Four abstracts to be presented at ORS 2011
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
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
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
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
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.