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GENERAL
BULLETIN FOR GRADUATE STUDIES IN
ANATOMY
The development of
independence in research
and experience in teaching are
essential factors for
scholars. The goal of the
Department of Anatomy is to provide
individuals with the skills and
experiences that will allow them to
develop and maintain successful
careers as researchers and as
teachers. The strengths of both
the faculty and students of
the department help lead to the
achievement of that goal.
The Graduate Program in
Anatomy fulfils all
requirements of the School of Graduate
Studies of Case Western Reserve
University. Graduate studies in
the Department of Anatomy can
lead to the Master of Science degree
in Applied Anatomy and to the
Doctor of Philosophy degree.
The M.S. in Applied
Anatomy can be obtained as
part of a joint degree program for
qualified individuals participating
in other programs at CWRU, such as
joint MD/MS or DDS/MS degrees. Each
graduate student must successfully
complete seventeen credits in the
core curriculum of anatomical sciences
(i.e., human gross anatomy,
histology, neuroanatomy, and
embryology). An additional two
credits offered by the department in
seminar and research presentations
are also required. Elective
coursework completes the graduate
student’s program of study.
The Ph.D. in Anatomy
includes two different
tracks: the Anatomy Track, designed
for students seeking an advanced
education in biological research using
cellular and molecular
techniques; and the Evolutionary
Biology Track, designed for students
interested pursuing organismal
research in an evolutionary
context. Each track has distinct
coursework requirements and
expectations for students.
Research areas of
particular strength among
faculty in the Department of Anatomy
include: biological anthropology,
cell injury, control of respiration,
developmental neurobiology
(non-molecular), mammalian evolution,
and vertebrate
paleontology. The department has
existing collaborative
research efforts with basic scientists
in several clinical departments
including Medicine, Orthopedics,
Pediatrics, Neurology, and
Neurosurgery.
FACILITIES
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY
Departmental facilities
include a
library/conference room, small
conference rooms, several common
equipment sites, darkroom equipment,
computer network, and portions of
the Dental School for cranio-facial
studies. Access to common
equipment facilities include scanning
and transmission electron
microscopes, magnetic resonance
imaging systems, laser scanning
confocal microscope, spectroscopic
imaging microscope, molecular
biology core laboratories, etc. The
individual faculty have National
Institutes of Health, National Science
Foundation, and other foundation
funded research programs and fully
equipped laboratories. The
cooperative spirit of the medical,
dental and engineering schools
pervade the interdisciplinary approach
to research intellectually and
through the time-sharing of equipment.
The department is
located strategically for
interdisciplinary interactions with
several strong research programs in
Anthropology, Biochemistry, Ecology,
Genetics, Molecular Biology,
Neurology, Neuroscience, Nutrition,
Paleontology, Pathology, Physiology
and Biophysics, and Zoology. Nearby
are the departments of Biology,
Biomedical Engineering, Geology, and
the basic and clinical science
departments of the medical and dental
schools. The basic science
laboratories of University Hospitals
are housed within the same
complex, and the Veterans
Administration Hospital is within
walking
distance. Similarly, the
collections and other resources of
the Cleveland Museum of Natural
History (CMNH), the largest natural
history museum in the state of Ohio,
are only a 20-minute walk from the
department.
Case Western Reserve
University and the CMNH
together have unparalleled facilities
for conducting research in
biological anthropology. The CWRU
dental school houses the Bolton-Brush
collection, the world's largest
longitudinal database of human growth
and development. The CMNH curates the
Hamann-Todd osteological
collection, an extensively documented
collection of over 3,000 human
skeletons and the world's largest
collection of chimpanzee and gorilla
skeletal remains. The CMNH also has an
extensive fossil hominid and
non-hominid cast collection, the Johns
Hopkins human fetal skeleton
collection, extensive non-human
vertebrate and invertebrate
paleontological and zoological
collections, a wet dissection lab,
casting facilities, library
collections, and x-ray and
osteoanalyzer
facilities. The strong working
relationships between Anatomy
Department
faculty and CMNH curators create many
opportunities for graduate
students interested in specimen-based
research in anthropology and
paleontology.
BIOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
Together,
CWRU and the CMNH have unparalleled
facilities for conducting research
in functional macroanatomy and human
evolution. The CMNH, the largest
natural history museum in the state of
Ohio, curates the Hamann-Todd
osteological collection, which is an
extensively documented collection
of over 3000 human skeletons and also
includes the world's largest
collection of chimpanzee and gorilla
skeletal remains. The CMNH also
has an extensive fossil hominid and
nonhominid cast collection, the
Johns Hopkins fetal skeleton
collection, extensive vertebrate and
invertebrate paleontological and
zoological collections, a wet
dissection lab, casting facilities,
library collections, and x-ray and
osteoanalyzer facilities. The CWRU
dental school houses the
Bolton-Brush collection. This is the
world's largest longitudinal
database on human growth and
development. As a major research and
teaching institution, CWRU has
multiple research libraries, a
Geochronology lab, and many gross
dissection and tissue preparation
labs.
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