Ariel VanLeuven
Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Medical College of Georgia
Department of MCG-UGA Medical Partnership
Administration
Bio
I grew up in Covington, GA and attended the University of Georgia where I earned a B.S. in Cellular Biology. I continued my education/training at UGA and earned a PhD in Cellular Biology. My dissertation project involved using molecular approaches such as CRISPR-Cas9 to better understand the role of GABA during nervous system development in zebrafish. As a graduate student, I was the Gross Anatomy Lab TA at the AU/UGA Medical Partnership, which is where my passion for teaching really developed. After completing my PhD, I spent a year and a half as a Visiting Professor of Biology at Emory University’s Oxford Campus teaching undergraduate Biology and Genetics courses. I'm now an Assistant Professor of Cellular Biology & Anatomy here at AU.
- (706) 713-2176
- HSC Russell Hall, Room 163
Education
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Ph.D., Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Georgia, 2018
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BS, Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Georgia, 2013
Certifications
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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ANAT 5005
Clinical Anat & Teach Skills
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MEDI 5156
Mod 2: Musculoskeletal
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MEDI 5161
Mod 3: Brain & Behavior
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MEDI 5151
Module 1: Fundamentals
Teaching Interests
My teaching interests are in Anatomy, Developmental Biology/Embryology, and Genetics.
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- A multi-year evaluation of medical student performance on and perceptions of collaborative gross anatomy laboratory examinations., 2023
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Teaching perspectives on the communication of difficult news of genetic conditions to medical students, 2023
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Imaging neural events in zebrafish larvae with linear structured illumination light sheet microscopy., 2019
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Bypassing Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 1 (GAD1) Induced Craniofacial Defects with a Photoactivatable Translation Blocker Morpholino, 2019
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- A PAGE screening approach for identifying CRISPR-Cas9-induced mutations in zebrafish, 2018
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Research Interests
My research interests are in assessment approaches for anatomy as well as how medical students perceive assessment approaches.
