American Association For Anatomy Announces Innovation Grants

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 12, 2023 – The American Association for Anatomy (AAA) has funded Innovation Grants for two programs: Anatomy Nights and The Anato-Bee. This year’s awards totaled $75,000. Anatomy Nights was founded in 2018; it is an event format that brings the fundamental practice of dissection (non-human) into the public sphere and ensures that anatomists are involved in public engagement presentations about the … Continue reading American Association For Anatomy Announces Innovation Grants

AAA Condemns Abuse of Donated Bodies

The American Association for Anatomy (AAA) strongly condemns the inappropriate actions of two University of Pittsburgh students towards deceased human donors. The students are alleged to have inappropriately touched and made inappropriate remarks about two donated bodies during an anatomy teaching lab and they have been charged with abuse of a corpse. “It is extremely upsetting and gut wrenching to read this news yet it’s a strong … Continue reading AAA Condemns Abuse of Donated Bodies

New in the Anatomical Record: Graphical Abstracts

The Anatomical Record, an official publication of the American Association for Anatomy (AAA), has announced that graphical abstracts may now be submitted alongside manuscripts.  “By offering authors the option to publish a graphical abstract alongside their written abstract, we hope to increase the visibility of our published papers and make the content more accessible to a general audience,” said Editor-in-Chief Heather F. Smith. A graphical … Continue reading New in the Anatomical Record: Graphical Abstracts

AAA Adresses Structural Racism, Questionable Ethics, and Complex History of Anatomical Sciences

PRESS RELEASE March 14, 2021 ROCKVILLE, MD – In a special issue of the journal The Anatomical Record published today, the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) is proactively addressing the complex, painful, and sometimes unethical history of the Anatomy discipline, including legacy anatomical collections, some of which have questionable ties to Nazi Germany, body snatchers in England, and slavery and segregation in the United States.  “For the first time, … Continue reading AAA Adresses Structural Racism, Questionable Ethics, and Complex History of Anatomical Sciences