Grace Pinhal-Enfield, PhD, ACUE
Assistant Professor and Program Director, Anatomical Association Body Donor Program
Bio
Grace Pinhal-Enfield is an assistant professor at the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology. She also serves as the director of the Anatomical Association Body Donor Program. Pinhal-Enfield graduated from the Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Her research interests focus on inflammation, wound healing, and pedagogic principles. Her current projects are based on pedagogic principles and practices in gross anatomy, histology, and embryology.
Selected Publications
- Pinhal-Enfield G, Leibovich SJ, Vasan NS. The Role of Macrophages in the Placenta. Embryology - Updates and Highlights on Classic Topics. InTech 2012.
- Pinhal-Enfield G, Ramanathan M, Hasko G, Vogel SN, Salzman AL, Boons GJ, Leibovich SJ. An Angiogenic Switch in Macrophages Involving Synergy Between Toll-Like Receptors 2, 4, 7, and 9 and Adenosine A2A Receptors. American Journal of Pathology 163:711-721, 2003.
- Melovitz-Vasan C, Pinhal-Enfield G, DeFouw DO, Vasan N. Team-Based Learning: An Effective Pedagogical Strategy to Teach Anatomy. Teaching Anatomy: A Practical Guide, 2015.
- Pinhal-Enfield G, Varricchio P, DeFouw DO, Vasan NS. Sternalis Muscle: Importance of Its Awareness in Chest Imaging and Clinical Significance. International Journal of Anatomical Variations 4:106-108, 2011.