The Center for Anatomical Sciences (CAS) is a division of the Department of Physiology and Anatomy at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
OUR MISSION: To provide quality educational and outreach activities, and create opportunities for scholarship in the anatomical sciences and allied fields.
EXPERTISE: The CAS faculty have extensive backgrounds in anatomy, biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, histology, neuroanatomy, and embryology, in addition to education and K-12 science outreach.
GRADUATE STUDIES: The CAS graduate programs (MS and PhD) provide opportunities for our graduate students to pursue research in structural anatomy and biomechanics as applied to biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, and the orthopedic, rehabilitation, and education sciences.
OUTREACH: We are a major player at the health science center in providing quality outreach programs for students and teachers in the Fort Worth ISD and surrounding Tarrant County area.
FACILITIES: Our center maintains four state-of-the-art research laboratories, the Human Gross Anatomy Laboratory for anatomy education for training local residents and clinicians in new ultrasound, orthopedic, and surgical techniques.
NEWS
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September 26, 2024Dr. Kate Lesciotto receives a research grant (15PNIJ-24-GG-03840-NIJB) from the National Institute of Justice to support the generation of a computer program to improve estimates of biological profile parameters in forensic investigations: “MOSAIC: Unifying Methods of Sex, Stature, Affinity, & Age for Identification through Computational Standardization” |
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August 9, 2024PhD candidate Lyndee Ward receives a Research Grant from the National Science Foundation (BCS Biological Anthropology #2419511) in support of her Dissertation project: “Doctoral Dissertation Research: Nasal morphological responses to thermal and exertional conditions” |
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July 1. 2024Dr. Rebecca Cook joins the Center for Anatomical Sciences as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Cook’s research focuses on the biomechanics and functional morphology of the human pelvis from evolutionary and clinical perspectives. |
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June 10, 2024PhD candidate Lyndee Ward receives a Research Grant from the Leakey Foundation in support of her Dissertation project: “Climate and human nasal evolution: Experimentally investigating skeletal and soft-tissue influences on nasal airflow dynamics in living humans” |
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April 10. 2024Dr. Graci Finco joins the Center for Anatomical Sciences as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Cook’s research focuses on locomotor biomechanics with an emphasis on improving prosthetic care for people with limb loss and difference. |
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March 25, 2024PhD student Courtney Miller wins student presentation award at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) in Toronto, Canada.
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March 23, 2024PhD students Lyndee Ward and Baonhu Tran win student presentation awards at the 93nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) in Los Angeles, CA.
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CONTACT:
Center for Anatomical SciencesUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center
3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: 817-735-2414
Fax: 817-735-2126
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