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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, March 29, 2025
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM US PDT
    AAA Committee Chairs Meeting *invite only
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US PDT
    BioAnthro Platform Session
    Chair: Habiba Chirchir – Ohio State University
    Evolution/Anthropology
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US PDT
    Cards Against Anatomy: Designing Analog Games for Anatomy Education Workshop
    Co-Chair: Carrie Elzie, PhD, MA – Methodist University
    Co-Chair: Caitlin N. Sachsenmeier, PhD – Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Speaker: Mikaela L. Stiver, PhD, MSc – McGill University
    Speaker: Jeremy J. Grachan, Ph.D – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
    Education & Teaching
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US PDT
    Imaging Platform Session
    Chair: Sandra Rugonyi – Oregon Health Science University
    Imaging
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US PDT
    Utilizing Multiple Model Systems to Understand Facial Development and Dysmorphologies
    Chair: Lisa Taneyhill, PhD – University of Maryland
    Developmental Biology/Morphology
  • 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM US PDT
    Quiet Room
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM US PDT
    Buddy Participant Meet-up
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM US PDT
    Networking Break and Exhibits
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US PDT
    Broadening the Concept of Wellness and Learning how to Sustain It
    Speaker: Michelle B. Moore, PsyD, ABPP – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
    Career and Professional Development
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US PDT
    Education Platform Session #1
    Chair: Alexander S. R Macnow, MD, M.H.P.E. – Thomas Jefferson University
    Education & Teaching
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US PDT
    Environmental Impacts on Development Platform Session
    Chair: Rusty Lansford – University of Southern California
    Developmental Biology
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US PDT
    Gone to the Dogs: Anatomical and Physiological Adaptations in Canid Evolution
    Co-Chair: Anne M. Burrows, Ph.D – Duquesne University
    Co-Chair: Heather F. Smith, PhD – Midwestern University/ The Anatomical Record
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM US PDT
    Lunch Break
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM US PDT
    CECA Meeting *CECA only
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM US PDT
    Educational Affairs Committee *Invite Only
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM US PDT
    Ethics Committee *Invite Only
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM US PDT
    Networking Lunch & Learn
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM US PDT
    Sponsored Session - Enhancing Anatomy Education with the VH Dissector: Unlocking the Power of XR for Group Learning
    Presenter: Jake Shearer – Touch of Life Technologies
    Sponsored Session
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM US PDT
    POP-AART Group Meeting *Invite Only
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM US PDT
    Annual Members Business Meeting
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM US PDT
    Decoding the Human Face: Dissecting the Mechanisms Underlying Human Craniofacial Forms
    Chair: Licia Selleri – University of California, San Francisco
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImaging
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM US PDT
    Multiscale Modes of Regeneration
    Co-Chair: Megan Killian, Ph.D – University of Michigan Medical School
    Co-Chair: Jennifer Simkin, PhD – University of Kentucky
    Cell Biology
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM US PDT
    Preparing Future Faculty as Educators in Anatomy and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities
    Co-Chair: Lauren A. Easterling, PhD – Boston University
    Co-Chair: Jessica N. Byram, Ph.D – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Education & Teaching
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM US PDT
    The Many Faces of Leadership: How the DELTA Program Created Opportunities for AAA and Beyond
    Chair: Eustathia Lela Giannaris, PhD – UMass Chan Medical School
    Career and Professional Development
  • 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM US PDT
    Networking Break and Exhibits
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM US PDT
    Keynote Speaker - Carl Zimmer
    Chair: Kristin Artinger, Ph.D – University of Minnesota
    Keynote Speaker: Carl Zimmer
  • 5:15 PM – 7:30 PM US PDT
    Posters and Exhibits
  • 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM US PDT
    Sponsored Session - Introducing Pathtraker Donor Management & Expanded Capabilities
    Presenter: Miguel Bermeo – Scimedico, LLC
    Sponsored Session
  • 6:15 PM – 6:45 PM US PDT
    Sponsored Session - How Dutch medical universities created a smart dissection room
    Presenter: Yourik van Overloop – Amsterdam University Medical Center | Enatom
    Presenter: Lusanne Tehupuring – Enatom
    Sponsored Session
  • 7:15 PM – 9:15 PM US PDT
    Documentary Screening of Donated to Science