2024 Spotlight Speakers
Deva Chan, PhD
Purdue University
Multi-contrast MRI: Towards a Richer Picture of Soft Tissue Mechanics
Brian Feeley, MD
University of California San Francisco
Muscle Stem Cells: Understanding the Stem Cell Niche in Injury and Repair
Matthew Fisher, PhD
North Carolina State University/University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
The Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament: Role of Sex and Age, Impact of Injury, and Other Insights from a Preclinical Model
Nitin Jain, MD
University of Texas Southwestern
Genetic Epidemiology and Etiology of Atraumatic Rotator Cuff Tears
Alayna Loiselle, PhD
University of Rochester
Modulating Cell Dynamics to Facilitate Tendon Regeneration
Mandi Lopez, DVM, PhD
Louisiana State University
Concept to Clinic: Translational Tissue Regeneration across Species
Erin Mannen, PhD
Boise State University
Infant Biomechanics: An Area of Orthopaedic Research Emerging from its Infancy
Uma Sankar, PhD
Indiana University
Emerging Role of CaMKK2 as a Therapeutic Target against Osteoarthritis
Cheryle Seguin, PhD
University of Western Ontario
Mouse Models to Study Intervertebral Disc Biology: Identifying Key Regulators of Development and Disease
Richard L. Skolasky, Jr. ScD
(Guest Clinical Society – North American Spine Society – NASS)
Johns Hopkins University
Patient Reported Outcome Measures Used to Identify Risk Factors and Track Recovery Following Spine Surgery
Lachlan Smith, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Preclinical Translation of Injectable Therapeutics for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Stephan Zeiter, DVM, PhD
(Guest Nation – Switzerland)
AO Foundation
Demanding Models for a Challenging Clinical Problem: Preclinical Models for Orthopaedic Infection
