Course instructor
Biography
Tamara Maciel is the Program Director for the School of Anatomy, within the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences. Maciel holds a master’s degree in Clinical Anatomy and is passionate about anatomical education. Maciel is a recipient of the Faculty of Health Teaching Award and served for three years as the Kinesiology and Health Sciences Teaching Fellow.
Teaching
- KIN 100: Regional Human Anatomy
- KIN 305: Anatomy of Thorax and Abdomen
- KIN 472: Directed Study in Anatomy
- BME 284L: Physiology and Anatomy Lab
Education
- MSc, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University
- BSc, Kinesiology, Western University
Research
Maciel supports a variety of researchers who collaborate with the School of Anatomy. In 2025, Maciel was awarded a Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) Seed Grant for research investigating “A comparison of Immediate Feedback in Group-Stage Testing.
Selected publications
Quail, D. F., Maciel, T. J., Rogers, K., and Postovit, L. M. (2012). A Unique 3D In Vitro Cellular Invasion Assay. Journal of Biomolecular Screening, 17(8), 1088–1095.
Stock, T., Wilson, T. D., and Postovit, L.-M. (2009). Co-localization of nodal in hypoxic regions of tumours as seen using confocal microscopy and stereoscopic 3D reconstruction methods. The FASEB Journal, 23(S1), 829.3-829.3.
Awards
- 2019, Faculty of Health Teaching Award, University of Waterloo