Research

Improving anatomical knowledge is a well-documented path to improving patient care. We are interested in investing in the diverse application of anatomy in medicine, dentistry, physical and occupational therapy, athletic training, and more. 

• Pain Patterns of the Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction and Implications of Stress-Related Behaviors: A Pilot Study.
• Investigation into the use and impact of ankle supports among hockey players
• Surgical Faculty’s Perspectives on the Unknown Utility of Alcohol‐Preservation in Surgical Resident Education
• Using Soft-Preserved Body Donors to Improve the Anatomy Learning Experience for Orthopedic Residents
• The utility of soft-preservation in Medical Education: Current trends & future directions

Anatomy is the cornerstone of all health science disciplines; therefore, it is crucial to investigate ways to improve the learning and teaching process. We are interested in investigating different ways to improve student learning and experience.

• Who is teaching anatomy? An examination of the demographic characteristics, academic backgrounds, and professional responsibilities of US anatomy teachers
• Graduate anatomy education: How are we training the future generations of anatomy educators?
• The Universal Design for Learning Framework in Anatomical Sciences Education
• Medical Students' Opinions of Anatomy Teaching Resources and Their Role in Achieving Learning Outcomes
• Student-Centered Learning in the Anatomy Laboratory: Medical Students' Perspective
• Anatomical and Clinical Education in Physical and Occupational Therapy: Influence of Integration and Soft Preservation.

Working with body donors is a privilege which everyone should treat with utmost respect. This opportunity provides learners and educators with a chance to address important topics such as respect, dignity, death and dying, and self-care. We are interested in investigating the social, spiritual and ethical impacts.

• Human body donation programs best practices and recommended standards: A task force report from the American Association for Anatomy
• The intersection of anatomy and spirituality
• Giving a voice to our silent teachers: Whole body donation from the donor perspective at one donation program in the United States
• Using the Anatomy Learning Space as a Laboratory to Teach Ethics and Professionalism
• Investigating the Status of Whole-Body Donation Across the United States of America.
• Human body donation: How informed are the donors?
• 10 tips on working with human body donors in medical training and research
• The road to best practices in body donation

Working with body donors is considered to be a superior way to learn anatomy and improve patient care. We are interested in maximizing the generous gift made by our body donors to improve education, research and training.

• Human body donors at academic institutions in the United States of America: An investigative study
• Human body donation and surgical training: a narrative review with global perspectives
• Human preservation techniques in anatomy: A 21st century medical education perspective
• A comparison of embalming fluids on the structures and properties of tissue in human cadavers
• Developing a quantitative method to assess the decomposition of embalmed human cadavers
• The antimicrobial capacity of embalming solutions: a comparative study