Anatomy Research Seminars

Fall 2024

Digital pair-matching based on a mesh-to-mesh comparison of 3D images
Yangseung Jeong,  Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Tuesday, October 8, 12:p0 am

Summer 2024

PhD Proposal Defense: No One Nose – Reevaluating the role of the respiratory system in human thermoregulation
Baonhu Tran,  UNTHSC
Monday, August 5, 10:00 am

Evolutionary population genetic approaches to study modern human skeletal variation
An-Di Yim, PhD, Forensic Sciences Program, George Mason University
Thursday, July 18, 12:30 pm

Life history tradeoffs between childhood growth and immune function among Shuar forager-horticulturalists of Amazonian Ecuador
Josh Snodgrass, PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon
Thursday, July 11, 3:30 pm

Ontogenetic change in predicted blood flow rates to the brain in humans and chimpanzees
Arianna Harrington, PhD, Department of Biology, Southern Utah University
Monday, July 8, 11:00 am

Do the math or someone will do it for you: Race, racism, variation, and the prospect of precision medicine
Charles Roseman, PhD, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Monday, July 1, 11:00 am

Does Skeletal Maturation Influence Outcomes Following Vertebral Body Tethering?
Melanie Boeyer, PhD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Missouri
Tuesday, June 25, 3:00 pm

Spring 2024

Cervical intradiscal pressure considerations for rehabilitation in supine postures: A cadaveric investigation
Marc Crawford, PT, PhD, Department of Physical Therapy, UNTHSC
Thursday, April 4, 1:00 pm

MS Practicum Defense: ADAM19 and ADAMS4 expression in human optic nerve head astrocytes
Tony Easo,  UNTHSC
Wednesday, April 3, 9:00 am

MS Practicum Defense: Assessment of digit skin temperatures via infrared thermography under different climatic conditions
Chloe Boettger,  UNTHSC
Tuesday, April 2, 12:00 pm

PhD Dissertation Defense: Investigating the link between gross anatomy and ultrasound education: Implications for students learning clinical anatomy
Taylor Robertson,  UNTHSC
Monday, April 1, 1:00 pm

Anthropological trauma research in a medical examiner setting
Christopher Rainwater, PhD, Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office
Monday, March 11, 11:00 am

Beyond Bones: Hip functional morphology in hominins and clinical pelvic reaction cases
Rebecca Cook, Duke University
Tuesday, February 6, 2:00 pm

Effects of hip joint orientation and skeletal torsion on human locomotion
Austin Lawrence, PhD,  University of Chicago
Tuesday, January 30, 11:00 am

Bridging prosthetic research and clinical practice
Graci Finco, PhD, CPO, Baylor College of Medicine
Wednesday, January 24, 11:00 am
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Summer 2023

Uses of cortical bone histology in forensic anthropology
Christian Crowder, PhD,  Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office
Friday, June 23, 1:00 pm
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Functional anatomy of primate bipedalism
Neysa Grider-Potter, PhD,  UT Health San Antonio
Wednesday, May 24, 2:00 pm
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Spring 2023
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PhD Education Seminar: Biomechanics and functional anatomy of the shoulder
Indya Thompson, UNTHSC
Wednesday, May 3, 10:00 am.

Biomechanics research to improve understanding and clinical management of patellofemoral pain
Lee Atkins, PT, PhD,  UNTHSC
Monday, April 10, 12:00 pm
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PhD Dissertation Defense: Quantifying student satisfaction and academic performance: A comparison of four active learning techniques in an online, asynchronous, graduate anatomy course
Libby Bradley, UNTHSC
Thursday, April 6, 11:00 am
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PhD Dissertation Defense: The interactive influence of climate and energetics on human nasal morphology
Alexa Kelly, UNTHSC
Wednesday, April 5, 9:00 am
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Behavioral responses to environmental manipulation: what can extant primates tell us about arboreal adaptation in early primates?
Bern Perchalski, PhD,  UNTHSC
Wednesday, March 22, 12:00 pm
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Climate and variation in modern human skeletal anatomy
Elizabeth Cho, PhD,  UNTHSC
Tuesday, February 21, 10:00 am
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Functional signals in the platyrrhine dentognathic complex with implications for the primate fossil record
Zachary Klukkert, PhD,  University of Central Michigan
Tuesday, February 7, 11:00 am
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Health consequences at the intersection of urbanization and climate change: Sex differences in mortality risk from 13th to 18th century Berlin
Emily Brennan,  University of South Carolina
Wednesday, January 25, 1:30 pm
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Fall 2022
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MS Proposal Defense: A novel staining and scanning methodology for visualizing skeletal and soft tissues using micro-CT
Javan Stalls,  UNTHSC
Tuesday, November 29, 2:00 pm
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PhD Dissertation Defense: Does Diversity Matter?  Disparities in diagnostic delays and contralateral risk factors with slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Maureen Purcell, UNTHSC
Wednesday, November 9, 12:00 pm
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The ins and outs of skull bone growth: Bone biomechanics and phenotypic variation in a mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta
Courtney Miller, UNTHSC
Wednesday, November 2, 12 pm
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PhD Dissertation Defense: Quantifying musculoskeletal and biomechanical symmetry in individuals with lower-limb amputation: A step towards assessing injury and fall risk
Graci Finco, UNTHSC
Tuesday, October 9, 12:00 pm
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Spring/Summer 2022
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Simulating the past: Musculoskeletal modeling in paleoanthropology
Adam Sylvester, PhD, John Hopkins University
Thursday, August 11, 12:00 pm
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Learning from 200 years of Mendel: Lessons from genophagy to GWAS
Charles Roseman, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Monday, August 8, 11:00 am
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Evolutionary and health implications of brown fat activity in Samoan adults
Alexandra Niclou, PhD, University of Notre Dame
Thursday, August 4, 12:00 pm
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PhD Proposal Defense: Musculoskeletal craniofacial evolution & developmental plasticity during early life oral motor development
Courtney Miller,  UNTHSC
Wednesday, June 22, 12:00 pm
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MS Practicum Defense: Ultrasound massage to decrease anesthetic spread in supraclavicular blocks: A cadaveric study
Taylor Coffman,  UNTHSC
Tuesday, June 21, 1:00 pm
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PhD Proposal Defense: Quantification of learning transfer: The relationship between gross anatomy knowledge and ultrasound imaging
Taylor Robertson,  UNTHSC
Monday, June 20, 2:00 pm
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Was there a sensory trade-off in primate evolution?
Eva Garrett, PhD, Boston University
Tuesday, June 6, 10:30 am
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Evolutionary adaptations: Research during Covid
Kate Lesciotto, PhD, Sam Houston State University COM
Tuesday, May 13, 9:00 am
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PhD Dissertation Defense: Three-Dimensional variation in maxillary sinus anatomy: Implications for health disparities in sinonasal disease
Suhhyun ‘Sarah’ Kim,  UNTHSC
Tuesday, March 29, 9:00 am
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Fall 2021
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MS Research Proposal Defense: CT-based assessment of lower limb surface area, volume, and tissue composition: Implications for ecogeographic rules of thermoregulation
Clay Carey,  UNTHSC
Friday, December 3, 1:00 pm
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Functional outcomes in COPD: Synthesis of basic and clinical research
Jenna Yentes, PhD, Texas A&M University
Friday, November 19, 11:00 am
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What small teeth you have! How domestication turned big animals into small pets
Emma Handler, PhD, UNTHSC
Friday, November 12, 7:00 pm
“DFW Tap Talks – Science Distilled” speaker series
Rahr & Sons Brewing Co.
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MS Research Proposal Defense: Dental developmental differences in a mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta
Jake Moore,  UNTHSC
Thursday, November 11, 11:00 am
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Doctor of Philosophy: Your gateway to research
Barrett Cromeens, DO/PhD, Indiana University
Thursday, November 11, 12:00 pm
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MS Research Proposal Defense: Osteogenesis Imperfecta: An analysis of the middle and inner ear development in Mus musculus (house mouse) with comments on hearing quality
Milo Huston,  UNTHSC
Friday, October 22, 1:00 pm
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MS Research Proposal Defense: Neurocranial Growth in the OIM Mouse Model of Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Tooba Husain,  UNTHSC
Wednesday, September 22, 10:00 am
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Spring 2021
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How does natural selection walk and chew gum at the same time?
Michael Granatosky, PhD, New York Institute of Technology
Thursday, April 29, 1:00 pm (Online seminar)
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PhD Education Seminar:  The biomechanics and evolution of gait
Libby Bradley, UNTHSC (Reeves Lab)
Monday, Monday 26, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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PhD Research Proposal Defense:  Lower-limb symmetry in individuals with unilateral amputations: Using anatomical and biomechanical techniques to inform clinical practice
Graci Finco, UNTHSC (Patterson Lab)
Thursday, April 22, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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Digital anthropology down under: CT-based investigations of the biology and behavior of ancient Australians
Arthur Durband, PhD, Texas Tech University
Thursday, April 15, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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MS Internship Practicum Seminar: Effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment on parkinsonian gait: A statistical parametric mapping analysis
Zachary Terrell, UNTHSC (Patternson Lab)
Thursday, April 8, 1:00 pm (Online seminar)
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MS Internship Practicum Seminar: The effect of tooth loss on craniofacial morphology
Andrew Su, UNTHSC (Menegaz Lab)
Monday, April 5, 1:00 pm (Online seminar)
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MS Internship Practicum Seminar: Sexual dimorphism within dental microstructure
Sara Aldeeb, UNTHSC (Handler Lab)
Thursday, April 1, 3:00 pm (Online seminar)
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What makes an individual more prone to knee pain and osteoarthritis?
Sarah Moudy, PhD, UNTHSC
Thursday, April 1, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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MS Internship Practicum Seminar: Assessing ecogeographic variation in the nasal passages utilizing semilandmark geometric morphometrics
Lyndee Higgs Ward, UNTHSC (Maddux Lab)
Tuesday, March 30, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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Functional morphology of large-bodied fossil Cercopithecidae in the Plio-Pleistocene
Monya Anderson, PhD, Texas A&M University
Thursday, March 25, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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Skeletal and metabolic effects of cold exposure and high fat/high protein diet in growing mice
Maureen Devlin, PhD, University of Michigan
Thursday, March 18, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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Using contrast-enhanced microCT to explore brain and skull development
Kate Lesciotto, PhD, Sam Houston State University
Thursday, March 11, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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Fall 2020
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From legs to locomotor function: How limb properties set running speed limits
Peter Weyand, PhD, Southern Methodist University
Thursday, December 3, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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Without a net: Novel approaches to enhancing musculoskeletal mechanics and communicating science
Jason Organ, PhD, Indiana University
Friday, November 20, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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Skeletal muscle rate of force development: functional relevance, mechanisms, and training
Neale Tillin, PhD, University of Roehampton
Thursday, November 12, 11:00 am (Online seminar)
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External shape variation of extant and fossil hominid calcanei
Christine Harper, PhD, John Hopkins University
Thursday, November 5, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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Bone morphology and behavior: new perspectives from hominins and canids
Habiba Chirchir, PhD, Marshall University
Thursday, October 29, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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Innovations in virtual and living anatomy
Darren Hoffmann, PhD, University of Iowa
Thursday, October 22, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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3D Geometric morphometrics in R statistics – workshops 3 & 4
Rex Mitchell, PhD, UNTHSC
Thursday, October 1 & 8, 12:00 pm (Online training workshops)
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Variation in craniodental pathologies among cercopithecoid primates
Claire Kirchhoff, PhD, Marquette University
Friday, September 25, 12:00 pm (Online seminar)
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3D Geometric morphometrics in R statistics – workshops 1 & 2
Rex Mitchell, PhD, UNTHSC
Thursday, September 10 & 17, 12:00 pm (Online training workshops)
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Kinematic analysis of the mammalian tongue
Rachel Olson, PhD, Ohio University
Friday, July 24, 1:00 pm (Online seminar)

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2019-2020
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Sensory ecology, behavior, and the primate fossil record
Lauren Gonzales, Ph.D., University of South Carolina – Greenville
Tuesday, February 11, 11 am, IREB 350
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Foot and ankle functional morphology in anthropoid primates
Sharon Kuo, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Thursday, February 6, 12 pm, RES 326
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The interactive influence of climate and energetics on nasal morphology
SARS Dissertation Research Proposal Defense
Alexa Kelly, UNTHSC (Maddux Lab)
Wednesday, February 5, 10 am, IREB 350
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Fingerprinting the skull: Medico-legal applications for paranasal sinus variation
Lauren Butaric, Ph.D., Des Moines University
Monday, January 13, 12 pm, LIB 110
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Bone, Biomechanics, Health and Performance
John Polk, Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Thursday, January 9, 3 pm, LIB 110
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The cephalic vein – Anatomical study and evaluation of the coracoid process as topographical landmark
SARS Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar
Jonathan Sweeney, UNTHSC (Reeves Lab)
Wednesday, November 6, 9:00 am, IREB 443
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Craniofacial morphology in juvenile mice with Osteogenesis Imperfecta
SARS Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar
Ashley Steele, UNTHSC (Menegaz Lab)
Monday, November 4, 9:00 am, EAD 714
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The effect of dietary loading on physiological cross-sectional area (PCSA) in rat masseters
SARS Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar
Jeffrey Rossiter, UNTHSC (Menegaz Lab)
Thursday, October 24, 12 pm, RES 326
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How bad was a caveman’s breath? Oral health in the Paleolithic
Sarah Lacy, Ph.D., California State University – Dominguez Hills
Monday, August 12, 12 pm, RES 326.

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2018-2019
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The effect of behavioral evolution on dental size
Emma Wood, M.A., University of Iowa
Thursday, July 11, 12 pm, RES 218
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Medical education research: Getting started, involving students, getting published
Sarah Keim Janssen, Ph.D., Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Monday, June 3, 12 pm, RES 114
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Homo naledi: A view from Rising Star Cave
Becca Peixotto, Ph.D., Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas, TX
Thursday, June 6, 12 pm, LIB 110.
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The science of education
Ruthanne Thompson, Ph.D., UNT-Denton
Friday, May 10, 12 pm, RES 326
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Beyond morphology: Using molecular ecology to explore variation and evolution of the senses
Carrie Veilleux, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Friday, December 14, 2018, 12 pm, RES 218
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The combined effects of climate and body mass on nasal morphology
SARS Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar
Alexa Kelly, UNTHSC (Maddux Lab)
Friday, December 7, 2018, 12 pm, RES 326
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Nasal morphology and respiratory health
SARS Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar
Suhhyun ‘Sarah’ Kim, UNTHSC (Maddux Lab)
Friday, December 7, 2018, 12:30 pm, RES 326
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Physiological and behavioral mechanisms for inhabiting a range of high altitude climates
Cara Ocobock, Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY
Friday, November 16, 2018, 12 pm, RES 326
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Lactate: More than a metabolic intermediate?
SARS Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar
Holden Hemingway, UNTHSC
Friday, November 16, 2018, 12 pm, RES 326
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Cold adaptation and the Neanderthal face
Todd Yokley, Ph.D., Metropolitan State University – Denver
Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 12 pm, RES 326
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Investigating the relationship between primate diet and innervation using diceCT.
Caitlin Yoakum, University of Arkansas
Thursday, September 20, 2018, 12 pm, RES 218
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Craniofacial bone mineral density in Osteogenesis Imperfecta
SARS Work in Progress (WIP) Seminar
Alexandra McBride, UNTHSC (Menegaz Lab)
Friday, September 7, 2018, 12 pm, RES 326