Christopher Vinyard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
College of Medicine
Education
1999 Northwestern University
Ph.D., Evolutionary Biology-Integrated Graduate Program in Life Sciences
1994 Northern Illinois University
M.A. Anthropology
1992 Wofford College, Spartanburg S.C.
B.A. History and Sociology
Professional Experience
2011 - Present Northeast Ohio Medical University
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
2008 - 2011 Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
2004 - 2008 Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy
1998 - 2003 Duke University Medical Center
Research Associate, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
Research Interests
Functional and Evolutionary Morphology of the Mammalian Skull
Behavioral and Physiological Ecology of Feeding in Primates
The Genetic Architecture of Musculoskeletal Traits
Recent Publications
Dr. Vinyard's publications listed in PubMed
Journal Articles:
Williams, S.H., Vinyard, C.J., Wall, C.E., Doherty, A.H., Crompton, A.W. and W.L. Hylander (2011) A preliminary analysis of correlated evolution in mammalian chewing motor patterns. Integ. Comp. Biol. 51: 247-259.
Wall, C.E., Vinyard, C.J., Williams, S.H., Gapeyev,V., Liu, X., Lapp, H., German, R.Z. (2011) Overview of the Feeding Experiments End-user Database (FEED). Integ. Comp. Biol. 51:215-223.
Vinyard, C.J., Williams, S.H., Wall, C.E., Doherty, A.H., Crompton, A.W. and W.L. Hylander (2011) A preliminary analysis of correlations between chewing motor patterns and mandibular morphology across mammals. Integ. Comp. Biol. 51:215-223.
Vinyard, C.J., Taylor, A.B., Teaford, M.F., Glander, K.E., Ravosa, M.J., Rossie, J.B., Ryan, T.M., Williams, S.H. (2011) Are we looking for loads in all the right places? New research directions for studying the masticatory apparatus of New World monkeys. Anat. Rec. 294:2140-2157.
Vinyard, C.J., Glander, K.E., Teaford, M.F., Thompson, C.L., Deffenbaugh, M. and S.H. Williams (2012) Methods for developing an ecological physiology of feeding in free- ranging howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) at La Pacifica, Costa Rica. Int. J. Primatol. In press.
Doherty, A.H., Frampton, J.D. and C.J. Vinyard (2012) Hibernation does not reduce bone cross-section or negatively impact load resistance in woodchucks (Marmota monax). J. Morphol. In press.
Çakır, E., Koç H.,Vinyard, C.J., Essick, G., Daubert, C.R., Drake, M.A., and E.A. Foegeding (2012) Evaluation of texture changes due compositional differences using oral processing. J. Text. Stud. In press.
Çakır, E., Vinyard, C.J., Essick, G., Daubert, C.R., Drake, M.A., and E.A. Foegeding (2012) Interrelations among food structure, texture preception and oral processing. Food Hydrocolloids. In press.
Thompson, C.L., Jackson, E.M., Stimpson, C.D., Horne, W.I. and C.J. Vinyard (2011) The influence of experimental manipulations on chewing speed during in vivo laboratory research in tufted capuchins (Cebus apella). Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 145:402-414.
Hylander, W.L., Vinyard, C.J., Wall, C.E., Williams, S.H. and K.R. Johnson (2011) Functional and evolutionary significance of the recruitment and firing patterns of the jaw adductors during chewing in Verreauxi’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi). Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 145:531-547.
Hogg, R., Ravosa, M.J., Ryan, T.M. and C.J. Vinyard (2011) The functional morphology of the anterior masticatory apparatus in tree-gouging marmosets (Cebidae, Primates). J. Morphol. 272:833-849.
Foegeding E.A., Daubert C.R., Drake M.A., Essick G., Trulsson M., Vinyard C.J., and F. van de Velde (2011) A comprehensive approach to understanding textural properties of semi- and soft-solid foods. J. Text. Studies. 42:103-129.
Çakır, E., Daubert, C.R., Drake, M.A., Vinyard, C.J., Essick, G. and E.A. Foegeding (2011) The effect of microstructure on the sensory perception and textural characteristics of whey protein/κ-carrageenan mixed gels. Food Hydrocolloids. 26:33-43.
Armfield B.A., George J.C., Vinyard C.J. and J.G.M. Thewissen (2011) Allometric patterns of fetal head growth in odontocetes and mysticetes: Comparison of Balaena mysticetus and Stenella attenuata. Marine Mammal. Sci. 27: 819-827.
Yamashita N., Tan C.L., Vinyard C.J. and C. Williams (2010) Semi-quantitative tests of cyanide foods and excreta of three Hapalemur species in Madagascar. Am. J. Primatol. 72:56-61.
Vinyard C.J., and A.B. Taylor (2010) A preliminary analysis of the relationship between jaw-muscle architecture and jaw-muscle electromyography during chewing across primates. Anat. Rec. 293:572-582.
Ryan T.M., Colbert M., Ketcham R.A., and C.J. Vinyard (2010) Trabecular bone structure in the mandibular condyles of gouging and non-gouging platyrrhine primates. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 141:583-593.
Armfield B.A., and C.J. Vinyard (2010) An interspecific analysis of relative jaw-joint height in primates. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 142:519-530.
Zhang Y., Brodell R.T., Mostow E.N., Vinyard C.J. and H. Marie (2009) In vivo skin elastography with high definition optical videos. Skin Res. Tech. 15:271-282.
Yamashita N., Vinyard C.J., and C.L. Tan (2009) Food mechanical properties in three sympatric species of Hapalemur in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 139:368-381.
Wright B.W., Wright K.A., Chalk J., Verderane M.P., Fragaszy D., Visalberghi E., Izar P., Ottoni E.B., Constantino P., and C.J. Vinyard (2009) Fallback foraging as a way of life: using dietary toughness to compare the fallback signal among capuchins and implications for interpreting morphological variation. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 140:687-699.
Williams S.H., Vinyard C.J., Wall C.E. and W.L. Hylander (2009) An in vivo analysis of mandibular corpus bone strain in goats and alpacas: Implications for understanding the biomechanics of mandibular form in selenodont artiodactyls. J. Anat. 214:65-78.
Taylor A.B. and C.J. Vinyard (2009) Jaw-muscle fiber architecture in tufted capuchins favors generating relatively large muscle forces without compromising jaw gape. J. Hum. Evol. 57:710-720.
Taylor A.B., Eng C.M., Anapol F.C., and C.J. Vinyard (2009) The functional correlates of jaw-muscle fiber architecture in tree-gouging and nongouging callitrichid monkeys. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 139:353-367.
Eng C.M., Ward S.R., Vinyard C.J., and A.B. Taylor (2009) The mechanics of the masticatory apparatus facilitate muscle force production at wide jaw gapes in tree- gouging common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). J. Exp. Biol. 212:4040-4055.
Williams S.H., Vinyard C.J., Glander K.E., Deffenbaugh M., Teaford M. and C.L. Thompson (2008) A preliminary report on a telemetry system for assessing jaw-muscle function in free-ranging primates. Int. J. Primatol. 29:1441-1453.
Vinyard C.J., Yamashita, N. and C. Tan (2008) Linking laboratory and field approaches in studying the evolutionary physiology of biting in bamboo lemurs. Int. J. Primatol. 29:1421-1439.
Vinyard C.J., Wall C.E., Williams S.H. and W.L. Hylander (2008) Patterns of variation in jaw-muscle electromyography during mastication across primates. Integ. Comp. Biol. 48:294-311.
Vinyard C.J. and B.A. Payseur (2008) Of ‘mice’ and mammals: Utilizing classical inbred mice to study the genetic architecture of function and performance in mammals. Integ. Comp. Biol. 48:324-327.
Williams S.H., Vinyard C.J., Wall C.E. and W.L. Hylander (2007) Masticatory motor patterns in ungulates: A quantitative assessment of the Triplet model. J. Exp. Zool. Part A: Comp. Exp. Biol. 307A:226-240.
Vinyard C.J. (2007) An interspecific analysis of covariance structure in the masticatory apparatus of galagos. Am. J. Primatol. 69:46-58.
Serrat M.A., Vinyard C.J. and D. King (2007) Alterations in the mechanical properties and composition of skin in human growth hormone transgenic mice. Conn. Tiss. Res. 48:19-26.
Wall C.E., Vinyard C.J., Johnson K.R., Williams S.H. and W.L. Hylander (2006) A preliminary study of Phase II jaw movement and masseter muscle force during chewing in Papio anubis. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 129:215-224.
Vinyard C.J., and T.M. Ryan (2006) Cross-sectional bone distribution in the mandibles of gouging and non-gouging platyrrhines. Int. J. Primatol. 27:1461-1490.
Vinyard C.J., Wall C.E., Williams S.H, Johnson K.R. and W.L. Hylander (2006) Masseter electromyography during chewing in Ring-tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta). Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 130:85-95.
McCollum M.A., Sherwood C.C., Vinyard C.J., Lovejoy C.O. and F Schachat (2006) Of muscle- bound crania and human brain evolution: The story behind the MYH16 headlines. J. Hum. Evol. 50:232-236.
Williams S.H., Wright B.W., Den Truong V., Daubert C.R. and C.J. Vinyard (2005) The mechanical properties of foods used in experimental studies of primate masticatory function. Am. J. Primatol. 67:329-346.
Vinyard C.J., Williams, S.H., Wall, C.E., Johnson, K.R. and Hylander, W.L. (2005) Jaw- muscle electromyography during chewing in Belanger’s Treeshrews (Tupaia belangeri). Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 127:26-45.
Vinyard C.J., and J. Hanna (2005) Molar scaling in strepsirrhine primates. J. Hum. Evol. 49:241- 269.
Hylander W.L., Wall C.E., Vinyard C.J., Ross C., Ravosa M.J., Williams S.H. and K.R. Johnson (2005) Temporalis function in anthropoids and strepsirrhines: An EMG study. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 128:35-56.
Vinyard C.J. and D. Schmitt (2004) A new technique for studying reaction forces during primate behaviors on vertical substrates. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 125:343-351.
Taylor A.B., and C.J. Vinyard (2004) A comparative analysis of masseter fiber architecture in tree-gouging (Callithrix jacchus) and non-gouging (Saguinus oedipus) callitrichids. J. Morphol. 261:276-285.
Kay R.F., Schmitt D., Vinyard C.J., Perry J.M.G., Shigehara N., Takai M. and Egi N. (2004) The paleobiology of Amphipithecidae, South Asian late Eocene primates. J. Hum. Evol. 46:3-24.
Book Chapters:
Ravosa, M.J., Hogg, R.T. and C.J. Vinyard (2010) Exudativory and primate skull form. In Burrows, A. and L.T. Nash (eds.) Evolution of Exudativory in Primates. New York: Springer. pp 169-185.
Mork, A.L., Horton, W.E. Jr. and C.J. Vinyard (2010) A comparative analysis of the articular cartilage in the temporomandibular joint of gouging and non-gouging New World monkeys. In Burrows, A. and L.T. Nash (eds.) Evolution of Exudativory in Primates. New York: Springer. pp 187-210.
Vinyard C.J., Wall C.E., Williams S.H., Mork A.L., Armfield B.A., Melo L.C.O., Valença- Montenegro M.M., Valle Y.B.M., Borstelmann de Oliveira M.A., Lucas P.W., Schmitt D., Taylor A.B. and W.L. Hylander (2009) The evolutionary morphology of tree gouging in marmosets. In Ford S.M., Davis L.C. and L.M. Porter (eds.) The Smallest Anthropoids: The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation. New York: Springer. 395-410.
Taylor A.B., Eng C.M., Anapol F.C. and C.J. Vinyard (2009) Tree gouging and jaw-muscle fiber architecture in callitrichids. In Davis L.C., Ford S.M. and L.M. Porter (eds.) The Smallest Anthropoids: The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation. New York: Springer. pp 381-394.
Norconk M.A., Wright B., Conklin-Brittain, N.L. and C.J. Vinyard (2009) Mechanical and nutritional properties of food as factors in platyrrhine dietary adaptations. In Garber P.A., Estrada A., Bicca-Marques J.C., Heymann E. and K. Strier (eds.) South American Primates: Testing new theories in the study of primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. New York: Springer. pp 279-319.
Williams S.H., Wall C.E., Vinyard C.J. and W.L. Hylander (2008) Symphyseal fusion in selenodont artiodactyls: new insight from in vivo and comparative data. In Vinyard C.J., Ravosa M.J. and C.E. Wall (eds.) Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology. New York: Springer. pp 39-61.
Wall C.E., Vinyard C.J. Williams S.H., Johnson, K.R. and W.L. Hylander (2008) Specialization of the superficial anterior temporalis for mastication of hard foods in baboons. In Vinyard C.J., Ravosa M.J. and C.E. Wall (eds.) Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology. New York: Springer. pp 113-124.
Vinyard C.J., Ravosa M.J., Wall C.E., Williams S.H., Johnson K.R. and W.L. Hylander (2007) Jaw-muscle function and the origin of primates. In Ravosa M.J. and Dagosto M. (eds.) Primate Origins and Adaptations. New York: Kluwer Press. pp 179-231.
Vinyard C.J. (2008) Putting shape to work: Making functional interpretations of masticatory apparatus shapes in primates. In Vinyard C.J., Ravosa M.J. and C.E. Wall (eds.) Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology. New York: Springer. pp 357-385.
Taylor A.B. and C.J. Vinyard (2008) The relationship between jaw-muscle architecture and feeding behavior in primates: Tree-gouging and nongouging gummivorous callitrichids as a naturalistic study. In Vinyard C.J., Ravosa M.J. and C.E. Wall (eds.) Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology. New York: Springer. pp 241-262.
Hylander W.L., Vinyard C.J., Ravosa M.J., Ross C.F., Wall C.E. and Johnson K.J. (2004) Jaw adductor force and symphyseal fusion. In Anapol F., German R., and N. Jablonski (eds.) Shaping Primate Evolution: Papers in Honor of Charles Oxnard. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp 229-257.
