2019 Student Research Projects
Laura McNern: Advance understanding of orthopaedic implants and trauma (graduate level student)
Hilary Llamas: Cranial trauma - Recording prevalence and interpreting aetiology from a biological and cultural perspectives (graduate level student)
Emily Brooks: Trauma analysis in the lower limb and application of AO guidelines in forensic Anthropology (undergraduate level student)
Genevieve Duran: Ancestry Evaluation in a Greek-Cypriot population using the OSSA method (undergraduate level student)
William Russo: Ancestry Evaluation in a Greek-Cypriot population using the OSSA method (undergraduate level student)
Madyson Stepheson: Evaluation of metric and macromorphoscopic traits on the zugomatico-maxillary region and orbits for the determination of ancestry in Greek-Cypriots (undergraduate level student)
Christoforos Christoforou: The co-morbidity of erosive arthritides and differential diagnosis (graduate level student)
This year our students submitted 5 abstracts for 2 National conferences in Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology!!!
Hilary Llamas: Cranial trauma - Recording prevalence and interpreting aetiology from a biological and cultural perspectives (graduate level student)
Emily Brooks: Trauma analysis in the lower limb and application of AO guidelines in forensic Anthropology (undergraduate level student)
Genevieve Duran: Ancestry Evaluation in a Greek-Cypriot population using the OSSA method (undergraduate level student)
William Russo: Ancestry Evaluation in a Greek-Cypriot population using the OSSA method (undergraduate level student)
Madyson Stepheson: Evaluation of metric and macromorphoscopic traits on the zugomatico-maxillary region and orbits for the determination of ancestry in Greek-Cypriots (undergraduate level student)
Christoforos Christoforou: The co-morbidity of erosive arthritides and differential diagnosis (graduate level student)
This year our students submitted 5 abstracts for 2 National conferences in Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology!!!
Our Conference Submissions 2018-19
British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO)
2018 Accepted (poster) |
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
(AAPA) 2019 Accepted (TBD) |
Bones - Bodies and Disease
2019 Accepted (podium) |
2018 Student Research Projects
Conference Participation |
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Inside and out: Using x-ray to confirm a macroscopic diagnosis of metastatic cancer
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Aetiology and Social Implications of Forearm Fractures in a Modern Cypriot Population
Lee, Winsome W.S.; Williams, Anna; Kyriakou, Xenia-Paula BABAO_2017 Within a forensic context, the classification of bony injuries is vital for the interpretation and determination of the cause of the trauma. Forearm fractures tend to be mainly defensive or accidental injuries, and can provide insight into the nature of interpersonal relationships and the interaction with the environment of a specific population. Forearm fractures may be a useful tool for identification of the deceased, determination of cause and manner of death, and can provide clues about cultural practices, lifestyle and violence. Forearm fractures were analysed from the extremely well-preserved skeletal remains of a modern population (lived 1900-2008) of known elderly, but non-osteoporotic individuals (n=150; 75 male, 75 female) from the Cyprus Reference Research Collection, under the curatorship of Odyssey Fieldschool, Cyprus. It was hypothesised that there would be age and gender-related differences in distribution of fractures of the upper limb, and that side differences and extent of healing may allow the interpretation of the aetiology of the fractures. Fracture data were compared to forensic literature to understand the aetiology and social implications of the trauma. The association of types of fractures and their prevalence with sex, known age-at-death, side, timing of injury and degree of healing are discussed. Of the 150 individuals, 28 exhibited 46 injuries. Of these, 17 (61%) exhibited only one injury whereas 11 (39%) had multiple trauma. Among all injuries, healed antemortem fractures had the highest frequency (74%) followed by partially healed (20%) and open (7%) fractures. No definite peri-mortem injuries were observed, despite excellent preservation. Colles’ fractures were found to be most prevalent, and were 5 times more common in women than in men. Barton fractures were more equally gender-distributed. Surprisingly, limb dominance did not affect the left-right distribution of trauma. Most fractures exhibited are thought to be accidental rather than violent in origin. |
Past Projects
August 24 – 28, 2016
20th Congress of the European Anthropological Association
Poster Presentation:
Patterns of Upper Limb trauma found in a modern Cypriot population (Winsome S.E. Lee, Kyriakou X.P., Kocher G., Jaskulska E)
March 13 – 14, 2015
9th Georgia Academy of Science Meeting (GAS)
Poster Presentation:
Sex differences in vertebral pathologies from a geriatric collection exhumed at the St. Nicholas Cemetery in Limassol, Cyprus (Mayer, C.E., Williams, F.L.E., Kyriakou, X.P.)
April 15 - 19, 2015
SAA 80th Meeting – San Francisco
Podium Presentation:
Osteoarthritis in the Elbow and Knee from a Modern Documented Cemetery Collection in Cyprus: Using “New” Bones to Understand “Old” Ones (Tica, C., Kyriakou, X.P.)
November 21 – 23, 2014
BAHID/BAFA - ‘The Emergency Mortuary in DVI'.
Poster presentation:
Osteometric standards for sex estimation from the tibia for Greek Cypriots (Garcia-Donas J., Langstaff H, Prado P., Kyriakou X.P., Kranioti E.F.)
20th Congress of the European Anthropological Association
Poster Presentation:
Patterns of Upper Limb trauma found in a modern Cypriot population (Winsome S.E. Lee, Kyriakou X.P., Kocher G., Jaskulska E)
March 13 – 14, 2015
9th Georgia Academy of Science Meeting (GAS)
Poster Presentation:
Sex differences in vertebral pathologies from a geriatric collection exhumed at the St. Nicholas Cemetery in Limassol, Cyprus (Mayer, C.E., Williams, F.L.E., Kyriakou, X.P.)
April 15 - 19, 2015
SAA 80th Meeting – San Francisco
Podium Presentation:
Osteoarthritis in the Elbow and Knee from a Modern Documented Cemetery Collection in Cyprus: Using “New” Bones to Understand “Old” Ones (Tica, C., Kyriakou, X.P.)
November 21 – 23, 2014
BAHID/BAFA - ‘The Emergency Mortuary in DVI'.
Poster presentation:
Osteometric standards for sex estimation from the tibia for Greek Cypriots (Garcia-Donas J., Langstaff H, Prado P., Kyriakou X.P., Kranioti E.F.)