What is the AAA? The American Association of Anatomists was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1888, for the "advancement of anatomical science." Today, via research, education, and professional development activities, AAA serves as the professional home for an international community of biomedical researchers and educators focusing on anatomical form and function. Staff | Contact Us | Board of Directors | Proceedings | Committees, Committee Descriptions, and Committee Scopes Meetings | Membership Benefits & Awards |Professional Development | Publications In addition to being the primary educators of medical students in their first year of medical school, AAA members worldwide work in imaging, cell biology, genetics, molecular development, endocrinology, histology, neuroscience, forensics, microscopy, physical anthropology, and numerous other exciting and developing areas. Anatomy is a vibrant and growing discipline, truly the backbone of biomedical science. On the right is a partial list of areas of research, practice and education covered by AAA's members and its annual meeting. Meetings AAA convenes at Experimental Biology, a multi-society, interdisciplinary, scientific meeting co-sponsored by the following societies: American Association of Immunology (AAI), American Physiology Society (APS), American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP), American Society for Nutrition, Inc. (ASN) and American Society for Pharmacological and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). Participants at AAA's meeting are also invited to attend any other society's sessions, and to make use of on-site career services, and an extensive exhibit of scientific equipment, supplies, and publications. AAA's scientific meeting offers a four-day Education & Teaching track, including symposia, workshops, master classes, roundtables, and refresher courses. Other sessions include a diverse array of award and plenary lectures, symposia, platform sessions, and oral and poster presentations. Membership Benefits & Awards AAA offers a wide range of services to its members including educational resources such as an exam question databank and virtual image library, as well as a generous awards program for students and professionals at all levels of their career. AAA members may apply for up to $3,000 of support toward hosting an educational or research meeting, $5,000 for a postdoctoral fellow or junior faculty member undertaking an educational research project, and up to $20,000 of postdoctoral fellowship support. All graduate and postdoctoral student members who submit an abstract to AAA's annual meeting are guaranteed either a $250 or $350 travel award to the AAA annual meeting at Experimental Biology. Professional Development AAA wants to be your anatomy department by providing a variety of resources to enhance your professional development. Our annual meeting has a new professional development track to assist you with your professional goals in addition to numerous networking opportunities throughout the meeting. But the opportunities do not stop there! AAA leaders provide career mentoring for student, postdoc and early career members through our Mentoring Program. In addition, our website has a whole host of professional development resources including our Career Center - with everything from job postings to nationwide education and training opportunities - and information on our new Anatomy Training Program (co-sponsored by AAA and the Anatomical Society of Great Brittan and Ireland [ASGBI]) - which provides training for those new to teaching anatomy or who are switching which courses they teach. Publications AAA publishes three peer-reviewed journals: Anatomical Sciences Education, Developmental Dynamics and The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology. The Anatomical Record's aim is to focus on hypothesis-based research in the anatomical consequences of gene disruption, activation, or over expression upon cell, tissue, or organ architecture, as well as advances in a variety of imaging modalities. Emphasizing tissue, cellular and molecular-genetic mechanisms of morphogenesis, Developmental Dynamics publishes research articles, topic reviews, hot new techniques, expression patterns, mutant phenotypes, book reviews and meeting reviews. A subscription to either The Anatomical Record or Developmental Dynamics is free with AAA membership. In addition, AAA members will receive a complimentary electronic subscription to AAA's newest journal, Anatomical Sciences Education. The aim of the Anatomical Sciences Education journal is to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas, opinions, innovations and research on topics related to education in the anatomical sciences of gross anatomy, embryology, histology, and neurosciences at all levels of anatomical sciences education including, undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, allied health, medical (both allopathic and osteopathic), and dental. To learn more about any of our journal and to submit a manuscript, click here .

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