Respiratory Disease at the Rise of Industry in England
This project combines archival documents and skeletal samples to map the burden of respiratory disease among urban dwellers from 18th and 19th century England who experienced varying levels of social and economic marginalization in life.
Validation of MorphoPASSE for Skeletal Sex Estimation
This project evaluates the accuracy, reliability, and repeatability of MorphoPASSE for estimating skeletal sex using donors from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Donated Skeletal Collection (collaborators: Dr. Kylie Williamson, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Dr. Steven Lautzenheiser, Devin Adcox, and Sarah Schwing, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; and Lowen Pullias, Mississippi State University).
Standardization of Maxillary Sinusitis Diagnoses in Human Skeletal Remains
The purpose of this project is to develop standards for identifying and diagnosing maxillary sinusitis in human skeletal remains (collaborators: Dr. Anna Davies-Barrett, University of Leicester; Maia Casna, Leiden University; Dr. Samantha Purchase, University of Sheffield; Dr. Cecilia Collins, Reykjavik University; and Dr. Bruno Magalhães, University of Coimbra)
Longitudinal Evaluation of the Total Body Scoring System
This project evaluates the accuracy and reliability of the Megyesi et al. (2005) total body scoring system for estimating time since death across the postmortem interval using human donors from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Body Donation Program (collaborators: Dr. Kelly Sauerwein, National Institute of Standards and Technology; and Dr. Angela Dautartas, Troy University).
Stress x Age Project
This project uses human donors from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Donated Skeletal Collection to investigate the impact that previous experiences of physiological stress during childhood have on the accuracy of adult age estimates produced using traditional skeletal aging methods (collaborators: Caroline Znachko and Taylor Walkup, University of Tennessee, Knoxville).
