Megan A. Holmes, Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health

Megan A. Holmes

Dr. Holmes is a trained anatomist and evolutionary biologist. Her research focuses on feeding behavior adaptations in primate cranial and muscular morphology. Dr. Holmes' most recent research, grant funding and publications have focused specifically  on muscle fiber phenotypes in primate chewing muscles. Dr. Holmes is the Course Director and main instructor for the Physician Assistant Gross Anatomy Course and Lab. She also co-coordinates the PA Practice and the Health Systems course, pulling on her anthropological background to organize learning on health disparities. As an educator, she is passionate about making the learning environment and academia at large equitable and inclusive for her students and colleagues.

Office Location:  
Office Phone:  (919) 613-6873
Email Address: send me a message

Education:

Ph.D.Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine2015
Keywords:

Evolution (Biology) • Functional Morphology • Human anatomy • Muser Mentor

Recent Publications   (search)

  1. Laird, MF; Kanno, CM; Yoakum, CB; Fogaça, MD; Taylor, AB; Ross, CF; Chalk-Wilayto, J; Holmes, MA; Terhune, CE; de Oliveira, JA, Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins., J Exp Biol, vol. 226 no. 15 (August, 2023) [doi]  [abs]
  2. Ogg, ML; Pennings, AN; McNulty, MA; Holmes, MA; Mussell, JC; DeLeon, VB, Increased Integration in Mutant Mice: An Analysis of the Patterns of Covariance through Ontogeny in Fgfr2 Mice, FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, vol. 36 (May, 2022) [doi]  [abs]
  3. Pennings, AN; Ogg, ML; McNulty, MA; Holmes, MA; Mussell, JC; DeLeon, VB, Cranial Dysmorphology in the Palatine, Vomer, and Pterygoid Plates of Fgfr2mice, FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, vol. 36 (May, 2022) [doi]  [abs]
  4. Holmes, M; Taylor, AB, The influence of jaw-muscle fibre-type phenotypes on estimating maximum muscle and bite forces in primates., Interface Focus, vol. 11 no. 5 (October, 2021), pp. 20210009, The Royal Society [doi]  [abs]
  5. Taylor, AB; Holmes, MA, Fiber-type phenotype of the jaw-closing muscles in Gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes, and Pan paniscus: A test of the Frequent Recruitment Hypothesis., J Hum Evol, vol. 151 (February, 2021), pp. 102938 [doi]  [abs]