Division of Anatomical Sciences Office of Medical Education

Gerald W. Cortright, Ph.D. Lecturer of Anatomy Division of Anatomical Sciences 3767G Med Sci II (734) 647-3369 Email: gcor@umich.edu Community of Science Profile

Training:

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1983.

Research Interests:

      Human gross anatomy teaching, comparative primate functional morphology, human evolution, and history of human evolutionary studies.

Representative Publications:

1. Gest, T.R. and W.E. Burkel, G.W. Cortright: A need for logical and consistent anatomical nomenclature for cutaneous nerves of the limbs. Anatomical Sciences Education 2008 2 (3):126-134.
2. Cortright G, Tuttle R. 1988. Positional behavior, adaptive complexes, and evolution. In: Orang-Utan Biology (JH Schwartz, ed) New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 311-330.
3. Cortright G, Tuttle R. 1983. The problem of hominid bipedalism: what do we need in order to proceed? In: Perspectives in Primate Biology (PK Seth, ed). New Delhi: Today and Tomorrow's Publishers, pp. 167-174.

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