American Association of Anatomists announces 2017 Board election results

Bethesda, MD – The American Association of Anatomists is pleased to announce the results of our 2017 Board of Directors Elections. Newly elected Board members will assume their position at the conclusion of our annual meeting at Experimental Biology, in Chicago from April 22-April 25, 2017.

The following Board members were elected by the membership to join our 14 person Board which oversees the strategic vision and governance of the Association. Our Association has been proudly served by a governing Board of Directors for the past 129 years.

Rick Sumner, Ph.D., has been elected as President-Elect. This position serves for two years in the President-Elect role before transitioning to President in 2019. Dr. Sumner is Professor and Chair in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Sumner will assume additional roles including chairing the publications committee which oversees our three scholarly journals, Anatomical Sciences Education, Developmental Dynamics, and The Anatomical Record.

Julian Guttman, Ph.D., and Jennifer McBride, Ph.D. have been elected as Directors of the Association with a term of 2017-2020.

Dr. Guttman is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Dr. McBride is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of Histology, and Virtual Anatomy Education Curriculum at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

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AAA maintains two positions on the Board for students or postdoctoral researchers. This year Heather Richbourg, Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine will assume that role. Her term will end in 2020.

For more information about the American Association of Anatomists please view our website: http://www.anatomy.org

About AAA: The American Association of Anatomists (AAA) was founded by Joseph Leidy in Washington, D.C. in 1888 for the “advancement of anatomical science.” Today, via research, education, and professional development activities, AAA serves as the professional home for an international community of biomedical researchers and educators focusing on the structural foundation of health and disease.