Trent D. Stephens, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy and Embryology
steptren@isu.edu
(208) 282-3993
Room 420/421 Gale Life Sciences Bldg
Limb Lab
Morphogenesis, Field Concept, Pattern Formation, Limb Development, Comparative Embryology, Evolutionary Constraint, Teratology, Thalidomide Action, Anatomy, Tooth Development
Education
Postdoctoral: 1977-1981 University of Washington, Seattle
Ph.D. 1977 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Anatomy
M.S. 1974 Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Zoology
B.S. 1973 Brigham Young University; Microbiology/Zoology
Biographical Sketch
Trent D. Stephens, PhD is Professor of Anatomy and Embryology at Idaho State University. He has a BS in Microbiology and a BS in Zoology from BYU, an MS in Zoology from BYU, and a Ph.D. in Anatomy from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught Anatomy for four years in the Medical School at the University of Washington (postdoc) and has been teaching Anatomy and Embryology in the Dental Program at Idaho State University since 1981. He was selected as the ISU Distinguished Teacher in 1992, as the Sigma Xi Jerome Bigalow Award recipient (for combining teaching and research) in 1992, and as an Outstanding Researcher in 2000. Trent has been actively involved in research into the developmental origins of vertebrate form for the past 23 years (beginning as an undergraduate), and has published over 85 scientific papers and books. His research has lead to the conclusion that there are apparently many constraints on the developing embryo which keep evolutionary change bounded within certain domains. He has published one textbook (“Atlas of Human Embryology,” 1980) and has coauthored fourteen others (all Anatomy and Physiology). He has also coauthored the books, “Dark Remedy, the Impact of Thalidomide and its Revival as a Vital Medicine,” Perseus, 2001, and “Evolution and Mormonism: A Quest for Understanding,” Signature, 2001
Teaching
BIOL 400/L Oral Histology and Embryology (half)
BIOL 450/L Head and Neck Anatomy
BIOL 482 Independent Problems in Develop. Biol.
BIOL 500/L Oral Histology and Embryology (half)
BIOL 550/L Head and Neck Anatomy
BIOL 582 Independent Problems in Develop. Biol.
BIOL 662 Advanced Studies in Developmental Biology
BIOL 529/L Regional Anatomy and Histology
BIOL 440/L Human Gross Anatomy
BIOL 481 Independent Problems in Develop. Biol.
BIOL 581 Independent Problems in Develop. Biol.
BIOL 662 Advanced Studies in Developmental Biology
BIOL 529L Regional Anatomy and Histology (Half)
BIOL 540L Human Gross Anatomy Lab
DENT 308 Oral Histology and Embryology
DENT 312 Head and Neck Anatomy
Publications
Seeley, RR, Stephens, TD, and Tate, P: Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology, McGraw-Hill, Dubuque 6 th edition, 2007.
Seeley, RR, Stephens, TD, and Tate, P: Anatomy and Physiology, McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, 7th edition, 2006.
Seeley, RR, Stephens, TD, and Tate, P: Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology, McGraw-Hill, Dubuque 5 th edition, 2005.
Stephens, TD: Now What? Sunstone 131, 26-29, 2004.
Stephens, TD: A brief history of the introduction of the dorsal/ventral body cavity misconception and its spread to modern anatomy and physiology textbooks. HAPS-EDucator, Fall 2003, 10-13, 2003.
Meldrum, DJ and Stephens, TD: Who are the children of Lehi? J. Book of Mormon Studies 12, 38-51, 2003.
Seeley, RR, Stephens, TD, and Tate, P: Anatomy and Physiology, McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, 6th edition, 2002.
Seeley, RR, Stephens, TD, and Tate, P: Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology, McGraw-Hill, Dubuque 4th edition, 2002.
Stephens, TD: Reinventing Thalidomide. Chemistry in Britain. 37: 38-40, 2001.
Stephens, TD, Meldrum, DJ, and Peterson, FB: Evolution and Mormonism: a Quest for Understanding. Signature Books, SLC, Utah, 2001.
Stephens, TD and Brynner, R: Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and it Revival as a Vital Medicine. Perseus Books, Cambridge, MA 2001.
Seeley, RR, Stephens, TD, and Tate, P: Anatomy and Physiology, McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, 5th edition, 2000.
Stephens, TD, Bunde, CJ, and Fillmore, BJ: Commentary: Mechanism of Action in Thalidomide Teratogenesis. Biochemical Pharmacology 59: 1489-1499, 2000.
Stephens, TD: Thalidomide Mechanism. The Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada: Action Newsletter #19, April 2000.
Stephens, TD and Fillmore, BJ: Hypothesis: Thalidomide embryopathy-proposed mechanism of action. Teratology 61:189-195, 2000.