Des Moines University Master of Science in Anatomy

Congratulations to Gloria Eddy on successfully defending her Thesis work under the mentorship of Dr. Heather Garvin. Our newest graduate of the Master of Science in Anatomy, Thesis degree.

📘 A groundbreaking new resource in skeletal anatomy!

Heather Garvin, Ph.D., D-ABFA, professor of anatomy at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences, has co-authored A Visual Atlas of Skeletal Growth and Development — a first-of-its-kind reference illustrating bone growth from birth through age 20. The atlas helps students and practitioners better understand skeletal changes across the lifespan using real CT scan data.

Congratulations to Dr. Garvin, her co-author Dr. Kyra Stull, and contributing DMU graduates Hannah Porter, D.O.’24, and Andrea Stone, M.S.A.’22, D.O.’24!

DMU Professor Co-Authors Visual Atlas of the Human Skeleton from Birth to Adulthood | News | Des Moines University With the recent publication of “A Visual Atlas of Skeletal Growth and Development,” Heather Garvin, Ph.D., D-ABFA, professor of anatomy at Des Moines Univer ...

Our Annual Halloween party, a great time with our MSBS and MSA Students!!

Jessica Hensley was in Des Moines today and stopped in so we could celebrate our published article!! I am so honored when our graduates come back to see us at DMU!! Here is the article: https://digitalcommmons.alma.edu/jip/vol1/iss1/5/?fbclid=IwdGRleANg1eRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrp0XsFUbO32hLhNqcHpxH4647wsP82ReM8rsGPJEPGCevkcb21RyC5V1X6d_aem_nUIwLAQXgAWBzg3i-yybKA

Congratulations to Jessica Hensley for her second published article! This took a collaboration from DMU Anatomy and South Dakota State's Anatomy Department to get it published! She started this research with the right coronary artery ostium variation that we observed in our anatomy lab! Jessica is a graduate of our MSA program working on her anatomy doctorate degree at South Dakota State!! Click on the image below if you would like to view the paper!

Structural Variation of the Right Coronary Ostium and Its Implications to Cardiac Medicine Introduction: The high oxygen demand of the heart’s myocardium is met via perfusion through the coronary arterial system. During embryological development, the right (RCA) and left (LMCA) coronary arteries fuse onto the aortic root, creating right (RCO) and left (LCO) ostial openings respectively ...

Researchers led by Dr. Julie Meachen of Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences discover a nearly complete articulated mammoth skeleton in Wyoming's Natural Trap Cave. It's Meachen's last season at the remote BLM cave, which has a rich collection of Late Pleistocene animal remains, including cheetahs, bears, horses, and lions.

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🐺 From Ice Age fossils to today’s headlines: DMU anatomy professor Julie Meachen, Ph.D., is at the center of the global debate on the return of the dire wolf. Her expertise in paleoecology and ancient carnivores has made her a go-to voice for outlets like The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine and ABC News.

➡️ Read how Dr. Meachen’s research and perspective are shaping the conversation on de-extinction and conservation.

Resurrecting the Past | News | Des Moines University Professor Julie Meachen weighs in on the groundbreaking (and controversial) de-extinction of the dire wolf and what it truly means for science.