Courses
This course will introduce Functional Anatomy and Evolution graduate students to human anatomy from a functional, clinical, and developmental perspective. The course runs in parallel with an anatomy course for 1st year medical students and follows a regional approach broken into three parts: 1) thorax, abdomen, pelvis, and perineum; 2) limbs and back; and 3) head and neck. Within each course section, information is presented via several activities: virtual lectures focusing on human anatomy and embryology, interactive review sessions, laboratory dissection, and student-led cooperative presentations on anatomical structures. During the eight weeks of the course, students will dissect all regions of the body.Overall Course Objectives1. Demonstrate understanding of normal anatomy of the main regions of the human body: thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; back and limbs; and head and neck.2. Demonstrate effective use of anatomical terminology.3. Develop dissection skills.4. Demonstrate good knowledge of 3D relationships of structures within the human body.5. Demonstrate an ability to present written and oral information clearly.6. Demonstrate effective collaborative skills and professionalism.
FAE 3rd year student only: TA and Human Anatomy Lab
This course examines the theory and techniques of evolutionary analysis with special emphasis on vertebrate anatomical and developmental systems. We will examine and critique classic and emerging viewpoints regarding core evolutionary concepts, review basic approaches to tree construction, and investigate methods for studying evolution in a comparative phylogenetic context.
Introduction to basics of histology, using online M-scope imagery and Inverse-Lecture developed for Scientific Foundations of Medicine, plus individual instruction by FAE faculty.
Supervised small group cadaveric dissection focusing on more detailed understanding of specific systems and regional anatomy, anatomical variation, clinical correlations, and comparative anamony.
Training in lecturing, small group leadership for presentation of anatomical material; including giving one lecture and assisting in labs in ME:130.300.
This course is designed to give graduate students the fundamentsl to all aspects of human anatomy, and includes demonstrations using human cadavers.
This course provides the foundations for the evolutionary analysis of vertebrate morphology. It will include both theoretical underpinning as well as applied methodologies. Topics will include: vertebrate diversity, phylogenetic methods, evolutionary theory, geometric morphometrics, biogeography, paleoecology, dental quantification, bone biology, biomechanics, neuroanatomy, and evolutionary developmental biology.
This course provides the foundations for the evolutionary analysis of vertebrate morphology. It will include both theoretical underpinning as well as applied methodologies. Topics will include: vertebrate diversity, phylogenetic methods, evolutionary theory, geometric morphometrics, biogeography, paleoecology, dental quantification, bone biology, biomechanics, neuroanatomy, and evolutionary developmental biology.
Research and Preparation of Dissertation
1st year FAE students only
Research rotation for FAE PHD Students