What We Do

Hominis sapientia pro Hominibus

"Knowledge of Humankind for Humanity"

International Institute for Human Evolutionary Research

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ANTHROPOGENY

We research deep human evolution from the Last Universal Common Ancestor through the Last Ape-Human Common Ancestor to Homo sapiens

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Laboratory of Biological Anthropology & Anatomy

ONTOPHYLOGENETIC ANATOMY

We investigate evolution and development of human structure through soft-embalmed dissection, digital and microscopic anatomy, and morphomics (genomics-informed morphology).

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Center for Evolutionary Medicine

NIVEAU DIAGNOSIS

We use the powerful multidisciplinary tools of Evolutionary Medicine to evaluate ultimate etiologies of human pathology. Niveau diagnosis is a new methodology that applies these princi[ples in biomedicine.

Center for Biomedical Education

A MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL PIPELINE FROM PRIMARY TO QUINTENARY LEVELS

Educational research has shown that children from historically underrepresented ethnic groups and in predominantly rural areas have begun to fall behind their peers by the fourth grade. Many never catch up and leave school prematurely, exacerbating an already dire lack of health care professionals in the very sectors of society most in need. ICSM is pioneering innovative evolutionary-narrative learning programs starting in primary and secondary schools that engage students in STEM subjects. Tertiary educational programs engage college students in MCAT exam preparation through integrating their premedical science subjects with real medical cases. Medical students are served at the quaternary level through USMLE exam preparation courses integrating the medical basic sciences with inquiry-based learning tied to clinical applications. Quintenary programs serve practicing physicians with Continuing Medical Education credits, particularly in advanced anatomical practical reviews.

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