Lyndee Ward

Lyndee Ward, MS

PhD Candidate
Center for Anatomical Sciences
College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX 76107

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

MS in Medical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center (2021)
BS in Biology, University of Texas at Arlington (2018)
BFA in Drawing, University of Texas at Arlington (2012)

Personal Bio

Lyndee is a PhD student in the Maddux Lab.  Her research focuses on the functional morphology of the human upper respiratory tract with an emphasis on the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis for investigating nasal airflow patterns. Her dissertation project specifically investigates the role of exercise and climatic conditions on nasal congestion and the subsequent impact on respiratory heat and moisture exchange.  Lyndee’s research at UNTHSC is supported by an NIH training fellowship and research grants from the National Science Foundation and Leakey Foundation.

Funding

	National Institutes of Health, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium (AIM-AHEAD) & All of Us Research Program training program (#3OT2OD032581-01S1-552).
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	National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant (#2419511): “Nasal morphological responses to thermal and exertional conditions.”
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	Leakey Foundation, Research Grant (#S202410528): “Climate and human nasal evolution: Experimentally investigating skeletal and soft-tissue influences on nasal airflow dynamics in living humans.”