Nicole Reeves, MBA, PhD
Director and Associate Professor
Dr. Reeves is an anatomist and biological anthropologist with teaching and research interests that include human gross anatomy, human variation and adaptation, skeletal biology, digital teaching and learning, and innovation in medical education. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas and her first master’s degree from Texas State University, before going on to earn her MBA with a focus on health services in 2018. Dr. Reeves’s doctoral dissertation research was completed at the University of Tennessee, where she used computed tomography scans to investigate mechanical and metabolic effects of obesity on cortical bone morphology throughout the human skeleton. After earning her PhD, Dr. Reeves taught at the University of West Georgia before joining the Department of Anatomy at Ross University School of Medicine. After teaching medical students for many years, she moved stateside and took over the anatomy lead at the Medical Education Readiness Program.