Dr. Huq currently teaches gross anatomy and histology in the pre-clerkship Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) program at PCOM South Georgia. He received his PhD in Physical Anthropology from the State University of New York-Stony Brook. While at graduate school, he started to teach anatomy and has been continuously teaching anatomy to both graduate and undergraduate students since 2008. Prior to joining PCOM South Georgia, Dr. Huq had taught in the pre-clerkship MD programs at the Saint James School of Medicine and most recently at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine. He was the course director for Human Gross Anatomy at the Saint James School of Medicine and the module lead for the longitudinal Language of Medicine module at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine.
Dr. Huq’s research interests include comparative musculoskeletal functional anatomy and evolutionary biology of humans and primates. He has mentored student research projects in osteoarthritis, sickle cell anemia, scoliosis, knee replacement surgery, and the use of bio-synthetic materials in bone replacement surgery. Dr. Huq has published on topics in musculoskeletal anatomy as well as anatomical variations in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Anatomy and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
Doctoral research grant from The L. S. B. Leakey Foundation (US$ 11,880). Project title: Physiological, histological and mechanical characteristics of selected epaxial muscles in primates.
Huq E, Taylor AB, Su Z, Wall CE. 2018. Fiber type composition of epaxial muscles is geared toward facilitating rapid spinal extension in the leaper Galago senegalensis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166 (1): 95-106.
Huq E, Bailie P. 2017. A rare bifurcation pattern of the sciatic nerve.” Anatomy Journal of Africa 6 (3): 1011-1014.
Huq E, Wall CE, Taylor AB. 2015. Epaxial muscle fiber architecture favors enhanced excursion and power in the leaper Galago senegalensis. Journal of Anatomy 227 (4): 524-540.
Wall CE, Briggs M, Huq E, Hylander WL, Schachat F. 2013. Regional variation in the myosin heavy chain composition in the temporalis muscle of female and male baboons (Papio anubis). Archives of Oral Biology 58 (4): 435-443.
Huq E, Taylor AB, Wall CE. Fiber type composition of spinal extensors is geared toward
rapid spinal extension in the leaper, Galago senegalensis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2013. 150 (S56): 155. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22247.
Presented at the 82nd annual conference of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists,
Knoxville, TN.
Huq E, Wall CE, Taylor AB. A preliminary comparison of spinal extensor muscle fiber
architecture in Galago senegalensis and Nycticebus coucang. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2011. 144 (S52): 172. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21502.
Presented at the 80th annual conference of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists,
Minneapolis, MN.
Huq E, Jungers WL. Tail length and sacral dimensions in living and subfossil Malagasy prosimians. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2009. 138 (S48): 231. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21030.
Presented at the 78th annual conference of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
Chicago, IL.
Huq E. 2019. Vertebral arch morphology of UMP 67.28 (Morotopithecus bishopi) and its implications for determining positional behavior in fossil primates.
Presented at the 3rd annual research symposium of the University of Texas-Rio Grande
Valley School of Medicine, McAllen, TX.
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