2026 Annual Meeting Awardees

ORS Fellows Class of 2026
Hani A. Awad, PhD
Christopher J. Hernandez, PhD
Bingyun Li, PhD
Audrey McAlinden, PhD
Deepak Vashishth, PhD

Farshid Guilak Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award
Deepak Vashishth, PhD

Arthur Steindler, MD Award
Walter Herzog, PhD

Adele L. Boskey, PhD Award
Kyle D. Allen, PhD

William H. Harris, MD Award
Huizhou Yang, PhD

Marshall R. Urist, MD Award
Pamela Robey, PhD

Dr. Peter J. Roughley Award
Rachel Thompson

Collaborative Exchange Grant
Jillian E. Beveridge, PhD
Christopher S. Fry, PhD
Benedikt L. Proffen, MD

Women’s Leadership Forum Award
Lisbet Haglund, PhD

Early Career Outreach Award 
Bethany Andoko
Victoria Duke
Tyler Kelly, MD
Ella Kim
Gabrielle Lorenz
Brenna Pugliese, DVM
Annie Porter
Kimberly Seaman
Kathryn Strand
Devin Wong

ORS ISFR Lifetime Achievement Award
Emil Schemitsch, MD

Meniscus Momentum Award
Amy McNulty, PhD

ORS Orthopaedic Implant Research Section Travel Award
Rukshini Venkatesan Bharathi
Jack Lei Yang
Nathan Harward

Bethel/ORS Fellowship Grant
Junior Faculty
Kristine Godziuk, PhD
Risk Factors for Poor Muscle Health in Older Women Using GLP-1 RA Medications for Weight Loss in Osteoarthritis Management
Peter Mittwede, MD, PhD
Bacterial Load Reduction Techniques in Contaminated Open Fracture and Early Implant-Related Infection Models
Postdoc/Resident
Madhu Baghel, PhD
Novel miRNA 2 is a Potential Therapeutic Candidate to Target Early-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis
Mark (Min Kyu) Kim, PhD
Uncoupling the Disc-Macrophage Crosstalk in Aging and Degeneration of the Intervertebral Disc
Shirley (Nina) Tang, PhD
Generational and Environmental Epigenetic Accumulation in Obesity and Osteoarthritis

ON/ORS Orthoregeneration Award
Lindsey Lammlin, PhD
Blocking Acute Neutrophil Recruitment with Poly Salicylic Acid Particles Mitigates Pain and Inflammation in PTOA

ON/ORS Education Grants
Allison Robinson
Frederick Mun, PhD
Riccardo Garibaldi
Lindsey Lammlin, PhD
Vincent Sise, PhD
Min Gyu Kyung, MD, PhD
Maria del Mar Prado, PhD
Sophie Orr, PhD
Masa Najjar
Darina Yusupova

OREF/ORS Distinguished Investigator Award
Rocky Tuan, PhD

OREF/ORS Travel Grants in Research Translation
Kyle Martin, MD, PhD
One-year Mortality Following Hip Fracture Surgery: Development And External Validation Of A Clinical Prediction Tool
Yoshinao Koike, MD, PhD
Polygenic Risk Score For Prediction Of Ossification Of The Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
Christopher Collier, MD
Metastatic Bone Disease Is Associated With Muscle Loss And Reduced Survival In Kidney Cancer
Rodolfo de la Vega, MD, PhD
Early Cellular Responses In Male And Female Rats To Bmp-2 CmRNA Delivered Into Critical Size Femoral Defect
Lynn Pezzanite, DVM, PhD
Allogeneic Platelet And Plasma-derived Therapeutic C-1101 To Treat Chronic Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
Tien-Ching Lee, MD, PhD
Impact Of Different Statin Potencies On Bone Health In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3-5
Olivia Rice, PhD
Feasibility And Reliability Of A Semi-automated Workflow For Measuring Neck-shaft Angle And Tip-apex Distance On Hip Radiographs

RJOS/ORS Young Female Investigator Award
Giselle Kaneda, PhD Candidate

Stryker | ORS Women’s Research Fellowship
Shirley (Nina) Tang, PhD
Identifying Epigenetic Factors Regulating the Rising Obesity and Osteoarthritis Epidemic