Dr. Anthony
Mescher.
We owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Tony Mescher, as
the inspiration came in part from the
histology course he taught for many years at the Bloomington branch of
the Indiana University School of Medicine. Now retired, Dr. Mescher received
his doctorate in Developmental Biology from The Ohio State University in
1975 for work in the area of tissue and organ regeneration. Dr. Mescher
joined the the school of medicine in in 1982 and from
that time concentrated his teaching efforts on medical cell biology and
histology courses. Dr. Mescher retired in 2015, but continues to be an active
volunteer instructor and advisor here at IUSM-Bloomington.
Sue Childressis a native
Bloomingtonian and has
many years experience as a microtomist.
Sue has responsibility for the collections of microscope
slides used for courses in histology and pathology and regularly prepares
new slides for those collections. She also works with Medical Sciences
faculty and students in the preparation of research materials for light and
electron microscopy and regularly provides one-on-one instruction to
graduate students and undergraduates in various histological techniques. An
excellent microscopic anatomist, Sue has been a tireless proofreader of the
many pages of this and related websites, and her efforts have been
invaluable in correcting a multitude of errors.
Dr. Tracy
Vargo-Gogola, PhD. wears a number of hats, and was absolutely essential
to the successful development of this website. A faculty member with the
Josie and Mike Harper Cancer Center at the University of Notre Dame, she is
also on the faculty Indiana University School of Medicine. She received her
undergraduate degree from Michigan State University, PhD from Vanderbilt
University and completed postdoctoral studies in the department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Vargo-Gogola
is the courses director for histology at Indiana University School of
Medicine, South Bend campus. She has proofread this site multiple times and
offered thoughtful and cogent additions, thereby greatly improving its
usefulness and understandability. Thank you so much for time and effort Dr.
Vargo-Gogola.
Jonathan Bendinger
is a graduate student in the Indiana University School of Medicine
Anatomy Education doctoral program. Not only is Jon a dedicated teacher, he
has an extraordinary eye and talent for developing educational media,
specifically annotated images of gross anatomic structures and microscopic
tissues. Indeed, Jon created all of the wonderful and informative PowerPoint
presentations that accompany the units of this website.
