Student/Postdoc Competition Award Winners and Finalists
Platform Award Finalists
Postdoctoral Platform Presentation Award Finalists
Sponsored by Developmental Dynamics
Deanna Goldstein (Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University)
A Knuckle-Walking Signal in the Trabecular Architecture of the African Ape Scaphoid
Christopher Griffin (Yale University)
The Developing Bird Pelvis Passes Through Ancestral Archosaurian and Dinosaurian Conditions
Allison Machnicki (Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine)
Juvenile Mice Exhibit Inverse Catch-Up Growth but Retain Disorganized Growth Plates Following a High-Fat to Low-Fat Diet Intervention
Alpen Ortug (Harvard Medical School)
Human Fetal Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Tells Future Emergence of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Langman Graduate Student Platform Presentation Award Finalists
Tooba Husain (University of North Texas Health Science Center)
Neurocranial Growth in the OIM Mouse Model of Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Lila Huston (University of North Texas Health Science Center)
Cochlear Duct Abnormalities in Mice With Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Adam Jaremek (University of Western Ontario)
Elucidating the Role of Hypoxia Signaling in Placental Trophoblast Differentiation
Katharine Ryan (University of Tennessee)
Employing Spherical Harmonics in Assessing the 3D Shape Variation and Evolutionary Potential of Human Sphenoidal Sinuses
Educational Research Platform Presentation Award Finalists
Alan Boyd (Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences)
Effects of Partner vs Individual Restudy Techniques on Knowledge and Confidence While Learning Anatomy
Megan Fagalde (Indiana University School of Medicine)
Foundational Anatomy Knowledge Correlates with Success in Medical Anatomy
Michelle Sveistrup (The University of Western Ontario)
Do Our Hands See What Our Eyes See: Investigating the Relationships Between Spatial and Haptic Abilities
Catherine Wang (McGill University)
Student Approach to Learning and Visuospatial Ability as Independent Predictors of Academic Performance in Human Anatomy
Poster Award Finalists
Postdoctoral Poster Presentation Award Finalists
Gary Farkas (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine)
Cardiac Structure and Function Relates to Body Composition and Metabolic Profiles in High Spinal Cord Injury
Todd Green (New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine)
2D Geometric Morphometric Shape Analysis of Casuarius casuarius (Aves: Paleognathae) Cranial Casques
Katharine Lee (Washington University in St Louis)
Menstrual Experiences after COVID-19 Vaccination in a Non-Menstruating Gender Diverse Sample
Carrie Leonard (University of Maryland College Park)
Neural Crest-Specific Elp1 Deletion Disrupts Trigeminal Ganglion Development in a Model of Familial Dysautonomia
Zachary Morris (Yale University)
Patterns of Secondary Palate Convergence across Amniota
Courtney Orsbon (University of Vermont)
Human Hyoid Descent is Adaptive rather than Maladaptive for Swallowing Performance: An Experimental and Computational Argument
Lindsey Rhea (The University of Iowa)
ARHGAP29 Regulates Keratinocyte Migration through the RhoA/ROCK Pathway
Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award Finalists
Jacob Fanous (University of Western Ontario)
Revisiting the Anconeus using Functional Ultrasound Imaging
Sarah Forman (Kansas City University)
An Exploration of the Sympathetic Component of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
Wayne Ngo (University of North Texas Health Science Center)
Additive Effects of Diabetes and Lower-Limb Amputation on Osteoarthritis with Comparison to Diabetic and Healthy Controls
Melissa Rivera-Lopez (University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus)
The Effect of Atrazine on Fear Behaviors in Rats
Taylor Robertson (University of North Texas Health Science Center)
Massage Application to Increase the Spread of Local Anesthesia in Sciatic Nerve Blocks: A Cadaveric Study
Ashly Romero (University of Arkansas)
The Role of Social Group and Matriline on Fluctuating Asymmetry in Female Rhesus Macaques
Ruth Thomas (The University of Western Ontario)
Late Gestation Exposure to PolyI:C-Induced Maternal Immune Activation Results in Sex-Dependent Antiviral Responses in Rat Placenta
Shiaomeng Tse (Boston University School of Medicine)
Determining the Association Between Density of Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor M3 in Myocardium and Tunica Media of Coronary Vasculature and Self-Reported Disease States
Student/Postdoctoral Education Research Poster Presentation Award Finalists
Sponsored by Anatomical Sciences Education
Andrew Cale (Indiana University School of Medicine)
An Exploration of Metacognitive Practices in Gross Anatomy Educators
Michael Leake (The Ohio State University)
Surgical Faculty’s Perspectives on the Unknown Utility of Alcohol-Preservation in Surgical Resident Education
Kyle Robertson (Indiana University School of Medicine)
Students' Perception of the Anatomy Educational Environment at Regional Medical Campuses (RMC) and Main Campus
Kathryn Veazey (University of Mississippi Medical Center)
Clinical Communication Skills Training in Third- and Fourth-Year Medical Students: A Qualitative Study
Joseph Vigoda (Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
Experiential Factors Affecting the Empathy of Students in their Pre-Clinical Year(S) of 21 Universities
Gregory Wehrman (The University of Tennessee - Knoxville)
Assessing Attitudes About Returning to In-person Learning Among Physician Assistant Students Using Q Methodology
Rebecca Wisner (Indiana University School of Medicine)
Eponyms or Descriptive Terms: Perspectives from Allied Health Students
Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Award Finalists
Beryl Arnould (McGill University)
Anatomical Variations of the Liver and its Suspensory System: A Cadaver-Based Study
Vincent Kipkorir (University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences)
Age-Related Changes in the Structure of the Cavotricuspid Isthmus in an East African Population
Lauren Murabito (University of Arkansas)
Craniofacial Bone Mineral Density at Muscle Attachment Sites in Mice with Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Miette Ogg (University of Florida)
Increased Integration in Mutant Mice: An Analysis of the Patterns of Covariance through Ontogeny in Fgfr2 Mice
Amanda Pennings (University of Florida)
Cranial Dysmorphology in the Palatine, Vomer, and Pterygoid Plates of Fgfr2 mice
Alexander Pocwierz (West Virginia University School of Medicine)
Supernumerary Branches of the Dorsomedial Cutaneous Nerve of the Hallux Crossing the Extensor Hallucis Longus Tendon
Joshua Taylor (James Madison University)
Function of the Intrinsic Foot Muscles During Balance and Turning
Baonhu Tran (University of Texas at Arlington)
An In Silico Method for Modeling the Nasal Cycle in 3D: Implications for Assessing Human Nasal Form and Function