Dr Amanda Meyer

Senior Lecturer, Anatomy and Pathology, James Cook University
Dr Amanda Meyer is an educator, researcher, and anatomist, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree with first-class honours in Anatomy & Human Biology, a PhD in medical science, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. With over 13 years of teaching experience, she has taught over 8,500 students, ranging from first-year students to doctoral-level in science, biomedical science, medical, and health professions.

Dr Meyer is passionate about her work and is dedicated to helping her students reach their full potential. This was recognised with her winning the 2022 UWA School of Human Sciences Teaching Excellence award. She has developed multiple units and taught at Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia before joining James Cook University in Queensland in July 2024.

Dr Meyer is a twice-elected (2016 to 2018 and 2019 to 2023) actively involved Council member of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA), the professional body in Australia for clinical anatomy and educational research. She also advocates for equity and inclusion in the anatomy teaching and research field evidenced by my position on the Federative International Committee for Equality and Diversity in Anatomy (FICEDA).

She engages in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) by conducting research into effective teaching methodologies since 2014. Most of her papers have been published in the Q1 journal, Anatomical Sciences Education. Conducting this research, Dr Meyer has collaborated with anatomy educators from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and New Zealand demonstrating strong positive international relationships.

Dr Meyer is an advocate of open education resources and open access to research and disseminates her knowledge of SOTL to the anatomy community worldwide using the platform formerly known as Twitter with over 4,000 followers and 70,000 views a month.