Jonathan Bennion
Co-Founder/Director of Education/Lead Dissector/Anatomist
Jonathan found his love for teaching 5 years ago while attaining his degree in Health Promotion and Education at the University of Utah. During his pre-medical coursework he took an anatomy course from Professor Mark Nielsen. He was asked to be one of Professor Nielsens teaching assistants and immediately fell in love with teaching and learning about the human body. During his time at the University of Utah, Jonathan spent many hours in the cadaver lab receiving training in teaching and dissection. For the last 4 years he has been a full time instructor at the Utah College of Massage Therapy where he teaches Anatomy and Physiology, Kinesiology, and Pathology. When Jonathan is not teaching or dissecting he enjoys rock climbing, basketball, and traveling with his wife.
Jeremy Jones
Co-Founder/Executive Director
Jonathan found his love for teaching 5 years ago while attaining his degree in Health Promotion and Education at the University of Utah. During his pre-medical coursework he took an anatomy course from Professor Mark Nielsen. He was asked to be one of Professor Nielsens teaching assistants and immediately fell in love with teaching and learning about the human body. During his time at the University of Utah, Jonathan spent many hours in the cadaver lab receiving training in teaching and dissection. For the last 4 years he has been a full time instructor at the Utah College of Massage Therapy where he teaches Anatomy and Physiology, Kinesiology, and Pathology. When Jonathan is not teaching or dissecting he enjoys rock climbing, basketball, and traveling with his wife.
Mark T Nielsen
Education Advisor
Mark Nielsen is a Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Utah and for the past twenty-five years he has taught anatomy and its related subjects to over 20,000 students and has trained 1,000 young anatomists to be teaching assistants in his cadaver lab. In addition to teaching human anatomy in the Department of Biology, he also teaches neuroanatomy, embryology, a human dissection course, and a teaching human anatomy course.
As a celebrated anatomist and anatomy professor, Mark has received the prestigious Presidential Teaching Scholar Award at the University of Utah, is a five-time recipient of the University of Utah Student Choice Award for Outstanding Teacher and Mentor, a two time winner of the Outstanding Teacher in the Physician Assistant Program, recipient of the American Massage Therapy Association Jerome Perlinski Teacher of the Year Award, and a two time recipient of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
Mark has authored numerous books and software programs including Principles of Human Anatomy 11th ed. by Tortora and Nielsen; Atlas of Human Anatomy by Nielsen and Miller; Real Anatomy by Nielsen and Miller; Human Anatomy Lecture Manual and Workbook by Nielsen; and Anatomica by Nielsen, et. al. Mark is also a member of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA), the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS), and the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI).
In his spare time, Mark likes to travel, hike, dabble in photography, and play with his grandchildren.
Justin Cottle
Marketing Director/Dissector/Instructor
Justin is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps Infantry, as well as a fully Licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Utah. He discovered his passion for human anatomy and physiology while in school to become a licensed massage therapist at the Utah College of Massage Therapy in 2011. After graduating in 2012, he became a Teaching Assistant for Jonathan Bennion, where his love for anatomy grew to even greater depths, and led him to start teaching at the Institute of Human Anatomy in 2013. He has taught at multiple trade schools in the state, including Healing Mountain Massage School, Intermountain Massage Therapy College, as well as the Utah College of Massage Therapy from 2013-2019, where he also served as the Director of Education. In his spare time, Justin enjoys challenging games of chess, hiking in the mountains, playing acoustic guitar, and spending quality time with his family.
In his spare time, Mark likes to travel, hike, dabble in photography, and play with his grandchildren.
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Institute of
Human Anatomy
Cadaver Lab Education
385.646.4342
Our location
2500 State St #408,
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
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A unique facility specializing in the utilization of human cadavers as instruments for advanced anatomical education, training and testing.
