbiome in Health, Disease and Evolution
Chair: Christopher Hernandez (Cornell University)
Christopher Hernandez ( Cornell University)
The Biome and Bone
Laura Weyrich (NIH, NIAID)
The Evolutionary History of Human Microbiota and Why it Matters for Human Health Today
Ivan Vujkovic-Cvijin (Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System)
The Biome in Disease
Vitamins and Minerals in Development and Disease
Chair: Annita Achilleos (University of Nicosia Medical School)
Ross Poche (Baylor College of Medicine)
The Pathophysiology of Cobalamin (vitamin B12) Deficiency Syndromes Impacting Development
Lee Niswander (University of Colorado Boulder)
Micronutrient Balance Related to Neural Tube Defects and Prevention
Paul Trainor (Stowers Institute for Biomedical Research)
The Vitamin A Paradox: Too Much or Too Little Impacts Development and Disease
Wound Healing and Regeneration of Limbs and Organs
Co-sponsored by Developmental Dynamics
Chair: Koji Tamura (Tohoku University)
Catherine McCusker (University of Massachusetts Boston)
Jessica Whited (Harvard University)
Kenneth Poss (Duke University Medical Center)
Animal Models of Diseases Platform Session
Speakers to be selected from submitted abstracts
Biological Anthropology Platform Session
Speakers to be selected from submitted abstracts
Cardiovascular and Muscle Biology Platform Session
Speakers to be selected from submitted abstracts
Comparative Anatomy Platform Session
Speakers to be selected from submitted abstracts
Award Sessions/Lectures
Cell Biology Award Hybrid Symposium
R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology Lecture featuring 2022 Early-Career Investigator Award Recipient
Developmental Biology Award Hybrid Symposium
H.W. Mossman Award in Developmental Biology Lecture featuring 2022 Early-Career Investigator Award Recipient
Morphological Sciences Award Hybrid Symposium
W.M. Cobb Award in Morphological Sciences Lecture featuring 2022 Early-Career Investigator Award Recipient
Neurobiology Award Hybrid Symposium
C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy Lecture featuring 2022 Early-Career Investigator Award Recipient
Henry Gray Scientific Award Lecture
Henry Gray Distinguished Educator Award Lecture
A.J. Ladman Exemplary Service Award Lecture
Keynote and Plenary Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, FASTMH, FAAP
Baylor College of Medicine
Antipoverty Vaccines: The Science vs. The Antiscience
Plenary Speakers
Arthur Lander
University of California, Irvine
Julienne Rutherford
University of Illinois at Chicago