Graduate Students

Joanna Bui

MS Student – Cho Lab

Thermoregulatory anatomy & physiology, Forensic sciences

Caroline Counts

MS Student – Maddux & Cho Labs

Thermoregulatory anatomy & physiology

Daniela Guadarrama

MSRT Student – Gonzales Lab

Indya Thompson

PhD Candidate – Gonzales Lab

Locomotor anatomy, Primate paleontology

Baonhu Tran

PhD Candidate – Maddux Lab

Respiratory anatomy, Biological anthropology 

Carter Unger

PhD Student – Lesciotto Lab

Forensic anthroplogy

Lyndee Ward

PhD Candidate – Maddux Lab

Respiratory anatomy, Geometric morphometrics

Courtney Miller, PhD (2025)

Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
Meridian, ID

Menegaz Lab. PhD Dissertation: Musculoskeletal craniofacial evolution & developmental plasticity during early life oral motor development.

Taylor Robertson, PhD (2024)

Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
Mount Pleasant, MI

Reeves Lab. PhD Dissertation: Investigating the Link Between Gross Anatomy and Ultrasound Education: Implications for Students Learning Clinical Anatomy.

Alexa Kelly, PhD (2023)

Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Buies Creek, NC

Maddux Lab. PhD Dissertation:  The interactive influence of climate and energetics on human nasal morphology.

Libby Bradley, PhD (2023)

Assistant Professor
Division of Anatomy
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Reeves Lab. PhD Dissertation: Quantifying student satisfaction and academic performance: a comparison of four active learning techniques in an online, asynchronous graduate anatomy course.

Malaka ‘Graci’ Finco, PhD (2022)

Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, Texas

Patterson & Menegaz Labs. PhD Dissertation: Quantifying Musculoskeletal & Biomechanical Symmetry in Individuals with Lower-LImb Amputation: A Step Towards Assessing Injury & Fall Risk.

Maureen Purcell, PhD (2022)

Reeves Lab. PhD Dissertation: Does Diversity matter? Disparities in diagnostic delays and contralateral risk factors with slipped capital femoral epiphysis.

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
School of Medicine
University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, 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)

Assistant Professor 
Department of Biology 
Northern Michigan University

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)

Spine/Orthopaedic Surgeon
Spine & Pain Center
Montrose Regional Center
Monstrose, CO

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

Raul Tejada Figueroa, MS (2025)

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

Maddux Lab. MS Practicum: Core vs. shell: Experimentally investigating relationships between central body and peripheral skin temperatures in different climatic conditions.

Gwen Moores, MS (2025)

Medical Student
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX

Menegaz Lab. MS Practicum: The Effects of Bisphosphonate and Exercise Treatment on Craniofacial Morphology in a Mouse Model of Osteogenesis Imperfecta.

Chloe Boettger, MS (2024)

Maddux Lab. MS Practicum: Assessment of Digit Skin Temperatures via Infrared Thermography Under Different Climatic Conditions.

Tony Easo

Tovar Lab. MS Practicum: ADAM19 and ADAMTS4 Expression in Human Optic Nerve Head Astrocytes.

Vanessa Stalls, MS (2023) 

Medical Student
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Nova Southeastern University
Davie, FL

Menegaz Lab. MS Practicum: A Novel Scanning and Staining Methodology for Visualizing Skeletal and Soft Tissue Using Micro-CT.

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.

Tooba Husain, MS (2022)

Medical Student
Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education
Fort Smith, AR

Menegaz Lab. MS Practicum: Neurocranial Growth in the OIM Mouse Model of Osteogenesis Imperfecta.

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.

Sara Aldeeb, MS (2021)

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
System College of Pharmacy
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX

Handler Lab. MS Practicum: Sexual dimorphism without permanent human dentition.

Andrew Su, MS (2021)

Medical Student
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Touro University
Vallejo, CA

Menegaz Lab. MS Practicum: The effect of tooth loss on craniofacial morphology.

Zachary Terrell, MS (2021)

Doctor of Medicine (MD)
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)

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX

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

Elizabeth Thai, MS (2020)

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX

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

Jonathan Sweeney, MS (2020)

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of North Texas Health Science Center
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)
College of Dentistry
Texas A&M University
Dallas, TX

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

Summer Ladd, MS (2018)

M.A. in Professional Counseling
Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

Menegaz Lab. MS Practicum: The craniofacial phenotype in a mouse model of 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.