Mary Cole
· PhDOhio State University · Respiratory Therapy
Active 2007–2024
About
Mary Beth Cole, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Radiologic Sciences and Therapy within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. She is a biological anthropologist and skeletal biologist with a focus on how bone tissue quality and strength are influenced by life history factors such as age, demographics, behavior, and pathology. Her research investigates microstructural changes in bone related to mechanical and physiological factors, ranging from low-force osteoporotic fractures to injury biomechanics. Dr. Cole's current work emphasizes age-related morphometric changes in cortical porosity and lacuno-canalicular osteocyte networks. Her methodological expertise includes developing automated image processing routines to analyze bone tissue microstructures. She works with various imaging techniques, including brightfield and polarized histology, widefield fluorescence microscopy, micro-CT, synchrotron radiation micro-CT, and multiphoton confocal imaging. Additionally, she develops statistical workflows for feature selection, multivariate modeling, and data visualization, contributing to advancing the understanding of bone microarchitecture and its implications for health and disease.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Internal medicine
- Cancer research
- Biology
Frequent coauthors
- 71 shared
William F. Sherman
Tulane University
- 50 shared
Lacee K. Collins
Tulane University
- 41 shared
Olivia Lee
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
- 26 shared
Timothy L. Waters
Tulane University
- 23 shared
Bailey J. Ross
Emory University
- 20 shared
Zachary Salas
Tulane University
- 19 shared
Felix H. Savoie
- 18 shared
J. Heath Wilder
Tulane University
Education
- 2019
Ph.D., Biological Anthropology, Department of Anthropology
The Ohio State University
- 2014
M.A., Biological Anthropology, Department of Anthropology
The Ohio State University
- 2012
B.S., Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- 2012
B.A., Cultural Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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