Graduate Students

Structural Anatomy &  Rehabilitation Sciences Graduate Program


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Current Graduate Students

Alumni: PhD Graduates

Alumni: MS Graduates


Current Graduate Students

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Joanna Bui

MS Student – Cho Lab
Thermoregulatory anatomy & physiology, Forensic sciences
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Caroline Counts

MS Student – MadduxCho Labs
Thermoregulatory anatomy & physiology

Daniela Guadarrama

MSRT Student – Gonzales Lab
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Indya Thompson

PhD Candidate – Gonzales Lab
Locomotor anatomy, Primate paleontology
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Baonhu Tran

PhD Candidate – Maddux Lab
Respiratory anatomy, Biological anthropology 
 
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Carter Unger

PhD Student – Lesciotto Lab
Forensic anthroplogy
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Lyndee Ward

PhD Candidate – Maddux Lab
Respiratory anatomy, Geometric morphometrics

Recent Alumni

PhD Graduates

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Maureen Purcell, PhD (2022)

 

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

Tejada Figueroa

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.
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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.
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Chloe Boettger, MS (2024)

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.