Staff Profile

Introduction

Steve M^cHanwell is Professor of Anatomical Sciences and a National Teaching Fellow.   Previously he held appointments in University College London and as an MRC French Exchange Fellow in the Institute of Embryology in Nogent-sur-Marne, Paris.  He is a founder member of the Trans European Pedagogic Anatomy Research Group serving first as Secretary General and is currently President of the Group.  He served as Honorary Education Officer for the Anatomical Society for nine years.  He has won a number of student awards for his anatomy teaching and in 2007 was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.  He has taught anatomy to a wide range of student groups but currently his main teaching in anatomy is to undergraduate and postgraduate students in dental sciences and in speech and language sciences.  He is co-author (with Martin Atkinson) of Basic Medical Sciences for Speech and Language Therapy Students and a member of the editorial team for Gray’s Anatomy (41st edition).  His research interests span both anatomy and education.  In anatomy his current interests centre on the anatomy, clinical anatomy, innervation and development of the larynx, work done in collaboration with JR Sanudo in Complutense University, Madrid.  His education interests focus on student learning in anatomy, curriculum theory and development and the reward and recognition of teaching excellence in higher education.  He has just completed a project as Co-Principal Investigator on an HEA-Funded Inter-Institutional Benchmarking Project: Reward and recognition for Teaching in HE (with the universities of Tasmania, Wollongong and Leicester. 

 

Roles and Responsibilities

Professor of Anatomical Sciences

Qualifications

BSc (Physiology) Newcastle upon Tyne
PhD Bristol
MI Biol, CI Biol

National Teaching Fellow (2007)

 Memberships

President Trans PedagogicAnatomy Research Group of EFEM
Deputy Education Officer Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Fellow of the Linnean Society
Member of the Institute of Biology
Member of the Physiological Society
Association of Basic Science Teachers in Dentistry
Institute of Anatomical Sciences

Steve is a member of the Research Centre for Teaching and Learning (CfLAT) and part of the Higher Education Research Group of CfLAT. Steve’s current research is focussed in two areas of laryngeal biology and education.  His interests in laryngeal biology are focussed on neuroanatomy, development and clinical anatomy of the larynx.  His education interests focus on student learning, curriculum theory and development and of reward and recognition of teaching excellence in higher education.  In connection with this interest Steve has just completed a project as Co-Principal Investigator on an HEA-Funded Inter-Institutional Benchmarking Project: Reward and recognition for Teaching in HE (with the universities of Tasmania, Wollongong and Leicester. 

Undergraduate Teaching

Stage 1 BDS Anatomy of Head and Neck, Thorax and Abdomen
Stage 3 and 5 BDS Clinical Oral Functions and Temporomandibular Joint
BSc Speech Sciences Anatomy for Speech and Language

Postgraduate Teaching

MSc Language Pathology Anatomy for Speech and Language
Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists
MFDS Anatomy Study Days
MSc Orthodontics Mastication and Swallowing
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice

• Riederer BM, Spinosa J-P, Macchi V, Porzionato A, De Caro R, McHanwell S, Moxham B. Clinically-Orientated Anatomy: Five exemplars to portray the concept. European Journal of Anatomy 2018, 22(2), 157-172.
• Moxham BJ, McHanwell S, Berkovitz B. The development of a core syllabus for the teaching of oral anatomy, histology, and embryology to dental students via an international ‘Delphi Panel’. Clinical Anatomy 2018, 31(2), 231-249.
• Cases C, Garcia-Zoghby L, Manzorro P, Valderrama-Canales FJ, Munoz M, Vidal M, Simon C, Sanudo JR, McHanwell S, Arrazola J. Anatomical variations of the renal arteries: cadaveric and radiologic study, review of the literature, and proposal of a new classification of clinical interest. Annals of Anatomy 2017, 211, 61-68.
• Smith C, Finn G, Hennessy C, Stewart J, McHanwell S. Creating and evaluating the impact of a core syllabus in anatomy education using a Delphi methodology. In: Diversity in Medical Education: about people, for people, by people. 2017, Exeter University, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME).
• Smith C, Hennessy C, McHanwell S, Stewart J, Finn G. The impact of the new Anatomical Society core syllabus in gross anatomy from faculty perspectives. In: The Power of Surprise!. 2017, Helsinki, Finland: AMEE.
• Smith CF, Finn GM, Stewart J, Lee TC, Gillingwater TH, McHanwell S. A new core gross anatomy syllabus for medicine. Anatomical Sciences Education 2016, 9(2), 209-210.
• Pascual-Font A, Cubillos L, Vazquez T, McHanwell S, Sanudo JR, Maranillo E. Are the interarytenoid muscles supplied by branches of both the recurrent and superior laryngeal nerves?. The Laryngoscope 2016, 126(5), 1117-1122.
• Wakeling L, Jakubovics N, McHanwell S, Stewart J. Challenging the basic sciences 'learn and forget' culture. Medical Education 2016, 50(5), 578-579.
• Brass D, Oliphant TJ, McHanwell S, Alexander M, Langtry JAA. Successful treatment of forehead lipoma depends on knowledge ofthe surgical anatomy: a step-by-step guide. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 2016, 41(1), 3-7.
• Sanudo JR, Maranillo E, Vazquez T, Quer M, Leon X, McHanwell S. Understanding the anatomy of the larynx from the era of Gimbernat to the present day moving towards laryngeal transplantation. European Journal of Anatomy 2016, 20(Suppl. 1), 93-102.
• Moxham B, McHanwell S, Plaisant O, Pais D. A core syllabus for the teaching of neuroanatomy to medical students. Clinical Anatomy 2015, 28(6), 706-716.
• Moxham BJ, Plaisant O, Smith CF, Pawlina W, McHanwell S. An Approach Toward the Development of Core Syllabuses for the Anatomical Sciences. Anatomical Sciences Education 2014, 7(4), 302-311.
• Moxham BJ, McHanwell S. Introduction to the teaching of the anatomical sciences. European Journal of Anatomy 2014, 18(3), 215-217.
• Hernandez-Morato I, Berdugo-Vega G, Sanudo JR, Mchanwell S, Vazquez T, Valderrama-Canales FJ, Pascual-Font A. Somatotopic Changes in the Nucleus Ambiguus After Section and Regeneration of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve of the Rat. Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology 2014, 297(5), 955-963.
• Smith CF, Martinez-Alvarez C, McHanwell S. The context of learning anatomy: does it make a difference?. Journal of Anatomy 2014, 224(3), 270-278.
• Viejo F, Pascual-Font A, Rivas L, Hernandez-Morato I, Vázquez T, Rodriguez-Niedenfuhr M, McHanwell S, Sanudo J. Morphogenesis of the human laryngeal ventricles. Head and Neck 2013, 35(3), 361-369.
• Viejo F, Pascual-Font A, Rivas L, Hernandez-Morato I, Vazquez T, Rodriguez-Niedenfuhr M, McHanwell S, Sanudo JR. Morphogenesis of the human laryngeal ventricles. Head & Neck 2013, 35(3), 361-369.
• Souviron R, Maranillo E, Vazquez T, Patel N, McHanwell S, Cobeta I, Scola B, Sanudo J. Proposal of landmarks for clamping neurovascular elements during endoscopic surgery of the supraglottic region. Head & Neck 2013, 35(1), 57-60.
• Hernandez-Morato I, Valderrama-Canales FJ, Berdugo G, Arias G, McHanwell S, Sanudo J, Vazquez T, Pascual-Font A. Reorganization of laryngeal motoneurons after crush injury in the recurrent laryngeal nerve of the rat. Journal of Anatomy 2013, 222(4), 451-461.
• Hernandez-Morato I, Valderrama-Canales FJ, Berdugo G, Arias G, McHanwell S, Sanudo J, Vazquez T, Pascual-Font A. Reorganization of laryngeal motoneurons after crush injury in the recurrent laryngeal nerve of the rat. Journal of Anatomy 2013, 222(4), 451-461.
• Hernandez-Morato I, Pascual-Font A, Ramirez C, Matarranz-Echeverria J, Mchanwell S, Vazquez T, Sanudo JR, Valderrama-Canales FJ. Somatotopy of the Neurons Innervating the Cricothyroid, Posterior Cricoarytenoid, and Thyroarytenoid Muscles of the Rat's Larynx. The Anatomical Record 2013, 296(3), 470-479.
• Macluskey M, Durham J, Bell A, Cowpe J, Crean S, Dargue A, Dawson L, Freeman C, Jones J, McDouagh A, McHanwell S, Marley J, Myrddin L, Millsopp L, Oliver R, Renton T, Taylor K, Thomson P. A national survey of UK final year students' opinion of undergraduate oral surgery teaching. European Journal of Dental Education 2012, 16(1), E205-E212.
• McHanwell S. Consensus statements and core syllabuses in anatomy: issues and validation. In: Winter Meeting of the Anatomical Society. 2012, Cardiff, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Beattie A, Durham J, Harvey J, Steele J, McHanwell S. Does empathy change in first year dental students?. European Journal of Dental Education 2012, 16(1), e111-e116.
• McHanwell S, Smith CF. Teaching anatomy to students in professions allied to medicine. In: Winter Meeting of the Anatomical Society. 2012, Cardiff, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Riederer BM, Bolt S, Brenner E, Bueno-Lopez JL, Circulescu ARM, Davies DC, DeCaro R, Gerrits PO, McHanwell S, Pais D, Paulsen F, Sendemir E, Stabile I, Moxham BJ. The legal and ethical framework governing Body Donation in Europe – 1st update on current practice. European Journal of Anatomy 2012, 16(1), 1-21.
• Atkinson M, McHanwell S, Tunstall R. 3D Anatomy for Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery. London: Primal Pictures, 2011. DVD.
• Bryson C, Cooper G, McHanwell S. Enhancing the value of the student experience at Newcastle through an articulating graduateness approach. Newcastle upon Tyne: University of Newcastle, 2011.
• Pascual-Font A, Hernandez-Morato I, McHanwell S, Vazquez T, Maranillo E, Sanudo J, Valderrama-Canales FJ. The central projections of the laryngeal nerves in the rat. Journal of Anatomy 2011, 219(2), 217-228.
• Maranillo E, Rodriguez-Niedenführ M, Hernandez-Morato I, Pascual-Font A, Donat E, McHanwell S, Vázquez T. The clinical interest of the ary-thyro-cricoid fascicle. Clinical Anatomy 2011, 24(6), 706-710.
• Atkinson M, McHanwell S, Tunstall R. 3D Anatomy for Speech and language Pathology. London: Primal Pictures, 2010. DVD.
• Durham J, Balmer C, Bell A, Cowan G, Cowpe J, Crean StJ, Dawson L, Evans A, Freeman C, Jones J, Macluskey M, McDonagh A, McHanwell S, Millsopp L, Myrddin L, Oliver R, Renton T, Sivarajasingam V, Still D, Taylor K, Thomson PJ. A generic consensus assessment of undergraduate competence in forceps exodontia in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Dental Education 2010, 14(4), 210-214.
• Ibanez M, Valderrama-Canales FJ, Maranillo E, Vazquez T, Pascual-Font A, McHanwell S, Sanudo J. Human Laryngeal Ganglia Contain Both Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Cell Types. Clinical Anatomy 2010, 23(6), 673-682.
• Vazquez T, Cobiella R, Maranillo E, Valderrama FJ, McHanwell S, Parkin I, Sanudo JR. Anatomical Variations of the Superior Thyroid and Superior Laryngeal Arteries. Head & Neck 2009, 31(8), 1078-1085.
• Maranillo E, Vázquez T, Mirapeix R, León X, McHanwell S, Quer M, Ramón Sanudo J. Ceratocricoid muscle: An embryological and anatomical study. Clinical Anatomy 2009, 22(4), 463-470.
• Watson C, McHanwell S. Localization of Motoneurons in the Spinal Cord. In: Watson, C., Paxinos, G., Kayalioglu, G, ed. The Spinal Cord: A Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Text and Atlas. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2009, pp.94-114.
• Taylor R, McHanwell S. Re: Brennan PA, Webb R, Kemidi F, Spratt J, Standring S. Great auricular communication with the marginal mandibular nerve-A previously unreported anatomical variant [Br. J. Oral. Maxillofac. Surg. 46 (2008) 492-493]. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2009, 47(6), 494-495.
• Maranillo E, Vazquez T, Ibanez M, Hurtado M, Pascual-Font A, McHanwell S, Valderrama-Canales F, Sanudo J. Anatomic study of human laryngeal ganglia: Number and distribution. Clinical Anatomy 2008, 21(7), 641-646.
• McHanwell S, Brenner E, Chirculescu ARM, Drukker J, van Mameren H, Mazzotti G, Pais D, Paulsen F, Plaisant O, Caillaud MM, Laforet E, Riedere BM, Sanudo JR, Bueno-Lopez JL, Donate-Oliver F, Sprumont P, Teofilovski-Parapid G, Moxham BJ. The legal and ethical framework governing Body Donation in Europe - A review of current practice and recommendations for good practice. European Journal of Anatomy 2008, 12(1), 1-24.
• Leslie P, McHanwell S. The physiology of swallowing. In: Gleeson, M., et al, ed. Scott-Brown's Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery. London: Hodder Arnold, 2008, pp.1954-1963.
• McHanwell S, Davies DC, Morris J, Parkin I, Whiten S, Atkinson M, Dyball R, Ockleford C, Standring S, Wilton J. A core syllabus in anatomy for medical students - Adding common sense to need to know. In: European Journal of Anatomy. 2007, Sociedad Anatomica Espanola.
• Rolland SL, Hobson RS, McHanwell S. Clinical competency exercises: some student perceptions. European Journal of Dental Education 2007, 11(3), 184-191.
• Clowry GJ, McHanwell S. Brainstem motor nuclei respond differentially to degenerative disease in the mutant mouse wobbler. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 2004, 30(2), 148-160.
• Atkinson M, McHanwell S. Basic Medical Sciences for Speech and Language Therapy Students. London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2002.
• Clowry GJ, McHanwell S. Expression of nitric oxide synthase by motor neurones in the spinal cord of the mutant mouse wobbler. Neuroscience Letters 1996, 215(3), 177-180.