Anatomy and Physiology

We are a multi-disciplinary department with responsibilities in instruction, research and continuing education in the disciplines of gross and microscopic anatomy, cell and systemic physiology, pharmacology, and neuroscience.

Our research

Our mission: Cultivate an environment that fosters ingenuity, leadership and excellence in teaching, research and service.

Our vision: Build the finest veterinary biomedical science department.

Our leadership

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Dr. Hans Coetzee honored as University Distinguished Professor

MANHATTAN — Four professors, including Anatomy & Physiology Department Head Dr. Hans Coetzee, have earned Kansas State University's highest faculty title of University Distinguished Professor.

Dr. Coetzee is internationally recognized for developing objective measures of pain during routine husbandry procedures in food-producing animals, including beef and dairy cattle, sheep and swine. Dr. Coetzee also researches bovine anaplasmosis and developed a single-dose implant vaccine that provides long-term immunity against anaplasmosis infections.

Awarded more than $21.2 million in research funding over the last 16 years, including more than $18 million from highly competitive federal sources, Dr. Coetzee has authored or co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts. He also is in high demand for consultation by livestock producers, practitioners, academic researchers and pharmaceutical companies on livestock pain assessment. He has presented his work at continuing education sessions and conferences around the world.

Dr. Coetzee's work has earned several international and national honors, including being the first North American recipient of the World Veterinary Association Global Animal Welfare Award in 2017, the second recipient of the World Buiatrics Congress Well-Being Achievement Award in 2018 and the youngest ever to win the American Veterinary Medical Association Animal Welfare Award in 2017. He has also received the American Association of Bovine Practitioners Award of Excellence and the Zoetis Award for Research Excellence.

Our students

Kinesiology doctoral student places second in thesis contest

SchulzeKiana Schulze, doctoral student in kinesiology, took second place in Kansas State University's Three-Minute Thesis competition on March 1, 2022, at the K-State Alumni Center Banquet Room. Her presentation about pulmonary hypertension was in competition against nine other fellow students.

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DeepaCongratulations to our PhD graduates

Andrew Curtis, Miriam Martin, Deepa Upreti (pictured) and Ravindra Thakkar (pictured) have successfully completed defense of their PhD presentations. Congratulations to all of you!

Students participate in Phi Zeta Day

Anatomy & Physiology students, including Zach White (foreground, at right), participated in annual Phi Zeta Day festivities outside the BI Auditorium on March 1, 2022, the final day of the university's mask mandate to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Congratulations to department students who participated in Phi Zeta Day activities:

  • Mikaela Weeder (Mike Kleinhenz, Abbie Viscardi, Shawnee Montgomery, Andrew Curtis, Miriam Martin, Maria Lou, Ally Leslie, Madeline Hall, Bailey Fritz, Hans Coetzee)
  • Bailey Fritz (Mike Kleinhenz, Shawnee Montgomery, Geraldine Magnin, Miriam Martin, Mikaela Weeder, Andrew Curtis, Hans Coetzee)
  • Madeline Hall (Mike Kleinhenz, Maria Lou, Mikaela Weeder, Alyssa Leslie, Bailey Fritz, Hans Coetzee, Abbie Viscardi)
  • Zachary White (Stephanie Hall)
  • Morgan Phillips (Masaaki Tamura, Susumu Ishiguro, Deepa Upreti, Jeffrey Comer)
  • Sarah Timmerman (Matt Basel, Tej Shrestha, others outside A&P)
  • Samantha Rice (Mike Kleinhenz, Geraldine Magnin, Hans Coetzee, others outside A&P)
  • Nicole Cassale (Dylan Lutter, others outside A&P)
  • Mackenzie Gray, who worked with co-authors Dariyan Springfield and Butch KuKanich on “Improving the clinical efficacy of butorphanol for analgesia in dogs,” took first place in the Applied/Clinical Science, Small Animal/Exotics Oral Presentation category.