Student/Postdoc Competition Award Winners and Finalists
Congratulations to the following Student and Postdoc poster and oral competition award winners!
Platform Award Winners
Postdoctoral Platform Presentation Award
Sponsored by Developmental Dynamics
1st Place - Brittany Kenyon-Flatt, North Carolina State University
The Impediment of Sex on Taxonomy: A Case Study in Macaque Monkeys
2nd Place - M. Kathleen Pitirri, Pennsylvania State University
Differentiation of Osteoblast Lineage Cells that Form Dermal Bones and
Sutures of the Anterior Cranial Vault in Development and Disease
Langman Graduate Student Platform Presentation Award
1st Place - Michelle Klausner, University of Western Ontario
Interleukin-15 Regulates Decidual Osteopontin Expression in Rats
2nd Place - Breanne Gibson, Vanderbilt University
Inhibition of Early Plasmin Activation Following Thermal Injury
Attenuates Systemic Inflammatory Markers and Inflammation within Injured
Muscle
Educational Research Platform Presentation Award
1st Place - Hailey Bunker, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
What the Head and Neck? A Study of Integrated Gross Anatomy with Embryology and its Effect on Learning and Retention
2nd Place - Megan Fagalde, Indiana University
A Method to Determine Baseline Anatomy Knowledge Among Matriculating Professional Allied Health Students
Poster Award Winners
Postdoctoral Poster Presentation Award
1st Place - Carrie Leonard, University of Maryland College Park
Disrupted Trigeminal Ganglion Development in a Mouse Model of Familial Dysautonomia
2nd Place - Todd Green, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Potentially Neomorphic Cranial Bone Revealed in First Micro-CT Study of Southern Cassowary Casque Development
Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award
1st Place - Courtney Miller, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Craniofacial Bone Mineral Density during Growth in Mice with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
2nd Place - Jacob Fanous, University of Western Ontario
How Important is the Big Toe?: Functional Anatomy of Hallux Flexion
Student/Postdoctoral Education Research Poster Presentation Award Finalists
Sponsored by Anatomical Sciences Education
1st Place - Angelique Dueñas, Hull York Medical School
"There's no way that I'm going to rock up to a pub now with a pig heart": Anatomy Outreach during COVID-19
2nd Place - Andrew Cale, Indiana University School of Medicine
Realistic Implementation of Metacognitive Activities in an Allied Health Anatomy Course
Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Award Finalists
1st Place - Minh Hanh Doan, University of Guelph
Ontogenetic Changes in the Reptilian Heart: An Investigation of
Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Hyperplasia in the Leopard Gecko
(Eublepharis macularius)
2nd Place - Marieke Sorge, Arizona State University
Functional Specialization and Arm Length in Octopus bimaculoides
Platform Award Finalists
Postdoctoral Platform Presentation Award Finalists
Sponsored by Developmental Dynamics
Mohamed El-Sherbiny, Almaarefa University
Phenethyl Isothiocyanate Alleviates Renal Injury in STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats: Effect on Oxidative Stress, Glycative Stress and Inflammation
Hayley Fisher, University of Pittsburgh
Neural Compensation in a Novel Operant Devaluation Task in Rats
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt, North Carolina State Univeristy
The Impediment of Sex on Taxonomy: A Case Study in Macaque Monkeys
M. Kathleen Pitirri, Pennsylvania State University
Differentiation of Osteoblast Lineage Cells that Form Dermal Bones and Sutures of the Anterior Cranial Vault in Development and Disease
Langman Graduate Student Platform Presentation Award Finalists
Breanne Gibson, Vanderbilt University
Inhibition of Early Plasmin Activation Following Thermal Injury Attenuates Systemic Inflammatory Markers and Inflammation within Injured Muscle
Michelle Klausner, University of Western Ontario
Interleukin-15 Regulates Decidual Osteopontin Expression in Rats
Kyle Moehlin, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
A Novel Formula for Estimating Liver Volume in Elderly Subjects: A Cadaveric study
Nurul Jannah Nasir, Duke-NUS Medical School
The Panniculus Carnosus Layer Exhibits Poor Regeneration and Deformed Geometry Following Pressure Injury: Implications for Biomechanical Protection
Educational Research Platform Presentation Award Finalists
Hailey Bunker, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
What the Head and Neck? A Study of Integrated Gross Anatomy with Embryology and its Effect on Learning and Retention
Charles Coker, Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine
A Head Above the Rest: Use of Prosected Specimens Increases Practical Exam Performance for Head and Neck Anatomy
Megan Fagalde, Indiana University
A Method to Determine Baseline Anatomy Knowledge Among Matriculating Professional Allied Health Students
Hannah Herriott, Indiana University School of Medicine
Identification of Potentially Inhibitory Interprofessional Power Dynamics Among Healthcare Students
Poster Award Finalists
Postdoctoral Poster Presentation Award Finalists
Todd Green, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Potentially Neomorphic Cranial Bone Revealed in First Micro-CT Study of Southern Cassowary Casque Development
Priyanka Kumari, University of Iowa
Identification of a Non-Coding SNP Associated with Risk for Non-Syndromic Orofacial Clefting with Allele-Specific Effects on IRF6 Expression In Vitro
Carrie Leonard, University of Maryland College Park
Disrupted Trigeminal Ganglion Development in a Mouse Model of Familial Dysautonomia
Heather Richbourg, University of California, San Francisco
Mapping the Multi-Modal Distribution of Craniofacial Phenotypes in NOSIP Mutants
Na Xu, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Pharmacological Inhibition of Macrophage Infiltration Prevents Myxomatous Valve Degeneration in Marfan Syndrome
Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award Finalists
Jay Byrd, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Biomechanics of an Accessory Clavicular Head to the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle: Cadaveric Case and 3D Modeling
Jacob Fanous, University of Western Ontario
How Important is the Big Toe?: Functional Anatomy of Hallux Flexion
Edwin Glueck, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Investigation of a Novel Cranial Ligament Between the Occiput and Cervical Spinal Dura
Deanna Goldstein, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Carpal Shape Variation Between Pan and Gorilla Mirrors That of Other Mammals With Similar Body Size Differences
Courtney Miller, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Craniofacial Bone Mineral Density during Growth in Mice with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
Ashina Nagra, University of British Columbia
The Role of CSF1R in Early Tooth Development
Alex Taylor, Saint Louis University
Using Quantitative Ultrasound to Evaluate Postmortem Adult Bone Quality
Cassaundra White, Marshall University
High-Fat Diet Alters Body Composition and Serum Cytokines before the Overt Onset of Obesity
Student/Postdoctoral Education Research Poster Presentation Award Finalists
Sponsored by Anatomical Sciences Education
Casey Boothe, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Preparing Future Faculty: Directing a Course as a Graduate Student Develops Autonomous, Flexible, Student-Centered Educators
Andrew Cale, Indiana University School of Medicine
Realistic Implementation of Metacognitive Activities in an Allied Health Anatomy Course
Da'Quan Craven, Indiana University
Exploring Metacognition in Graduate Histology Students
Angelique Dueñas, Hull York Medical School
"There's no way that I'm going to rock up to a pub now with a pig heart": Anatomy Outreach during COVID-19
Natascha Heise, Colorado State University
A Large-Scale Virtual Reality Deployment for Distance Education in Human Anatomy
Andrew Hull, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Embryorigami: The Educational Impact of 4D Virtual Folding Embryo Model on Student Learning and Confidence
Alexis MacDonald, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
No Need to Reinvent - Augmenting a Flipped Class Histology Curriculum with a Commercial Online Course
Daniel Mumbower, Baylor College of Medicine
Impact of Online Education on Anatomy Test Results
Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Award Finalists
Annika Covington, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dissection-Based Investigation of Variations in Major Gross Arterial Supply to the Trigeminal Ganglion
Minh Hanh Doan, University of Guelph
Ontogenetic Changes in the Reptilian Heart: An Investigation of Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Hyperplasia in the Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
Shelby Kuhnert, Missouri Southern State University
An Exploration of the Sympathetic Component of the Right Phrenic Nerve
Marieke Sorge, Arizona State University
Functional Specialization and Arm Length in Octopus bimaculoides
Lydia Tierney, Indiana University School of Dentistry
Bisperoxovanadium Promotes Motor Neuron Survival in Models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis