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The M.S. degree in Anatomy and cell Biology is now offered in two tracks. the Traditional Track includes 20 credit hours of required courses and a significant research project that results in a paper written by the student and defended before the student's three-member committee. The Research Track includes 15 credit hours of required courses, and there is sufficient time for students to engage in more research than can be accomplished with the Traditional Track. Students in the Research Track are expected to begin their investigational work during their first semester, and overall it is expected that the research Track students will complete a larger research project, which is fitting with their focus on enteing a Ph.D. program after completing their master degree.

click here for the comparison of the Traditional Track and the Research Track.

Dr. Alexander Robling, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology in the IU School of Medicine, is one of the 2012 Research Frontiers Trailblazer Award winners!

Audra Schutte is the 2012 recipient of the AAA/LWW Education Research Scholarship, a $5,000 prize recognizing excellence in scholarship of upcoming generations of anatomy educators. The award is intended to support a graduate student in a mentored project, or a postdoctoral fellow of junior faculty member project that shows promise as a model for improving the quality of teaching and learning in anatomical education.

Schutte, a Ph.D. candidate and associate instructor of Medical Gross Anatomy at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Bloomington, will study demographic data to determine what trends are associated with remediation in an undergraduate anatomy course, then assess the impact of a supplemental study skills course she has developed to improve students' study habits and metacognitive skills.

Dr. Ronald Shew received the 2011 Shellhammer's Outstanding Teacher Award in Anatomy and Cell Biology. Dr. Shew participates in the Medical Gross Anatomy course and is Director of the Graduate Gross Anatomy course. He also serves on the MSMS Program and Education Committees.

Dr. Alexander Robling, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology in the IU School of Medicine, received the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research's Fuller Albright Award, which is given in recognition of meritorious scientific accomplishment in the bone and mineral field to an ASBMR member who has not reached his or her 41st birthday.

Dr. Stuart Warden, Associate Professor within the Department of Physical Therapy in the IU School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, received the Early Career Excellence in Teaching Award from the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research. This award is given to an individual in the early stage of his or her career who displays a strong commitment to teaching and learning in the classroom, the clinic and/or research laboratory setting.