Archive for October, 2010

Four abstracts to be presented at ORS 2011

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Pui Leong, Lauren Hayward, Amira Hussein and John Gallagher have all had abstracts accepted for presentation at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society in 2011.

Pui Leong awarded Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Pui Leong successfully defended her thesis, “Spatial Localiation of Mechanical Cues and Cellular Responses during Bone Healing In Vivo.” and has accepted a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Bone Bioengineering at Columbia University.

John Gallagher awarded M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

John Gallagher successfully defended his thesis, “Intra-Vertebral Heterogeneity in Orthotropic Elastic Properties.” and has entered the Ph.D. program in Mechanical Engineering at UCLA.

Osteoporosis International manuscript published

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Nimah Nowlan’s manuscript “Smaller, weaker and less stiff bones evolve from changes in subsistence strategy” has been accepted for publication in the journal Osteoporosis International.

UROP Funding for Three Undergrads

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Congratulations to Megan Sperry, David Berry and Keri Mroszyzck for receiving Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) funding for Fall 2010! We are excited to have them working in the lab.