Sessions and Speakers

The theme for our 2024 meeting is Visualization in Anatomy!

Pre-conference Workshops – Friday, March 22

From Theory to Practice – The Basics of Qualitative Research for Anatomy Education
Chairs:  Valerie O’Loughlin (Indiana University School of Medicine - Bloomington) and Stefanie Attardi (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine)
Valerie O'Loughlin and Stacey Dunham (Indiana University School of Medicine - Bloomington)
Qualitative Research Article Critique and Preparing a Reflexivity Statement
Stefanie Attardi (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine)
Thematic Analysis as a Method
Jason Wasserman (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine)
Basic Theory of Qualitative Research Methods

The Future of Anatomical Visualization: Collaborative Digital Morphology with 3D Slicer and SlicerMorph
Chairs:  Rachel Roston (Seattle Children's Research Institute) and Murat Maga (University of Washington, Seattle Children's Research Institute)
Rachel Roston (Seattle Children's Research Institute)
Murat Maga (University of Washington, Seattle Children's Research Institute)

A Tour of Anatomical Representation Throughout History: Materials, Methods and Visualization
This is held off-site at the University of Toronto
Organized by:  Danielle Bentley (University of Toronto) and Judi Laprade (University of Toronto)
Alexandra K. Carter (Librarian, History of Science and Medicine. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto)
Exhibit of historical materials and methods for anatomical visualization
David Mazierski (University of Toronto Mississauga)
Exhibit of Modern Materials and Methods for Anatomical Visualization
This pre-conference workshop will include a guided tour of curated collections displayed at both the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library and Grant’s Anatomy Museum. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with the exhibit collections, while invited presenters will speak to the materials and methods used to produce anatomical visualizations of the respective era. Presented works include, but are not limited to, those from Andreas Vesalius, Govard Bidloo, Henry Gray, John Charles Boileau Grant, Dorothy Chubb, Nancy Joy, David Less Bassett and Daniel John Cunningham.
Transportation is not provided. The University of Toronto is only 1.4 miles away and attendees can walk, take public transportation or Uber.  

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Education & Teaching Sessions 

Embracing AI in Anatomy Education
Co-sponsored by the Anatomical Sciences Education Journal (ASE)
Chair:  Claire Smith (Brighton and Sussex Medical School) 
Claire Smith (Brighton and Sussex Medical School)
Strength: What Does AI do Now to Help Anatomy Education, or to Help You?
Bruce Wainman (McMaster University)
Weakness: What are Your Biggest Fears about Adopting AI in Teaching?
Adam Wilson (Rush University)
Opportunities: What Could AI do in the Future to Help Anatomy Education?
Michelle Lazarus (Monash University)
Threat: What is the Biggest Challenge to Adopting AI in Your Educational Activities?

Failing Forward: Unexpected Learning from Failures in Curriculum Design and Education Research
Chair:  Danielle Bentley (University of Toronto) 
Coral Murrant (University of Guelph)
Classroom-level Perspectives in Failing-Forward in Education Research: Understanding My Classroom Through Trial and Error and Data Collection
Stephen Magliocchetti and Andre Williams (Queen's University)
Student-level Perspectives on Failing-Forward in Education Research: Exploring the Value of Failing in Human Cadaveric Dissection Courses
William (Bill) Ju (University of Toronto)
Program-level Perspectives on Failing-Forward in Education Research

Invisible Bodies: The Sex and Gender Diversity that Textbooks Don’t Show
Chairs:  Valerie DeLeon (University of Florida) and Sacha Sides (University of Florida)
Kelsey Lewis (University at Buffalo)
Development of  Sex Differences in Genitourinary Organs: Implications for Understanding the Diversity of Anatomical Form
Speaker TBD
Theodore Smith (Touro University)
Beyond Rainbows and Pronouns: Moving Anatomy Towards a More Inclusive Paradigm

Seeing the Embryo in Education and Society
Chairs:  Jason Mussell (Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans) and Barbie Klein (University of California, San Francisco)
Jennifer Dennis (Kansas City University)
Convergent Extension: Transitioning Embryology Content and Resources to Better Align with Increasing Ethical Considerations
Rachel Feltman (New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine)
Errors of Omission or Commission: Is Abortion Legislation Intentionally Misleading?
Valerie Lewis-Mosley (Caldwell University)
Theological and Cultural and Biomedical Ethics of Embryology as Human Subject Research

Transdisciplinary Sights – Visualizing Anatomy across Fields to Better Student, Patient and Industry Outcomes
Co-sponsored by the Committee for Early-Career Anatomists (CECA)
Chair:  Andrew Ferriby (The George Washington University)
Yasmeen Mezil (McMaster University)
(Visual) Arts and Anatomy: Fostering the Importance of Observation and Creativity in the Anatomy Lab
Charys M. Martin (University of Western Ontario Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry)
Visualization of Anatomical and Pathological Specimens in a Large Group Setting: A Transdisciplinary and Collaborative Approach to Case-based Integration
Victoria A. Roach (University of Washington)
Visualizing Human Anatomy through Robotic Human Analogues: Leveraging Expertise in Surgery, Engineering and Anatomical Education to Enhance Clinical Skill Acquisition

Trauma Informed Anatomy: How to Support Students Through Dissection
Chairs:  Elizabeth Agosto (Indiana University School of Medicine) and Jessica Byram (Indiana University School of Medicine)
Elizabeth Agosto (Indiana University School of Medicine)
Disrupted Learning: Student Experiences in the Anatomy Lab
Avi Kopstick (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso)
Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care
Sarah Finke (Indiana University School of Medicine)
Practical Approaches to Trauma-Informed Educational Practices

Master Class – Visualizing and Building the Musculoskeletal System
Co-sponsored by Developmental Dynamics, The Anatomical Record, and Anatomical Sciences Education  
Leonard Shapiro (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Transforming Musculoskeletal Anatomy Learning with Haptic Surface Painting
Adam Hartstone-Rose (North Carolina State University)
Frontiers in Myological Visualization
Natasha Chang (McGill University)
Muscle Stem Cell Function in Tissue Homeostasis and Disease

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Professional Development Sessions 

How Far Would You Go for the Perfect Picture?
Chairs:  Claudia Krebs (University of British Columbia) and Kathryn Gretsinger (University of British Columbia)
Sabine Hildebrandt (Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School)
Anatomy in Nazi Germany and the Pernkopf Atlas: How the Past Shines a Light on the Present and Leads to Change in the Practice of a Publisher
Claudia Krebs (University of British Columbia)
The Past Is Present:  The Impact of Historical Anatomy Illustrations on Current Visualizations: Travel with Caution
Jon Cornwall (Otago Medical School)
Anatomists, Ethics, and Safeguarding the Future Anatomical Image

Leveraging Generative AI for Science Communication
Chair:  Patrick Parra Pennefather (University of British Columbia) 
Patrick Parra Pennefather (University of British Columbia/Centre for Digital Media)
Leveraging Generative AI for Science Communication
Michael Hickman (Barrow Neurological Institute)
Leveraging Generative AI for Science Communication
Sean Jeon (The Hive)
Leveraging Generative AI for Science Communication

Reconsent in Whole Body Donation: Ethical and Practical Considerations in Support of Emerging Clinical and Educational Technologies
Chairs:  Laura Johnson (University of Texas Health - San Antonio) and Brandi Schmitt (University of California)
Tom Farsides (University of Sussex)
Ethical Considerations in Offering Nominated Proxies during Consent for Posthumous Body Donation
Angela McArthur (University of Minnesota Medical School)
The University of Minnesota's Experience with the Re-consent Process
Lisa Ikemoto (University of California, Davis)
Issues of Social Justice and Regulatory Aspects of Consent and Post-Mortem Reconsent

The Art of Failing in Anatomy
Chair:  Ellen Robertson (Randolph-Macon College)
Erin Marie Williams-Hatala (Chatham University)
David Morton (University of Utah)
Martine Dunnwald (University of Iowa)

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Scientific Sessions 

21st Century Myology: New Insights from Multiscale Visualization of Skeletal Muscle Morphology
Chair:  Casey Holliday (University of Missouri - Columbia)
Brian Glancy (NHLBI and NIAMS, NIH)
Sustaining Power: Building Energy Networks in Striated Muscles
Andrea Taylor (Touro University)
Immunohistochemistry Reveals Remarkable Diversity of Myosin Heavy Chain Expression in Primate Chewing Muscles
Casey Holliday (University of Missouri)
3D Muscle Architecture and its Applications in Comparative Functional Morphology

Design Thinking and Visual Communication through the Lens of the Medical Illustrator
Co-sponsored by the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI)
Chair:  Jill Gregory (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) 
Christopher M. Smith (American Museum of Natural History)
The Medical Illustrator’s Toolkit Drives New Approaches to Anatomical Research
Joy Qu and Lesia Szyca (University Health Network)
Crafting Clarity: How to Tell Complex Surgical Stories
Shehryar (Shay) Saharan & Naomi Robson (University of Toronto)
Beyond the Books: Exploring the Potential of Design, Interactivity, and Learner-centered Thinking in Anatomical Education

Emerging Role of Cell Transdifferentiation and Reprogramming during Craniofacial Development and Diseases
Chair:  Yan Jing (Texas A & M School of Dentistry) 
Ralph Marcucio (University of California, San Francisco)
Metaplasia in the Skeleton: Historical Context and Molecular Mechanisms of Chondrocyte to Osteoblast Transformation
Zhengyi Chen (Harvard Medical School)
Reprogramming by Drug-Like Molecules in Hair Cell Regeneration in the Mature Inner Ear
Yan Jing (Texas A&M School of Dentistry)
Direct Cell Transdifferentiation from Tendon to Bone in TMJ Growth and Repair

Imaging Developmental Processes: A New Frontier for Congenital Disorders
Chair:  D'Juan Farmer (University of California, Los Angeles)
Mary Baylies (Sloan Kettering Institution)
Imaging Muscle Development and Use in Drosophila
D'Juan Farmer (University of California, Los Angeles)
Visualization of Calvaria Morphogenesis and Fusion in Zebrafish
Sevan Hopian (The Hospital for Sick Children)
Assessment of Mechanical Forces in the Control of Cell Behaviors and Tissue Shapes during Limb Development

Master Class – Visualizing and Building the Musculoskeletal System
Co-sponsored by Developmental Dynamics, The Anatomical Record and Anatomical Sciences Education  
Leonard Shapiro (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Transforming Musculoskeletal Anatomy Learning with Haptic Surface Painting
Adam Hartstone-Rose (North Carolina State University)
Frontiers in Myological Visualization
Natasha Chang (McGill University)
Muscle Stem Cell Function in Tissue Homeostasis and Disease

Mechanisms Regulating Alveologenesis, the Final Stage of Lung Development
Chair:  H. Joseph Yost (University of Utah) 
Parviz Minoo (USC Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research)
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Alters Growth Factor Signaling in the Neonatal Lung
Anne Karina Perl (University of Cincinnati)
Functional Changes in Alveolar Fibroblasts in Response to Lung Injury
David M. Ornitz (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis)
FGF18 and the Regulation of Mesenchymal Cells in the Neonatal Lung

Nervous Service - Peripheral Nervous System Influences Nearby Tissues in Development, Disease, and Repair
Chairs:  Caroline Halmi (University of Maryland) and Alyssa Moore (University of Western Ontario)
Yosuke Mukouyama (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Freda Miller (University of British Columbia)
Elizabeth Engle (Harvard Medical School)

New Insights into Neurogenesis Development, Health and Disease
Co-sponsored by Developmental Dynamics
Chair:  Paul Trainor (Stowers Institue for Medical Research) 
Genevieve Bernard (McGill University)
Neurogenesis and Disease - bedside to bench and bench to bedside
Angelo Iulianella (Dalhousie University)
Neurogenesis and Repair – Maintenance of Neural Health
2 additional talks selected from abstracts

Pain's Intricacies: Unveiling Mechanisms and Emotional Ties
Chairs:  Caio Sarmento (California State University, Fresno) and Rebecca L Pratt (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine)
Mary F. Barbe (Temple University)
Contributions of Chronic Inflammation and Tissue Fibrosis to Musculoskeletal Dysfunction and Pain
Serge Marchand (Université de Sherbrooke)
Biomarkers in Diverse Populations Experiencing Pain
Allan I. Basbaum (University of California, San Francisco)
Visualizing Spinal Cord Neurons in Awake, Behaving Mice

Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Dynamic Anatomical Systems
Chairs:  Irfan Saadi (University of Kansas Medical Center) and Michael Washburn (University of Kansas Medical Center)
Rebekah Gundry (University of Nebraska Medical Center)
Quantitative Proteomics in Heart Development and Disease
Jeffrey Savas (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Synaptopathies and Proteinopathies in the Mammalian Nervous System
Michael Washburn (University of Kansas Medical Center)
Innovative Proteomic Technologies to Study Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Cancer

The Emerging Role of Nerves in Regulation of Growth and Regeneration
Chair:  Samantha Payne (University of Guelph)
Samantha Payne (University of Guelph)
Investigating the role of neurons in scar formation using in vitro co-culture models
Mayumi Ito Suzuki (NYU Grossman School of Medicine)
James Monaghan (Northeastern University)

Using Advanced 3D Imaging Modalities to Unlock Secrets of the Ancient, Developmental, and Adult Morphogenesis
Chairs:  Paul Kulesa (University of Notre Dame) and Timothy C. Cox (University of Missouri – Kansas City)
speakers to be announced soon

Visualizing Craniofacial Development: From Genomic Regulation to Morphology
Co-sponsored by the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology (SCGDB)
Chair:  Matthew Harris (Harvard Medical School; Boston Children's Hospital)
Kory Evans (Rice University)
Samantha Brugmann (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)
Visualizing Molecular and Morphological Ciliopathic Phenotypes
Benedikt Hallgrimsson (University of Calgary)
Morphometrics and the Muddle in the Middle: New Approaches to Understanding Genotype-Phenotype Maps for Craniofacial Variation

Visualizing the #BirdAgenda: Integrating Novel Imaging Modalities into Avian Functional Morphology
Co-sponsored by The Anatomical Record
Chair:  Emma Schachner (University of Florida) 
Emma R. Schachner (University of Florida)
Visualizing the Impact of Pulmonary Diverticula on Flight in Hawks and Other Soaring Birds
Emily Lessner (Denver Museum of Nature and Science)
Diversity and Evolution of the Avian Trigeminal Sensory System as Revealed by Contrast-Enhanced CT-Imaging
Chris Griffin (Yale University)
Using Novel Embryonic Imaging Methods to Characterize the Developmental Mechanisms Underlying the Evolution of the Avian Pelvis