ODBL heads to Austin
Congratulations to Jenny Lei and Joshua Auger for their abstract acceptances at the 2019 meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society. They’ll be able to witness history in the making as the ORS holds its meeting in Austin for the first time.
ODBL alums head to PhD programs
Congratulations to Meghan Kupratis, Claire Rodman and Eric Rapp who have graduated from the ODBL (and BU) and have started in PhD programs at University of Delaware, Penn State, and Carnegie Mellon, respectively!
UROP Award for Fall 2018
MeiLissa McKay again won UROP funding for her work on sex- and age-associated differences in the microstructure of the vertebral endplate. Congratulations, MeiLissa!
Seed funding for expanding project on osteoarthritis
In collaboration with Orthopaedic Surgery, the ODBL won funding from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) for the project “The mechanistic role of SBCs and BMLs in osteoarthritis of the hip”
Three UROP awards
Congratulations to Eric Rapp, Claire Rodman, and Ryan Shimizu for winning funding from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities (UROP) program for Spring 2017!
Dual awards at the SB3C paper competition
Lauren Mangano won 3rd place, and former ODBL undergraduate researcher Chantal deBakker (now a PhD student at Columbia) won 2nd place, in the PhD Student Paper Competition (Imaging category) at the 2016 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C). Congratulations!
Two lab members win research awards
The research proposals by Blake Oberfeld and Meghan Kupratis were funded by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program for Spring 2016.
Project on the biomechanics of spine fractures highlighted in BU Today
The lab’s research program on the biomechanics of spine fractures was featured in BU Today
Pair of manuscripts on the biomechanics of spine fractures published
The final studies carried out by lab alum Tim Jackman during his doctoral research were recently published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and the Journal of Biomechanics
Dr. Elise Morgan is one of the most inspiring women in STEM education
Dr. Elise Morgan has been recognized by INSIGHT into Diversity magazine as one of the top 100 inspiring women working in STEM fields in higher education. Congratulations Elise! See the BU today article posted here.