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Advocacy Committee

Advocacy Committee Mission/Purpose The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Advocacy Committee promotes the importance of musculoskeletal research and the need for increased, sustainable funding Charge 1: The Advocacy Committee cultivates strong partnerships across the orthopaedic community—promoting orthopaedic research and advocating for increased funding. Charge 2: The Advocacy Committee will establish a national research advocacy agenda. Charge ...

Annual Meeting Committee

Annual Meeting Committee Mission Coordinate all components of the ORS Annual Meeting and develop innovative programs and educational opportunities to meet the needs of all annual meeting attendees. Current Committee Joan E Bechtold, PhD, Chair Tamara Alliston, PhD Mathias PG Bostrom, MD Katy Georgiadis, PhD Mary B Goldring, PhD Dominik R Haudenschild, PhD Joseph M ...

Awards and Recognition Committee

Mission/Purpose: The Awards and Recognition Committee will evaluate educational funding applications; review awards and select awardees; develop new educational programs to be held in conjunction with other organizations;   foster the crossdiscipline collaborations and communications; support other activities and projects as designated by the ORS Board of Directors. Charge 1:The ARC promotes, solicits and evaluates ...

Basic Science Education Committee

ORS Basic Science and Education Committee Committee Structure/Terms: 8 members 3 year terms, staggered terms 4 ex-officio members Appointed Mission/Purpose: The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Basic Science and Education Committee (BSEC) develops and promotes educational content and programs to support, advance and position the ORS as the leading musculoskeletal research organization. Charge 1: Advance and position the ...

Corporate Affairs Committee

Mission/Purpose: The Corporate Affairs Committee (CAC) will function as a forum for the exchange of information of mutual interest and benefit to the Orthopaedic Research Society membership, its Board of Directors, and the orthopaedic industry.   Charge 1: Encourage and maintain the participation of industry in the Society and the Annual Meeting.   Charge 2: ...

Editorial Advisory Board

ORS Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Orthopaedic Research   Mission/Purpose: The Editorial Advisory Board shall oversee the operations of the Journal of Orthopaedic Research, assist the co-editors in matters related to editorial policies, and advise the Orthopaedic Research Society Board of Directors concerning the operations of the Journal of Orthopaedic Research.   JOR Mission ...

Finance Committee

ORS Finance Committee Mission The Finance Committee shall oversee the investment, financial and insurance plans of the Orthopaedic Research Society and make recommendations to the board to ensure the financial health of the Society. Current Committee Jennifer S. Wayne, PhD, Chair Marjolein van der Meulen, PhD Theodore Miclau, MD Jennifer Westendorf, PhD Katy Georgiadis, PhD ...

Media Relations & Communications Committee

ORS Media Relations & Communications Committee Committee Structure/Terms: 8 members including Chair 3 year terms Appointed Mission/Purpose: The Media Relations and Communications Committee (MRCC) promotes the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) as the pre-eminent leader of musculoskeletal research across the globe. It seeks to advance basic, translational and clinical orthopaedic research within and outside of the ORS. ...

Membership Committee

Committee Structure/Terms: 4 members 4 year – not renewable Elected Succession: 2nd year Vice-Chair, 3rd year Chair, 4th year Past-Chair Mission/Purpose: The Membership Committee is to recruit new members, to retain current members, to initiate and facilitate communication between ORS and members, and to develop membership benefits. Charge 1:  Review criteria for membership annually and approve ...

New Initiatives Committee

Current Committee Edward M. Schwarz, PhD, Chair Martha A. Gray, PhD George R. Dodge, PhD Todd McKinley, MD Deepak Vashishth, PhD Jonathan Gelber, MD (Ad-hoc member)  Click to view charges. Staff Liaison: Brenda A. Frederick

New Investigator Mentoring Committee

Mission/Purpose: To encourage and foster the development of the new musculoskeletal investigators. Charge 1: Assist new investigators in the development of grant writing skills. Charge 2: Provide mentoring programs to new investigators. Charge 3: Encourage the development of the clinician-scientist and new investigators. Focus To encourage and foster the development of new musculoskeletal investigators. Current ...

Nominating Committee

Nominating Committee Charge Solicit nominations from the membership and select final nominees for elected positions of the ORS: Program Committee; Membership Committee; Members-at-Large; Nominating Committee; Secretary-Elect; Treasurer-Elect; and any other Committee as requested by the President. Ensure that the nominations represent the professional, geographical and demographic diversification of the ORS membership and that the nominees bring ...

ORS | AAOS Co-Programming Committee

ORS/AAOS Co-Programming Committee Mission Encourage and foster collaborations between AAOS and ORS for clinical research and basic research science programming at the AAOS / ORS Annual Meeting.   Current Committee ORS Members Joan E Bechtold, PhD, Co-Chair Tamara Alliston, PhD Mathias PG Bostrom, MD Mary B Goldring, PhD Michael J Yaszemski, MD, PhD ORS Staff ...

Program Committee

Program Committee Mission Ensure that the latest, most innovative and novel musculoskeletal research is being presented at the annual meeting. Current Committee Mary B Goldring, PhD, Chair Donald D Anderson, PhD Mathias Bostrom, MD Mats Brittberg, MD, PhD Farshid Guilak, PhD Matthew Stewart, PhD     Click to view charges.  Staff Liaison: Mary Jo Heflin Charge ...

Volunteer Appointment Committee

  Mission/Purpose: Oversee the composition of the ORS committees: soliciting involvement of the membership in the ORS volunteer structure: recommend charges of and appointments to the various ORS committees to the Board of Directors for committee positions that are not elected by membership.   Charge 1: Ensure that the ORS promotes diversity among all committees ...

Women’s Leadership Committee

ORS Women’s Leadership Committee Mission/Purpose: The WLF will mentor, foster, encourage and inspire women at the start of their careers in orthopaedic research, and will assist women in obtaining leadership roles in orthopaedic-related organizations. Current Committee Ruth Ochia, PhD, Chair Serena S. Hu, MD, Past Chair Michelle A. Ghert, MD Karen King, PhD Advisory Board ...