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Education Track in Anatomy PhD Alumni

Jessica Byram, PhD

Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology, Physiology

Leslie A. Hoffman, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology

BS Biochemistry (University of Illinois)
MS Anatomical Sciences (Rush University)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2013
Dissertation Title: “A Psychometric Evaluation of Script Concordance Tests for Measuring Clinical Reasoning”

BA Biology (Wartburg College)
MPH (Indiana University)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2013
Dissertation Title: “Remediation Trends in an Undergraduate Anatomy Course and Assessment of an Anatomy Supplemental Study Skills Course”

BS Biology and Spanish (Clarke University)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2017
Dissertation Title: “Do I Really Have to Complete Another Evaluation? Exploring Relationships Among Physicians’ Evaluative Load, Evaluative Strain, and the Quality of Clinical Clerkship Evaluations”

BA History (Brigham Young University)
MPH (University of Iowa)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2015
Dissertation Title: “Grit and Beliefs About Intelligence: The Relationship and Role These Factors Play in the Self-Regulatory Processes Involved in Medical Students Learning Gross Anatomy”

BS Pre-professional Studies (University of Notre Dame)
BS Physician Assistant (Louisiana State University)
MS Medical Illustration (Medical College of Georgia)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2014
Dissertation Title: “Does Time Matter? A Search for Meaningful Medical School Faculty Cohorts”
Gerard M. Guillot, PhD IU School of Medicine faculty profile

BS Organismal Biology (University of Kansas)
MA Entomology (University of Kansas)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2016
Dissertation Title: “Visual Literacy in Anatomy Students”

BA Anthropology (Metropolitan State College of Denver)
MS Human Biology (University of Indianapolis)
PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2017
Dissertation Title: “The Professionalization of Medical Students: A Longitudinal Analysis of Professional Identity Formation and Professionalism Perceptions in Second and Third Year Medical Students”
Jessica N. Byram, PhD IU School of Medicine faculty profile

BA Nursing (Augustana College)
MS Clinical Anatomy (Creighton University)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2013
Dissertation Title: “Understanding Interprofessional Education: A Multiple-Case Study of Students, Faculty, and Administrators”

BA Athletic Training (Buena Vista University)
MS Anatomy (Des Moines University)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2016
Dissertation Title: “Embryology in Medical Education: A Mixed Methods Study and Phenomenology of Faculty and First Year Medical Students”

BS Biology (Ohio State University)
MS Anatomy (Ohio State University)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2014
Dissertation Title: “An Exploration of Reflective Writing and Self-Assessments to Explain Professionalism Lapses Among Medical Students”
Leslie A. Hoffman, PhD IU School of Medicine faculty profile

MBBS (Kabul University of Medical Sciences)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2020
Dissertation Title: “A Foucauldian Archaeology of Modern Medical Discourse.” 

BS (University of Idaho)
BS (San Jose St. University)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2021
Dissertation Title: “Three-Dimensional Visualization Technology in the Medical Curriculum: Exploring Faculty Use in Preclinical, Clinical, and Postgraduate Anatomy Education.”

BS (University of South Carolina)
MS (Saint Louis University)
PhD Anatomy and Cell Biology, 2022
Dissertation Title: “Investigating the Long-Term Impacts of Service Learning.”