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Exciting Updates About BRIDGE Laboratory

NIKKI APPEL AWARDED THE FORENSIC SCIENCE FOUNDATION STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT 

December 2023

Nikki Appel was awarded the Forensic Science Foundation Student Travel Grant. This grant funds her travel to the American Academy of Forensic Science Conference in Denver in February 2024.

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Second Place Poster Prize Awarded to Jasmine Hernandez at the Coloquio Internacional de Antropología Física Juan Comas 

November 2023

Jasmine Hernandez was awarded the first runner-up prize at the Colloquium Juan Comas in Mexico City for her poster 

A histological investigation on the influence of the interosseous membrane attachment at the ulnar midshaft cortex. 

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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH OVATION AWARD

September 2022

Dr. Heather Edgar receives the 2022 Ovation Award.  This award recognizes full-time faculty for recent cutting-edge research accomplishments that address local or global challenges, while elevating the University’s reputation on a national and international stage.

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FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY COMPANION PODCAST #12 VOL. 4. NO. 2 - DRS. HEATHER EDGAR AND STEVE OUSLEY

June 2022

In this episode Dr. Michael Kenyhercz is joined by Drs. Heather Edgar and Steve Ousley to discuss their paper, "Testing the Homogeneity of 'White': Dental Morphology in Americans and Australians of European Descent" from Vol. 4, No. 4.  In this episode, we explore the importance of testing our assumptions and long-held beliefs.

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EMILY MOES RECEIVES WENNER-GREN DISSERTATION FIELDWORK GRANT

April 2022

Emily Moes has been award the Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant for her work entitled Association between Child dental Fluctuating Asymmetry and Maternal Environmental Conditions.

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OMI ANTHROPOLOGY EXPANDS RESEARCH ON MMIW CASES WITH NEW FEDERAL FUNDING

April 2022

KOB4 highlights Dr. Heather Edgar and the research working towards to improvement in identification of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

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HANNAH CANTRELL AWARDED THE ALBERT A. DAHLBERG PRIZE

March 2022

The Dental Anthropology Association awards the Albert A. Dahlberg Prize for the best student paper. This year the award went to our very own Hannah Cantrell.

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ANNA RAUTMAN SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS HER DISSERTATION

November 2021

Graduate student Anna Rautman successfully defended her dissertation on tradeoffs between growth and development of the dental and skeletal systems.

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WOMEN IN STEM AWARD WINNER PROFILE: DR. HEATHER EDGAR

May 2021

Dr. Heather Edgar’s work expands the number of CT scans available for researchers looking to make positive identifications of deceased people. The sample size in a widely used database is woefully inadequate, leading to delays and in some cases misidentifications of a person’s population affinity.

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HANNAH CANTRELL ACCEPTED INTO THE MCNAIR PROGRAM

June 2021

The McNair program here at UNM accepts high achieving undergraduate students interested in pursuing Master's or Doctoral degrees.  The program allows students to conduct research with faculty mentors in preparation for graduate school.  Our lab member, Hannah Cantrell, was accepted into the program and is now in the early stages of her research.

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OMI HOSTS SENATOR HEINRICH

July 2021

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich visited the Office of Medical Investigator (OMI) at The University of New Mexico to see the work being done by forensic anthropologist Heather Edgar and her team to improve the identification of Native American remains and resolve missing persons cases

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