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Monday, April 20, 2026
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
Comparative Craniofacial Platform
Chair:
Lorena Maili
– Stowers Institute for Medical Research
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
Comparative Craniofacial Platform
Room: Ballroom A
Chair:
Lorena Maili
– Stowers Institute for Medical Research
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
US MDT
Functional Morphology of the Inner Ear of Cladosictis Sp. (Sparassodonta), an Extinct Carnivorous Metatherian from Bolivia
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
Sophia L. Damico, MS Applied Anatomy
– George Mason University
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
US MDT
Muscle Architecture and Biomechanics of Macrostomy in Watersnakes (Nerodia Fasciata Pictiventris)
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
Christopher M. Zobek
– University of Missouri Columbia
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
US MDT
Polish Crested Chickens: A Model for Teratological Craniofacial and Neuroanatomical Evolution
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
Akinobu Watanabe, PhD
– New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
US MDT
Functional Drivers of Intraspecific Variation in the Cranial Anatomy of Mountain Lions
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
Ben Witt
– North Carolina State University
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
US MDT
Using Physiological Biomarkers of Immune Stress to Evaluate the Usefulness of Fluctuating Asymmetry in Studies of Developmental Instability
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
Ashly N. Romero, PhD
– A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
Mechanical Alveolar Constraint Influences Rodent Molar Crown Morphology Across Life History
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
David I. Kay, PhD
– Northeast Ohio Medical University
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
Developmental Biology Award Symposium
Chair:
Kristin Artinger, Ph.D
– University of Minnesota
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
Developmental Biology Award Symposium
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Chair:
Kristin Artinger, Ph.D
– University of Minnesota
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
US MDT
Tissue-specific Responses to Disruptions in Noncoding RNA Transcription
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Speaker:
Kristin Watt, PhD
– University of Colorado Anschutz
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
US MDT
Growing Animals Respond to Nutritional Excess by Growing Faster: Perspectives on Pre-obesity Growth Acceleration
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Presenting Author:
Cassaundra A. White
– MUSC
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
US MDT
HAND2, Not SHH, Is Responsible for the Restriction of LHX9 Expression to the Chicken Anterior Limb Bud
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Presenting Author:
Molly Ahola
– Loma Linda University School of Medicine
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
US MDT
Developmental Progression of Ventricular Morphology in the Fgfr2+/P253R Mouse Model of Apert Syndrome
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Presenting Author:
Ciara M. Maith
– The Pennsylvania State University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
The Functional and Structural Consequences of Early, Acute Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on the Peripheral Auditory System
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Presenting Author:
Amy Pietrantonio
– Western University
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
Education Platform Session #3
Chair:
Victor Taylor
– George Washington University
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
Education Platform Session #3
Room: Ballroom B
Chair:
Victor Taylor
– George Washington University
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
US MDT
Threshold Concepts in the Undergraduate Gross Anatomy Dissection Laboratory as Identified by Field Experts
Room: Ballroom B
Presenting Author:
Danielle C. Bentley, PhD
– University of Guelph
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
US MDT
Effects of Near-peer Tutoring on Anatomy Performance in an Integrated First-year Medical Curriculum
Room: Ballroom B
Presenting Author:
Nathan E. Thompson, PhD
– NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
US MDT
Distinct Patterns of Gross Anatomy Stress Appraisal Among First-Year Medical Students
Room: Ballroom B
Presenting Author:
Oheneba Boadum, MD, MA, MS, PhD
– Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
US MDT
Anatomy of Teamwork: Leveraging Peer Feedback to Build a Bespoke Team Charter Assignment
Room: Ballroom B
Presenting Author:
Emily C. Tenniswood
– Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
US MDT
It Changed the Way I Saw Everything: A Qualitative Analysis of Reflections by Senior Medical Students in an Advanced Anatomy Elective
Room: Ballroom B
Presenting Author:
Ashley N. Walker, PhD
– University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
Rate My Professor: Perceived Preparedness of Anatomical Sciences Educators to Teach Following Graduate and Supplemental Training
Room: Ballroom B
Presenting Author:
Bella R. Gerhardt, MS
– University of Iowa
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
Guardians on the Edge: Glial Cells at the Crossroads of Neurotoxicity and Disease
Chair:
Smart I. Mbagwu, PhD
– Nnamdi Azikiwe University
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
Guardians on the Edge: Glial Cells at the Crossroads of Neurotoxicity and Disease
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Chair:
Smart I. Mbagwu, PhD
– Nnamdi Azikiwe University
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
US MDT
Linking Hexavalent Chromium Exposure to Myelin Pathology: Mechanistic Insights and Implications
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Speaker:
Olamide E. Adebiyi, DVM, PhD
– University of Saskatchewan
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
US MDT
COVID-19, Glia, and Parkinson’s Disease: Exploring the Connections and the Path Ahead
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Speaker:
Ifeoluwa O. Awogbindin, PhD
– University of Victoria
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
US MDT
Developmental Alcohol Exposure Disrupts the Maturation of Astrocytes and Oligodendrocytes and Alters Learning Behaviors of Mice
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Speaker:
Tou Yia Vue, PhD
– University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
US MDT
Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
US MDT
Exhibit Hall Open
Room: Exhibit Hall 3
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
US MDT
Poster Session - Monday
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
US MDT
Poster Session - Monday
Room: Exhibit Hall 3
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
US MDT
Lunch & Learn
Chair:
Aidan Ruth, PhD
– Saint Louis University
Chair:
Adam Hartstone-Rose
– North Carolina State University
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
US MDT
Lunch & Learn: Defining your Research Program
Room: Brazos, Room 115
Chair:
Aidan Ruth, PhD
– Saint Louis University
Chair:
Adam Hartstone-Rose
– North Carolina State University
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Beyond Reproduction: Representations of Sexual Function
Chair:
Brenda K. Anak Ganeng, M.S.
– Indiana University School of Medicine
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Beyond Reproduction: Representations of Sexual Function
Room: Ballroom B
Chair:
Brenda K. Anak Ganeng, M.S.
– Indiana University School of Medicine
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Beyond Reproduction: Representations of Sexual Function in Anatomy Education
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
US MDT
Urogenital Anatomy and Histology of Paraurethral Glands in Phenotypically Female Individuals
Room: Ballroom B
Speaker:
Chelsea M. Lohman, Ph.D
– University of Colorado School of Medicine
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
US MDT
Representations of Sexual Function in Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) Courses
Room: Ballroom B
Speaker:
Brenda K. Anak Ganeng, M.S.
– Indiana University School of Medicine
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Recommendations to Incorporate Sexual Health into Anatomy and Medical Education
Room: Ballroom B
Speaker:
Randolph D. Hubach
– Purdue University
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Form-function Relationships Among the Cranial, Appendicular, and Axial Skeletons
Chair:
Chris Law, Ph.D
– University of Washington
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Form-function Relationships Among the Cranial, Appendicular, and Axial Skeletons
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Chair:
Chris Law, Ph.D
– University of Washington
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
US MDT
Long-fuse Evolution of Carnivoran Skeletal Phenomes
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Speaker:
Chris Law, Ph.D
– University of Washington
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
US MDT
Early Burst Radiations are More Commonly Observed in Comparative Studies that Analyze Ecomorphological Traits, Not Morphological Traits
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Speaker:
Dave Grossnickle
– Oregon Institute of Technology
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Experimental Insights Reveal How Functional Trade-Offs Shaped the Evolution of Carnivorous Mammal Teeth
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Speaker:
Narimane Chatar
– UC Berkeley
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Neurobiology Award Symposium
Chair:
Ralph Marcucio, Ph.D
– UCSF
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Neurobiology Award Symposium
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Chair:
Ralph Marcucio, Ph.D
– UCSF
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
US MDT
Motor Primitives as the Architectural Basis for Vertebrate Movement
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Speaker:
Jared M. Cregg, PhD
– University of Wisconsin - Madison
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
US MDT
Differential Structural and Neurochemical Vulnerability of the Hippocampal–Cerebellar Axis Following Tramadol Exposure
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Presenting Author:
Smart I. Mbagwu, PhD
– Nnamdi Azikiwe University
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
US MDT
Morphological and Viability Behavior of Schwann Cells After Application of LLLT and Exogenous NGF
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Presenting Author:
Fernando J. Dias, DDS and PhD
– Universidad de La Frontera - Dental School
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
US MDT
Effects of Exercise on Cognitive and Motor Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease: An MRI-Based Atlas-Guided Volumetric Study
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Presenting Author:
Lauren Verhulst
– University of Colorado Anschutz
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Seeing is Understanding: Visual Communication Strategies
Chair:
Aidan Ruth, PhD
– Saint Louis University
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Seeing is Understanding: Visual Communication Strategies
Room: Ballroom A
Chair:
Aidan Ruth, PhD
– Saint Louis University
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Seeing is Understanding: Visual Communication Strategies in the Anatomical Sciences
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
US MDT
Evidence-Based Slide Design Using Cognitive Principles
Room: Ballroom A
Speaker:
Aidan Ruth, PhD
– Saint Louis University
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
US MDT
Design Principles for Static Visual Materials
Room: Ballroom A
Speaker:
Ni-ka Ford
– Enlight Visuals
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
US MDT
Visualizing Data with clarity and Impact
Room: Ballroom A
Speaker:
Allison Nesbitt
– University of Missouri
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
US MDT
Development as a Continuum: Patterning and Post-patterning Events Driving Vertebrate Morphogenesis, Body Plan Evolution, and Disease
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
US MDT
Exploring Mechanisms of Skin Tissue Patterning and Regional Specification: Insight from Feathered Friends
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
US MDT
Development as a Continuum: Patterning and Post-patterning Events Driving Vertebrate Morphogenesis, Body Plan Evolution, and Disease
Chair:
Raul E. Diaz, Jr., MA, PhD
– California State University Los Angeles
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
US MDT
Development as a Continuum: Patterning and Post-patterning Events Driving Vertebrate Morphogenesis, Body Plan Evolution, and Disease
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Chair:
Raul E. Diaz, Jr., MA, PhD
– California State University Los Angeles
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
US MDT
Exploring Mechanisms of Skin Tissue Patterning and Regional Specification: Insight from Feathered Friends
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Speaker:
Cheng-Ming Chuong, MD, PHD
– Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
US MDT
HoxPG11 Function in Skeletal Development, Regeneration, and Repair
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Speaker:
Deneen M. Wellik, PhD
– University of Wisconsin-Madison
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
US MDT
HoxPG11 Function in Skeletal Development, Regeneration, and Repair
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
US MDT
Evolution of the vertebrate skull through a tectonic plate-like model: ossification centers at center stage for diversity and disease
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
US MDT
Evolution of the Vertebrate Skull Through a Tectonic Plate-Like Model: Ossification Centers at Center Stage for Diversity and Disease
Room: Ruidoso/San Miguel, Rooms 220/215
Speaker:
Raul E. Diaz, Jr., MA, PhD
– California State University Los Angeles
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
US MDT
Education Platform Session #4
Chair:
Victoria A. Roach, Ph.D
– University of Washington
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
US MDT
Education Platform Session #4
Room: Ballroom A
Chair:
Victoria A. Roach, Ph.D
– University of Washington
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
US MDT
Evaluation of the Anatomy Educator Internship Program for High School Students
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
Anna Shafer, MS
– Indiana University School of Medicine
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
US MDT
From VR to OR: A Model for Early Integration of Clinical Anatomy Concepts
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
Jenna K. Kuczek, MS
– The Ohio State University College of Medicine
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
US MDT
Anatomist Survey for Cardiac Embryology and Congenital Heart Defect Education
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
Kaitlin Savage, M.S.
– The Ohio State University
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
US MDT
EmbryoTok: Efficacy of Short-Form Videos on Cardiac Embryology in Medical Education
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
Lucas Wilkinson
– University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
US MDT
Advancing Pulmonary Anatomy Through Innovation: A Cadaveric–Procedural Integrated Model for Pre-Clerkship Students
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
Rima Avellan, BScPT
– Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
US MDT
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Integrated, Advanced Head & Neck Anatomy Course on Dental Residents’ Anatomical Knowledge and Self-Efficacy
Room: Ballroom A
Presenting Author:
Pilard Hanna, PhD
– The Ohio State University, College of Medicine
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
US MDT
Post-Transcriptional Regulation Shapes Anatomy
Co-Chair:
Soma Dash
– University At Albany
Co-Chair:
Erica Hutchins, PhD
– University of California at San Francisco
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
US MDT
Post-Transcriptional Regulation Shapes Anatomy
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Co-Chair:
Soma Dash
– University At Albany
Co-Chair:
Erica Hutchins, PhD
– University of California at San Francisco
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
US MDT
Alternative RNA Splicing Downstream of Pdgfralpha Signaling in the Facial Mesenchyme
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Speaker:
Katherine A. Fantauzzo, PhD
– University of Colorado Anschutz
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
US MDT
Targeted RNA Decay Underlies Development of the Craniofacial Complex
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Speaker:
Erica Hutchins, PhD
– University of California at San Francisco
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
US MDT
RNA Binding Proteins Play Key Roles to Control Muscle Function and Physiology
Room: Pecos/Mesilla, Rooms 230/235
Speaker:
Anita H. Corbett, PhD
– Emory University
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
US MDT
Closing Awards Ceremony and Reception
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
US MDT
Closing Awards Ceremony and Reception
Room: Ballroom B