External Conferences (*Winner of the Ellis R. Kerley Research Award)
2024 | “Assessing the Impact of Opioid Use on Human Clavicles Through Clinical Computed Tomography (CT): A Pilot Study"76th Annual Scientific Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. February 19-24. (Poster)
2022 | “Effects of Prolonged Opioid Exposure on Bone Fracture Strength of Rabbit Middle Ribs” 74th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. February 21-25. (Poster)
2022 | “Micro-scale Fluid Flow in Human Cortical Bone Examined through Reynolds Matched Flow Testing of 3D Printed Synchrotron µCT Scans.” 2022 Annual Meeting of The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. January 3-7. (Poster)
2021 | “Longitudinal Effects of Prolonged Opioid Use on Cortical Bone Remodeling in a Rabbit Model Part I: Interskeletal Variability and Regional Differences Detected via micro-CT”. 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Virtual. (Poster)
2021 | “Automated Techniques for Cortical Bone Histology Variable Segmentation and Image Enhancement”. 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Virtual. (Poster)
2020 | “Longitudinal Transdermal Fentanyl Compared with Morphine Sulfate Treatments in a Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Model System: Impacts on Behavior and Health". 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensice Sciences. February 17-22. (Poster)
2020 | “Investigating the Impact of Opioid Abuse on Intracortical Porosity and Bone Cellular Density: A Synchrotron-Radiation micro-Computed Tomography (SRµCT) Approach". 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. February 17-22. (Poster)*
2019 | “Application of Synchrotron micro-Computed Tomography and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy to Evaluate Sex-Related Differences in the Human Osteocyte Lacunar-Canalicular Network Across the Lifespan”. 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. March 27-30. (Poster)
2019 | “Inferring Species Origin Through Virtual Histology: A Comparison of Third Metapodials from Homo sapiens and Ursus americanus Using Micro-Computed Tomography”. 71st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. February 18-23. (Poster)
Campus & Departmental Talks
2018 | “3D Structural Changes of Cortical Bone in Anterior Human Femora”. University of Akron Integrated Bioscience Retreat. November 17. (Presentation)