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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Sunday, March 24, 2024
  • 7:30am – 8:15pm US EDT
    We’re All Ears! Coffee and Conversation with President Martine Dunnwald and President-Elect Anne Burrows
    Panelist: Martine Dunnwald – University of Iowa
    Panelist: Anne M. Burrows, Ph.D – Duquesne University
  • 8:30am – 10:00am US EDT
    Education Platform Session #2
    Chair: Varna Taranikanti, MBBS, MD, PhD – Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
    Education
  • 8:30am – 10:00am US EDT
    Emerging Role of Cell Transdifferentiation and Reprogramming during Craniofacial Development and Diseases
    Chair: Yan Jing – Texas A & M School of Dentistry
  • 8:30am – 10:00am US EDT
    Mouse Models Platform Session
    Chair: Rebecca M. Green – University of Pittsburgh
  • 8:30am – 10:00am US EDT
    Pain's Intricacies: Unveiling Mechanisms and Emotional Ties
    Co-Chair: Caio Sarmento, PT, PhD – California State University, Fresno
    Co-Chair: Rebecca L. Pratt, Ph.D – Oakland University School of Medicine
  • 10:00am – 7:00pm US EDT
    Exhibits Open
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm US EDT
    Seeing the Embryo in Education and Society
    Co-Chair: Jason Mussell – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
    Co-Chair: Barbie Klein – University of California, San Francisco
    Education
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm US EDT
    The Art of Failing in Anatomy
    Chair: Ellen Robertson, PhD, OTR/L – Randolph-Macon College
    Professional Development
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm US EDT
    Visualizing Craniofacial Development: From Genomic Regulation to Morphology
    Chair: Matthew Harris – Harvard Medical School; Boston Children's Hospital
    Developmental Biology
  • 10:30am – 12:00pm US EDT
    Visualizing the #BirdAgenda: Integrating Novel Imaging Modalities into Avian Functional Morphology
    Chair: Emma R. Schachner, Ph.D – University of Florida
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm US EDT
    Bioethics Unicorns Meet & Greet
  • 12:15pm – 1:15pm US EDT
    Ambassador Committee Meeting
  • 12:15pm – 1:15pm US EDT
    Committee for Early Career Anatomists Meeting
  • 12:15pm – 1:15pm US EDT
    DEI Committee Meeting
  • 12:15pm – 1:15pm US EDT
    Networking Lunch & Learn - Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management Strategies for the Overwhelmed
    Co-Chair: Hei Ching Kristy Cheung – University of Toronto
    Co-Chair: Jennifer Eastwood – Rush University
    Co-Chair: Kimberly Latacha – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Panelist: Hei Ching Kristy Cheung – University of Toronto
    Panelist: Cindy Funk – Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Panelist: John Tran – University of Toronto
  • 12:15pm – 1:15pm US EDT
    Publications Committee Meeting
  • 12:15pm – 1:15pm US EDT
    The VH Dissector: Clinically Relevant Sectional Anatomy
    Speaker: Laura J. Weinkle, MS – Toltech
  • 1:30pm – 3:00pm US EDT
    Cell Biology Award Symposium
    Chair: Irena A. Rebalka – McMaster University
    Cell Biology
  • 1:30pm – 3:00pm US EDT
    Invisible Bodies: The Sex and Gender Diversity that Textbooks Don’t Show
    Co-Chair: Sacha H. Sides – University of Florida
    Co-Chair: Ann Zumwalt – Boston University
    Education
  • 1:30pm – 3:00pm US EDT
    New Insights into Neurogenesis Development, Health and Disease
    Chair: Paul Trainor, Ph.D – Stowers Institute for Medical Research Developmental Dynamics
  • 1:30pm – 3:00pm US EDT
    Using Advanced 3D Imaging Modalities to Unlock Secrets of the Ancient, Developmental, and Adult Morphogenesis
    Co-Chair: Paul Kulesa, Ph.D – Children's Mercy Research Institute/Children's Mercy Hospital
    Co-Chair: Timothy C. Cox – University of Missouri – Kansas City
  • 3:30pm – 5:00pm US EDT
    Education Platform Session #3
    Chair: Kristina Lisk, PhD, MSc, BScH – University of Toronto
    Education
  • 3:30pm – 5:00pm US EDT
    Imaging Developmental Processes: A New Frontier for Congenital Disorders
    Chair: D'Juan Farmer – University of California, Los Angeles
    Imaging
  • 3:30pm – 5:00pm US EDT
    Jaws & Teeth Platform Session
    Chair: Callum F. Ross – University of Chicago
  • 3:30pm – 5:00pm US EDT
    Master Class – Visualizing and Building the Musculoskeletal System
  • 5:00pm – 7:00pm US EDT
    Posters and Exhibits
  • 7:00pm – 8:00pm US EDT
    Fellows Reception
  • 7:00pm – 9:00pm US EDT
    Trivia Night