1995 Ph.D., Biological Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1989 M. A., Biological Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1987 B. A., summa cum laude with Distinction, Biology/German (double major), Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana

 

Gross Anatomy, Musculoskeletal (co-coordinator)
 

Northup Educator of the Year, Student Osteopathic Medical Association

Selected Publications

In prep - Elizabeth Rega. "Paleopathology in the Dinosaurs" in The Complete Dinosaur, 2nd ed. Farlow and Brett-Surman, eds. Indiana University Press.

2004 - Elizabeth Rega. "Can fossil bones show signs of dinosaur disease or injury?" Sidebar essay in Look-It-Up Book of Dinosaurs, by Tom Holtz, Random House.

2002 - Elizabeth Rega, Donald A. McFarlane, Joyce Lundberg and Keith Christenson "A new Megalonychid Sloth from the Late Wisconsinan of the Dominican Republic". Caribbean Journal of Science, Volume 38, No. 1-2. 11-19

2000 - Rega, E. A. "The gendering of children in the early Bronze Age cemetery at Mokrin" in: Hurcombe, L., and McDonald, M. (eds.) Gender and Material Culture in Archaeological Perspective. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York , pp. 238-249.

2000 - Rega, E. A. "The gendering of children in the early Bronze Age cemetery at Mokrin" in: Hurcombe, L., and McDonald, M. (eds.). Gender and Material Culture. New York: Macmillan.

1999 - *Albright, G.M., E. A. Rega, and S. S. Sumida. "A survey of the Late Paleozoic fish fauna of Utah" in: Gillette, D. D. (ed.), The Vertebrate Fossils of Utah, Utah Geological Survey

1999 - Rega, E. A., J. Michaelson and L. TenEyck. "Analysis of commingled skeletal remains from a pre-contact cave site in the Jackson's Bay Cave series, Jamaica." American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 26. (abstract)

Rega, E. A. "Anatomy in animation: sexually dimorphic characters in the creation of realistic animated humans. American Zoologist. (abstract).

* Indicates publication with student.

Published Abstracts

2006 - Rega, E.A. & R. Holmes "Manual pathology indicative of locomotor behavior in two chasmosaurine ceratopid dinosaurs" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (3, Suppl.), p. 114A.

2006 - Rega, E.A. S.S. Sumida, K. Noriega, A. Lee. Histological analysis of traumatic injury to multiple neural spines of an associated skeleton of Dimetrodon: Implications for healing response, dorsal sail morphology and age-at-death in a Lower Permian synapsid". Integrative And Comparative Biology

2005 - Rega, E.A. S.S. Sumida, K. Noriega, C. Pell, A. Lee Evidence-based paleopathology I: ontogenetic and functional implications of dorsal sails in Dimetrodon. ". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25 (3, Suppl.), p. 103A.

2005 - S.S. Sumida, E. A. Rega, K. Noriega Evidence-based paleopathology II: Impact on phylogenetic analysis of the genus Dimetrodon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25 (3, Suppl.), p. 120A.

2004 - Rega, E.A. Noriega, K. Sumida, S. & Lee, A."Histological analysis of traumatic injury to multiple neural spines of an associated skeleton of Dimetrodon: Implications for healing response, dorsal sail morphology and age-at-death in a Lower Permian synapsid; Integrative And Comparative Biology, vol 44(6) P. 628.

2003 - Rega, E. A., Hanna, R. R., and Wolff, E. D. S. "A new tool for paleopathological analysis; development of a description-based classification system for pathological bones". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23 (3, Suppl.), p. 89.

2002 - Noriega, K. C., Rega, E. A., and Sumida, S. S. "Indirect evidence of sail presence from healed spinous process fractures in several Dimetrodon specimens". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22 (3, Suppl.), p. 92.

2002 - E.A. Rega and C. Brochu "Palaeopathology in a mature specimen of tyrannosaurus rex" First International Palaeontological Congress Abstracts No. 68. Ed. G. Brock & J. Talent. Geological Society of North America.

2002 - Rega, E. A., Wideman, N. K., and Brochu, C. A. "Paleopathology of amniote specimens from the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic of North America; comparison of gross morphological and historical analyses." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22 (3, Suppl.), p. 98.

2001 - *K. Noriega and E. Rega. "Heretofore undocumented variation of an intrinsic hand muscle in a juvenile baboon". American Zoologist (abstract). vol 41(6) pp.

2001 - Rega, E.A. and C. A. Brochu "Paleopathology of a mature Tyrannosaurus rex" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Volume 21, Supplement to No. 3, 22 August 2001, p. 92A (abstract).

2001 - Rega, E. A., and Noriega, K. "Indirect evidence of sail presence from a healed spinous process fracture in Dimetrodon". PaleoBios, 21 (2, Suppl.), p. 108.

2001 - Rega, E.A. and C. Brochu "Evidence of thoracic breathing in Tyrannosaurus rex, based upon recent anatomical and pathological evidence from "Sue." Journal of Morphology (abstract).

1999 - *Rega, E. A., J. Michaelson and L. TenEyck.. "Analysis of commingled skeletal remains from a pre-contact cave site in the Jackson's Bay Cave series, Jamaica ." American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 26. (abstract)

1999 - *Gebhardt, G., L. Teneyck and E.A. Rega, "A Java program for the calculation of minimum number of individuals from commingled and fragmented skeletal samples". American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 26. (abstract)

2000 - Rega, E.A. "The "dynamic digital human" in research, entertainment and education" .American Zoologist Vol 40(6)p. 1185.

1998 - *Tometich, J., J. Bernstein, and E. A. Rega. "Articulation of a saber tooth cat in leaping position with completely hidden hardware". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 18, No. 3, p. 82A. (abstract)

1998 - *Rega, E.A. "Anatomy in Animation: Sexual Dimorphism in the creation of realistic animatied human characters" American Zoologist 38 (5): 81.

1997 - *Rega, E. A. and G. Parker "Primate 1st Metacarpal Morphological Variability: Implications for Fossil Hominids", Journal of Morphology 232 (abstract).

1997 - *Albright, G.M. and E. A. Rega. "A survey of the late Palaeozoic fish fauna of Utah ", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 17, supplement to No. 3, p. 28A. (abstract).

* Indicates publication with student.

To view some of Dr. Rega's work, click on the links below: 
•"Histological analysis of traumatic injury to multiple neural spines of an associated skeleton of Dimetrodon: Implications for healing response, dorsal sail morphology and age-at-death in a Lower Permian synapsid". (2.8MB pdf file)

•"Manual pathology indicative of locomotor behavior in two chasmosaurine ceratopid dinosaurs" (3MB pdf file)