Midwestern University Department of Anatomy -AZ

MWU vet students working with anatomy faculty on projects as part of the CVM Summer Research Program presented their work on Tuesday!

Topics included the anatomy of the African spur-thigh tortoise, anatomical variation of the CNS of tadpoles, comparative anatomy of the hands of two-toed and three-toed sloths, and anatomy of Burmese pythons.

The students are presenting their posters this weekend at the National Veterinary Scholars Program in St. Paul Minnesota! 🐢🐸🦥🐍

Our summer PA and NA students are using ultrasound to explore foot anatomy!

Earlier this month, several of our faculty travelled to Cairns, Australia, to present their research at the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology!

These faculty include Dr. Justin Georgi, Dr. Heather Smith, Dr. Chris Heesy, Dr. Carrie Veilleux, Dr. Leigha Lynch, and Dr. Meg Hall (not pictured).

We are now in our second year of integrating ultrasound labs into our summer PA/PT/NA anatomy course! Last week, students scanned their own hearts and abdomens, and performed modified FAST exams with the help of some excellent OMS-II TAs.

Our Anatomy faculty Dr. Carrie Veilleux just published a new study in Communications Biology!

In this study, Dr. V and colleagues at the University of Calgary, University at Buffalo, and other institutions explored the genes underlying taste and olfaction in neighboring populations of traditional foragers and agriculturalists to explore whether subsistence history has influenced chemosensation.

Check out the paper to see what they found 😊

https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05047-y

There were some great student presentations at the MWU Summer Neuroscience Datablitz this year! Two of the KAS fellows (2nd year AZCOM students) and an MBS student in the Anatomy Department presented their ongoing research projects!

There were some great student presentations at the Midwestern University Summer Neuroscience Data Blitz this year! Two of the 2nd year AZCOM KAS fellows in our Anatomy Department presented their ongoing summer research projects.

One of our faculty, Dr. Carrie Veilleux, was just highlighted on the university’s Research Newsletter for her recent $625,000 NSF grant studying the anatomical and molecular adaptations of primate touch!

Midwestern ends strong in the last day of poster presentations at

Great poster presentations by Thary Cheng (MBS), Jordan Kamminga (OMS II), Bradford Albrecht (OMS II) and Dr. Heather Smith presenting for Mia Felix (CVM)!

This morning, our chair Dr. Wade Grow was part of a lively and enlightening panel on letter writing for promotion at

Another day of amazing poster presentations at the American Association of Anatomy’s Anatomy Connected 2023 conference by Midwestern students, staff, and faculty!

(1) Dr. Beth Townsend and Dr. Heather Smith stand with AAA President Elect Dr. Anne Burrows
(2) Shrinithi Kalai (OMS II)
(3) Alexandrea Miller (OMS II)
(4) Trevor Read (OMS II)
(5) Brayden Roesch (OMS II)
(6) Senior Research Specialist Kevin Manfredi
(7) Research Assistant Madison Berg with Dr. Heather Smith and collaborator Dr. Scott Echols

Midwestern University is starting off strong in the first day of poster presentations at the Anatomy Connected meeting of the American Association for Anatomy!

Excellent poster presentations this evening by Dr. Heather Smith and OMS II students Angel Olivares, Ruxandra Dane, Adam Hepworth, Niki Patel, and Michael Christensen!