Congratulations to the 2025 Meniscus Section Award Winners

2025 Winner Presentation Topic
Salomi Desai, MS 

Brown University 

Tear-Filling Bioactive Cell Carrier Stimulates Meniscal Fibrocartilage Mending in a Yucatan Minipig Model

Graciosa Teixeira, PhD 

Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Ulm University Hospital 

Establishment of a Human Meniscus Culture Model Simulating an Inflammatory Environment

Carlos Urrea De La Puerta 

Cornell University 

Bmp-2 Induces Dose-Dependent Hypertrophy of Fibrochondrocytes for Meniscal Enthesis Tissue Engineering

Elizabeth Bernstein 

UPenn Graduate Student 

Inhibition of Fibroblast Activation Protein Restores the Homeostatic Phenotype of Mechano-Activated Synovial Fibroblasts