Graduate Students

Libby Bradley

PhD Candidate – Reeves & Handler Labs

Anatomy education, Cooperative-learning strategies

Malaka ‘Graci’ Finco

PhD Candidate – Patterson & Menegaz Labs

Gait biomechanics, Prosthetic and orthotic design

Alexa Kelly

PhD Candidate – Maddux Lab

Respiratory anatomy, Biological anthropology 

Courtney Miller

PhD Candidate – Menegaz Lab

Craniofacial anatomy, Biological anthropology

Maureen Purcell

PhD Candidate – Reeves Lab

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE), Health disparities

Taylor Robertson

PhD Candidate – Handler Lab

Anatomy education, Biomechanics

Indya Thompson

PhD Student – Gonzales Lab

Locomotor anatomy, Primate paleontology

Lyndee Ward

PhD Student – Maddux Lab

Respiratory anatomy, Geometric morphometrics

Suhhyun ‘Sarah’ Kim, DO, PhD (2022) 

Resident Physician
Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Maddux Lab. PhD Dissertation:  Three-dimensional variation in maxillary sinus anatomy: Implications for health disparities in sinonasal disease.

Ricardo Belmares, PhD (2018)

Assistant Professor of Anatomy
School of Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
El Paso, TX

Abbott Lab. PhD dissertation: Histological Investigation of Human Glaucomatous Eyes: Extracellular Fibrotic Changes and Galectin 3 Expression in Trabecular Meshwork and Optic Nerve.

Jessica Juarez, PhD (2018)

Forensic Anthropologist
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
United States Department of Defense
Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii

Reeves Lab. PhD dissertation: Heterotopic Ossification: A Recurrence Model and Novel Approach to NSAID Prophylaxis

Victoria Kowalewski, DPT (2016), PhD (2018)

Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
Carrol University
Waukesha, WI

Bugnariu Lab. PhD dissertation: The Effect of Hearing Loss on Balance

Vuvi Nguyen, PhD (2017)

Assistant Professor of Anatomy
School of Dentistry
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX

Reeves Lab. PhD dissertation: A Cadaveric Investigation of the Dorsal Scapular Nerve

Addison Wood, DO, PhD (2017)

Resident Physician
Department of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine
JPS Health Network
Fort Worth, TX

Patterson Lab. PhD dissertation: An Anatomical Approach to Reconstructive Surgery of the Lower Extremity.

Victor Taylor, PhD (2014)

Assistant Professor of Anatomy
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
George Washington University
Washington, DC

Reeves Lab. PhD dissertation: Comparing the change in force between iliotibial tract cut and gluteus maximus cut in Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome

Clay Carey, MS (2022) 

Medical Student
Long School of Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX

Maddux Lab. MS Practicum: CT-based assessment of lower limb surface area, volume, and tissue composition:  Implications for ecogeographic rules of thermoregulation.

Lila ‘Milo’ Huston, MS (2022)

Medical Student
College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX

Gonzales Lab. MS Practicum: Osteogenesis imperfecta: An analysis of inner ear development in Mus musculus (house mouse) with comments on hearing quality.

Jacob Moore, MS (2022)

Medical Student
Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of Louisana
Monroe, LA

Handler Lab. MS Practicum: Dental tissue volumes with osteogenesis imperfecta.

Zachary Terrell, MS (2021)

Medical Student
McGovern School of Medicine
University of Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX

Patterson Lab. MS Practicum: Effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment on Parksinsonian Gait: A statistical parametric mapping analysis.

Ashley Steele, MS (2020)

Medical Student
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of North Texas HSC
Fort Worth, TX

Menegaz Lab. MS Practicum: Craniofacial morphology of juvenile mice with osteogenesis imperfecta.

Elizabeth Thai, MS (2020)

Medical Student
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of North Texas HSC
Fort Worth, TX

Maddux Lab. MS Practicum: Evaluating morphological variation in human nasal passages using 3D modeling.

Jonathan Sweeney, MS (2020)

Medical Student
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of North Texas HSC
Fort Worth, TX

Reeves Lab. MS Practicum: The Cephalic vein: Anatomical study and evaluation of the coracoid process as a topographical body landmark.

Alexandra McBride, MS (2019)

Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Student
College of Dentistry
Texas A&M University
Dallas, TX

Menegaz Lab. MS Practicum: Craniofacial bone mineral density in mice with osteogenesis imperfecta.

Elizabeth Nelson, MS (2015)

Postdoctoral Researcher
Microbial Paleogenomics Unit
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France

Kirchhoff & Planz Labs. MS thesis: Possible fluoride toxicity in North America: A paleopathological assessment and discussion of modern occurence.