2025 Anatomy Connected Student/Postdoc Competition Award Finalists
Undergraduate Poster Award
Vaanishree Joshi, The Best of Both Worlds: Exploring Combination Interventions for Increasing Bone Mineral Density in Mice with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
Jason Kamelle, Cadaveric study on morphology and prevalence of myocardial bridging
Sacha Sides, Comparative analysis of aye-aye incisor curvature and morphology in relation to rodents and lagomorphs
Klara Cigosova, The Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Bone Remodeling during physical activity and reduced mechanical loading
Yael Shekel, Endocranial Shape Change in Humans During the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood
Theresa Christiansen, Innervation-dependent postembryonic development of the zebrafish anterior lateral line system
Sacha Freeman, Anatomical variations in arterial angles of separation, artery length, and relationships with veins in the left heart: a cadaveric study
Mishell Benitez, Vertebral Asymmetry in Middle-Aged Male Golfers
Postdoc Scientific Platform Award
Nicha Tokavanich, Ablation of CD200 Mitigates the Primary Failure of Eruption Phenotype in Mice
Alpen Ortug, MRI Study of Subcortical Gray Matter Volume in Critically Ill Infants Following Long-gap Esophageal Repair
Hannah Farrell, The impact of footwear on human talar trabecular architecture
Frederick Foster, Secondary cartilage and the cellular mechanisms of dentary bone growth
Postdoc Scientific Poster Award
Darlington Onyejike, Predicting Post-mortem Interval of Porcine Remains in Choba, Southern Nigeria using Accumulated Degree Days and Total Body Score
Christopher Smith, Revising classic understanding of the inner ear: Morphological evidence for a “third system” in the human labyrinth
Lorena Maili, Ribosome Biogenesis is Essential for Neural Crest Cell Differentiation and Craniofacial Cartilage and Bone Development
Brittany Hufft- Martinez, Proteomic profiling of wild-type and Specc1l mutant palatal shelves reveal novel defects in vesicle transport, mitochondrial function, and metabolism
America Campillo, Exploring human skeletal variation through time: Trabecular bone morphology in the distal tibia of five human populations (400 BCE - modern day)
Okikioluwa Aladeyelu, An inter-observer assessment of mastoid pneumatization and degree classification using sigmoid sinus: Comparing two levels of temporal bone computed tomograms
Ugochukwu Aguwa, Exploring A Novel Colortherapy Neurobehavioural Model In Wistar Rats
Yoon-Gu Jang, Understanding the developmental and molecular basis for a craniofacial metabolic syndrome
Graduate Student Platform Award
Courtney Miller, Early weaning impacts craniofacial development in Osteogenesis imperfecta
Anjali Yadav, Expression of HMGB1 and RAGE in placenta, highlighting their role in preeclampsia
Emily Buchanan, Optimal DBS electrode positioning in the anterior nucleus of the thalamus: A treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy
Gabriel Davis, Assessing an Environmental Model of Vagally-dependent Parkinsonism and Cognitive Deficits associated with Lewy Body Dementia
Graduate Student Poster Award
Jacob Ayers, Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in knee menisci of patients with severe osteoarthritis
Rebecca Cistulli, Correlating age and sex with mineralization of the thyroid cartilage: a computed tomography study
Gwendolyn Moores, The effects of bisphosphonate and exercise treatment on craniofacial morphology in a mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta
Bryce Pattillo, Efficacy of using zoledronate for prevention of craniofacial fractures in mice with osteogenesis imperfecta
Sebastian Kiehn, Mapping the relationship between the common carotid artery bifurcation and key structures in relation to anterior neck landmarks
Spencer Newell, Effect of Estrogen Replacement Therapy on Adrenal Gland Histology in an Ovariectomized Rat Model
Alexis Scudder, The anatomical relationship of the posterior division of the obturator nerve to the obturator externus muscle
Alison Camero, The negative regulation of PR55α-controlled PP2A by the p53 tumor suppressor
Casey Kauffman, Mitigation of Aerosolized Bone Particulate Matter during Calvariectomy Procedure in Human Gross Anatomy Laboratory
Educational Research Platform Award
Nancy Adams, Measuring Self-Efficacy in Gross Anatomy: Creating the GASE
Ashley Walker, Anato-Community: Exploring First Year Medical Students’ Perceived Sense of Community and Learning in a Peer Teaching Environment
Alyssa Ransom, An Anatomy of Absence: Black Students’ Experiences with Representation in Medical Education
Eva Chima, Redefining anatomy education: a descriptive analysis of current views and future approaches on the incorporation of inclusive sex and gender practices
Educational Research Poster Award
Kaitlin Savage, Clinician perspective of essential congenital heart defects for medical and resident anatomy education
Megan Kruskie, “Variation can be scary”: Allied Health Students’ Perspectives on Learning Anatomic Variations
Gavin Smith, Impacts of an undergraduate suturing workshop on wound closure competency
Callia SIlverton, Visual diversity in anatomy teaching material imagery and its relationship with student experience: a retrospective study of anatomical teaching materials
Dallas Galguera-Kelm, Exploring Physician Assistant Student Perspectives of Community-Building in a First-Semester Gross Anatomy Laboratory Course
Cheyenne Leatham, Exploring social and cognitive congruence in anatomy education: dental students' perceptions of graduate teaching assistants and peer tutors in the cadaver lab
Jaden Poulter, Anxiety levels among first-year medical students before anatomy lab: A demographic analysis