Ariel VanLeuven, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Education in Anatomy, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Education
PhD in Cellular Biology: University of Georgia, 2018
BS in Cellular Biology: University of Georgia, 2013
Awards & Honors
Interdisciplinary Certificate in Teaching and Learning, University of Georgia, 2018
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Georgia, 2016
1st Place: UGA Cellular Biology 3-Minute Thesis Competition, 2016
MCG Excellence in Teaching Award (AY 21-22)
AU/UGA Peer-Nominated Teaching Award: Large Group/Anatomy (AY 21-22)
AU/MCG Woman Who Inspires, Women in Medicine Month Campaign (2022)
Areas of Expertise
Clinical Gross Anatomy
Embryology & Developmental Biology
Clinical Genetics
Publications
VanLeuven, A.J., Szymik, B.G., Ramsey, L.M., and Wenzel-Hesse, D.W. “A multi-year evaluation of medical student performance on and perceptions of collaborative gross anatomy laboratory examinations.” 2023, Anatomical Sciences Education, 16 (3): 557–566. http://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2223
Vanasse, A.M., Weiler, T., Roth, E.A., Upadhya, S., Toriello, H.V., VanLeuven, A.J., Norris, J.R., Carey, J.C., and Sobering, A.K. “Teaching perspectives on the communication of difficult news of genetic conditions to medical students.” 2023, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 191 (1): 299–305. http://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.63003
O’Connor, M.J., Beebe, L.L., Deodato, D., Ball, R.E., Page, A.T., VanLeuven, A.J., Harris, K.T., Park, S., Lauderdale, J.D., and Dore, T.M. “Bypassing Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 1 (GAD1) Induced Craniofacial Defects with a Photoactivatable Translation Blocker Morpholino.” 2019, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 10 (1): 266-278. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00231
Liu, Y., Dale, S., Ball, R.E., VanLeuven, A.J., Sornborger, A., Lauderdale, J.D., and Kner, P. “Imaging neural events in zebrafish larvae with linear structured illumination light sheetmicroscopy.” 2019, Neurophotonics, 6 (1): 015009. doi: 10.1117/1.NPh.6.1.015009
VanLeuven, A.J., Park, S., Menke, D.B., and Lauderdale, J.D. “A polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis (PAGE) screening approach for identifying CRISPR-Cas9 induced mutations in zebrafish.” 2018, BioTechniques, 64 (6): 275-278. doi: 10.2144/btn-2018-0012