ORS Great Lakes/Midwest Regional Symposium

This full day ORS Ambassadors regional symposium Orthopaedic Research from Bench to Bedside will bring together investigators at all career stages to present their work and the unique exchange of scientific information through scientific sessions and networking.

Focus will be on networking between young investigators and established musculoskeletal scientists to facilitate learning and the exchange of ideas.

Attendees will include ORS members and non-members from around the Midwest and Great Lakes regions, but all are encouraged to attend.

The symposium program will include:

• Two 2 hour long scientific sessions about preclinical and human subject research
• Presentations from invited keynote speakers
• Short talk presentations from selected abstracts
• Networking breaks
• Poster Session

Tentative program agenda as of July 2019. Please note this program agenda including invited speakers is subject to change. 

7:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Registration Open
Please plan to pick up your symposium name badge prior to setting up your poster or loading your short talk. 

Poster Set Up 

Short Talks
Please bring your presentation on a flash drive to load to the laptop in the meeting room. More information will be shared directly with selected short talk presenters. 

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM
Welcome/Introductions 

Ryan Ross, PhD and Andrea Alford, PhD, ORS Ambassadors

Susan Chubinskaya, PhD, Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs, Rush University Medical Center
1^st Vice President, Orthopaedic Research Society 

Joshua J. Jacobs, MD, Chairman, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center

9:30 AM – 10:10 AM
Keynote: Novel matricellular modulators of Wnt signaling regulate bone formation
Kurt Hankenson, DVM, PhD, University of Michigan

10:10 AM – 10:40 AM
Invited short talks from selected abstracts.

10:40 AM – 11:05 AM
Networking Break

11:05 AM – 11:45 AM
Keynote: Osteoarthritis Pain: What’s bone got to do with it?
Anne-Marie Malfait, MD, PhD, Rush University Medical Center

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Invited short talks from selected abstracts.

12:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Lunch/Poster Session

2:30 PM – 3:10 PM
Keynote: Talk Title TBA
Adam Yanke, MD, PhD, Rush University Medical Center

3:10 PM – 3:40 PM
Invited short talks from selected abstracts.

3:40 PM – 4:05 PM
Networking Break

4:05 PM – 4:20 PM
Invited short talks from selected abstracts.

4:20 PM – 5:00 PM
Keynote: Talk Title TBA
Howard An, MD, Rush University Medical Center

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Conclusion/Thank You

Symposium Awards Presentation​

Symposium Pre-Doctoral Poster Award

1^st
Targeted Delivery of Anabolic Extracellular Matrix Cues to Accelerate Bone Fracture Repair
Jeffery Nielsen, Purdue University
Jeffery Nielsen, Stewart Low, Philip Low 

2nd
Sclerostin antibody-induced differential transcriptional expression in trabecular bone of Brtl/+ osteogenesis imperfecta mouse
Hsiao Sung, DDS, MS, University of Michigan
Hsiao Sung, Kenneth Kozloff, Michelle Caird, Esmeralda Blaney Davidson 

3rd
Type 2 Diabetes-Driven Alterations in Bone Healing and Angiogenesis
Seungyup Sun, BS, Indiana University School of Medicine Seungyup Sun, Fazal Bhatti, Ushashi Dadwal, Deepa Sheik Pran Babu, Anthony Perugini, Olatundun Awosanya, Rachel Blosser, Jiliang Li, Melissa Kacena

Symposium Post-Doctoral Poster Award

1st 
Development of a comparative primate skeletal cell culture model to study gene expression responses to mechanical strain
Genevieve Housman, PhD, University of Chicago
Genevieve Housman, Yoav Gilad

2nd
Effect of Assembly Method—One vs Multiple Strikes—on Modular Taper Mechanics in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Jonathan Gustafson, PhD, Rush University Medical Center
Jonathan Gustafson, Brett Levine, Robin Pourzal, Hannah Lundberg

3rd
Characterization of the Nociceptive and Inflammatory Response in a Mouse Model of ACL Rupture-Induced PTOA
Phillip Rzeczycki, PhD, University of Michigan
Phillip Rzeczycki, Lucas Junginger, Sam Goldman, Lindsey Lammlin, Stephen Redding, Gus Rosania, Daniel Clauw, Tristan Maerz 

Symposium Pre-Doctoral Short Talk Award

Osteocyte estrogen receptor-beta affects bone turnover and skeletal mechanotransduction differently in young and adult male mice
Xiaoyu Xu, Purdue University 

Symposium Post-Doctoral Short Talk Award

Lysosomal function is deregulated in Osteoarthritis and its inhibition induced apoptosis in chondrocytes through Bax mediated release of Cytochrome c
Mohammad Ansari, PhD, Northeast Ohio Medical University

The main parking garage at Rush is on the southeast corner of Paulina and Harrison streets

The main entrance to Rush is located at 1620 W. Harrison St., across the street from the parking garage. There are two pedestrian bridges to the hospital from the fourth floor, Section A level of the parking garage: The Paulina Street (west) bridge leads to the Professional Building and Armour Academic Center (Rush University).

Public Transportation Information

Parking at Rush

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Chicago Marriott at Medical District/UIC
625 South Ashland Avenue at Harrison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607

Please make your hotel reservation by Saturday, July 20.

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The symposium will begin at 7:30 AM with registration/set up and conclude at 5:30 PM with the announcement of the symposium award recipients.  All sessions, lunch, poster session, and networking will take place in the Searle Conference Center. 

All poster presenters will be considered for symposium awards in categories of Post-Doc/Fellow/Trainee and Student.

Please be sure to download a copy of the final program agenda to your mobile device or print a copy. There will be limited printed copies available onsite.

Registration will be located at the 5^th floor of the Searle Conference Center.

Please plan to stop by the registration table located in the Billings-Herrick Center, Room 531, to pick up your symposium name badge prior to setting up your poster.

Posters will be located in the Billings-Herrick Center. Poster set up will take place from 7:30 AM – 8:45 AM.

Each board will be identified by a number corresponding to the poster number assigned. There will push pins available to hang your poster.

The Poster Session will coincide with lunch and will take place from 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM.  All presenting authors will be required to stand by their posters from 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM.

Your poster will remain up the entire symposium. All presenters will be encouraged to take down their posters at the end of the day.

Poster Size: 45 inches horizontal by 45 inches vertical. The overall poster board is approximately 96” horizontal x 48” vertical with two posters on each side of the board.

The symposium will begin at 7:30 AM with registration/set up and conclude at 5:30 PM with the announcement of the symposium award recipients.  All sessions, lunch, poster session, and networking will take place in the Searle Conference Center.

• Your presentation slide size is 16 x 9.

• All short talk podium presenters will be considered for symposium awards in categories of Post-Doc/Fellow/Trainee and Student.

• Please be sure to download a copy of the final program agenda to your mobile device or print a copy. There will be limited printed copies available onsite.

• Registration will be located at the 5^th floor of the Searle Conference Center. Please plan to stop by the registration desk located in the Billings-Herrick Center, Room 531, to pick up your symposium name badge prior to loading your talk.

• Presentations are limited to 10 minutes: 8 minutes followed by a 2 minute discussion.

• Please plan to bring your presentation loaded on a US/flash drive.

• You will check in with the registration table in room 531 and load your talk between 7:30 AM – 8:45 AM.

All registered attendees are invited to join us for a networking reception Sunday evening! There is parking located one block away from the reception venue.

Hawkeye’s Bar & Grill
1458 W Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60607

Included: Beer & wine reception with heavy appetizers