Allison Gremba

Allison Gremba is a doctoral student in Biological Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. She started the program in 2012, after taking a break after receiving her Master of Science in Forensic Science and Law in 2008. During those four years, Allison was a research technician at an Ear, Nose and Throat research lab. This research provided a well-rounded clinical background in middle ear anatomy, and disease etiology and pathogenesis, which laid the foundation for her dissertation research. Allison’s dissertation research hypothesizes that there is a direct relationship between middle ear disease prevalence, defined by mastoid process hypopneumatization, and an increase in environmental stress over time, to establish mastoid process hypopneumatization as an osseous developmental stress marker. Her research question developed out of a drive to understand how the environment can affect disease processes, how it is reflected within the body, and what it can tell us about past populations.

Degrees and Education

MS - Forensic Science and Law - Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (2008)
BS – Biology - Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (2007)