Associate Directory, HSS MRI Laboratory Associate Scientist, Department of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery Associate Professor of Biomedical Imaging in Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University Lab: Hospital for Special Surgery MRI Laboratory Profile: BS, Mechanical Engineering (pre-med option), The George Washington University MS, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Columba University [...]
Institute/Lab: Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago. I call my lab the Biomechanics and Clinical Outcomes (BaCOs) lab. I am also the Associate Director of Education and Professional Development for the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science. Profile: Harvard University, SB Engineering Sciences (Biomedical) University of Illinois at Chicago, [...]
Institute/Lab/Company Assistant Staff, Cleveland Clinic, Department of Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Biomedical Engineering Profile My undergraduate degree was in Biomechanics and Sport Rehabilitation at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada. After graduating and working several years in industry in Nova Scotia, I went back to school to complete [...]
Blanka Sharma, PhD Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering University of Florida Profile: BASc in Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo\ PhD Johns Hopkins University (Biomedical Engineering) Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic (Biomedical Engineering) Director of Research, Cartilix Inc. (start-up based on doctoral work) Who has been (have been) your mentor(s)? Jennifer Elisseeff (Johns Hopkins) Vinod Labhasetwar [...]
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Rochester Profile BS, University of Maine, Biological Engineering; MS/PhD University of Colorado, Chemical Engineering; Postdoc, University of Washington, Bioengineering Who have been your mentors? Darrell Donahue, Amyl Ghanem, RoseMary Seymour, Kristi Anseth, Patrick Stayton, Allan Hoffman, Ed Puzas, Hani Awad, Catherine Ovitt, Michelle Marcolongo, Eddie Schwarz, Regis O’Keefe, Stephen Dewhurst, Rick Waugh, [...]
Title: Assistant Professor Institute: J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida Profile (education, etc.): Postdoctoral training, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University BS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia Who has been (have been) your mentor(s)? My undergraduate research mentors were Edward [...]
Name and Title: Kent Leach, PhD; Lawrence J. Ellison Endowed Chair of Musculoskeletal Research, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering; UC Davis Profile (education, etc.): I am a first generation college student who grew up in Arkansas. I completed my undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Arkansas and had the pleasure of witnessing [...]
Institute/Lab/Company Department of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Bioengineering Labs, Rhode Island Hospital Center for Biomedical Engineering, Brown University Profile I received my doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering (1996), MS in Biomedical Engineering (1991), and BS in Bioengineering (1983) from the University of Vermont. After receiving my BS, I worked as [...]
Title: Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School Institute: Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital Profile: I obtained a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware (1987), then a Masters in Materials Science from Stanford (1990), followed by an MD from the University of Pennsylvania (1994). I then completed a residency in orthopedic surgery [...]
Title: Emeritus Professor, Stanford University Institute: Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering, Biomotion Laboratory Specific Area of Interest: Osteoarthritis, Sports injury, Knee mechanics, ambulatory mechanics What are you currently working on? Integrating mechanics, biology, and structure to address the complexity of osteoarthritis. Some specifics: a) Appling a mechanical stimulus (30-minute walk) to enhance the sensitivity of serum [...]
