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Education

2012 University of North Texas – B.S. in Chemistry and B.A. in Anthropology
2014 Sam Houston State University – M.S. in Forensic Science
2023 Indiana University School of Medicine – Ph.D. in Anatomy & Cell Biology

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Selected Publications

• Wilson S, Awazi A, Gray T, Cooper C, Sadacharan C, Mendoza M, Ayala M, Tippen SP. (2025) “Morphometric evaluation of the anterior meniscofemoral ligament in human cadaveric knees: Anatomical variations and clinical significance.” Cureus 17(2):e79013. http://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.79013
• Tran P, Bennett D, Mendoza M, Sarpong A, Ayala M, Sadacharan C, Tippen SP. (2025) “Cadaveric study of the Martin-Gruber Anastomosis morphology.” Cureus 17(1):e78139. http://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.78139
• Mendoza M, Sarpong A, Bennett D, Ayala M, Tran P, Sadacharan C, Tippen SP. (2025) “The Berretini Anastomosis’ morphology and “probable zone”: A cadaveric study.” Cureus 17(2):e78967. http://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.78967
• Boedeker P, Moreno N, Newell A, Maheshwari A, McMillin MA, Tippen SP, Pillow T, Bergemann AD. (2025) “Pedagogical content knowledge as a lens for transforming teaching in medical and health professions education.” Med Sci Educ https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02325-8
• Tippen SP, Metzger CE, Sacks SA, Allen MR, Mitchell CF, McNulty MA. (2024) “Clinically-relevant doses of tiludronate do not affect bone remodeling in pasture-exercised horses.” Equine Vet J 2024:1-9. http://doi.org/10.1111/evj.14119
• Tippen SP, Metzger CE, Swallow EA, Sacks SA, Wallace JM, Allen MR. (2021) “The combination of aging and chronic kidney disease leads to an exacerbated cortical porosity phenotype.” Bone 154:116228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2021.116228
• Tippen SP, Noonan ML, Ni Pu, Metzger CE, Swallow EA, Sacks SA, Chen NX, Thompson WR, Prideaux M, Atkins GA, Moe SM, Allen MR, White KE. (2021) “Age and sex effects on FGF23-mediated response to mild phosphate challenge.” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2021.115885